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MLB playoffs 2020: Can San Diego Padres’ bullpen push them past Los Angeles Dodgers?

This is not how the San Diego Padres would have preferred to draw up their first postseason series victory since 1998. They played three wild-card games against the St. Louis Cardinals and their starting pitchers threw a combined six innings. They used eight pitchers in a Game 1 loss, used nine pitchers in the wild, […]

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San Diego Padres’ Fernando Tatis, Wil Myers each homer twice in Game 2 win

SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. and Wil Myers each hit two home runs and Manny Machado also connected for the San Diego Padres, who rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-9 Thursday night to force a deciding Game 3 in their National League Wild Card Series. San Diego’s powerful offense finally burst to […]

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Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Sunday’s games

The best approach for picking players on the final day of the season is focusing on teams battling for a playoff berth or those completely out of it. Playoff-bound teams may start their regulars but pull them after an at-bat or two. Pitchers slated to work in the postseason’s first round could get 50 pitches […]

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One key takeaway from MLB’s Opening Day games

We dipped our toes into the waters of the 2020 baseball season with two games on Thursday. On Friday, we dove in headfirst with 14 contests — the first time since the regular season ended on Sept. 29, 2019, that we had coast-to-coast baseball. That was 299 days ago, and it feels like much longer. […]

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White Sox, Nationals, Pirates, D-backs, Cardinals announce positive tests for coronavirus

The Chicago White Sox, Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Arizona Diamondbacks all announced Sunday that two of their players have tested positive for the coronavirus and are in isolation. The St. Louis Cardinals also announced that another one of their players tested positive. Pirates manager Derek Shelton said Sunday that reliever Blake Cederlind and outfielder […]

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Miguel Sano, DJ LeMahieu, Salvador Perez among MLB players to test positive for coronavirus

Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano, New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu and Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez are among a host of MLB players who have tested positive for the coronavirus, it was revealed Saturday. Four Atlanta Braves players — All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman, reliever Will Smith, right-hander Touki Toussaint and infielder […]

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