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How new Yankees have brought the ‘Dawgs’ out
NEW YORK — Alex Verdugo thoroughly enjoyed his first home run in pinstripes at Yankee Stadium earlier this month. He swatted the sweeper from Miami Marlins starter A.J. Puk, falling to one knee, and unhurriedly observed as the ball carried over the short porch in right field. He relished the moment with one of his […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 3: Braves, Dodgers battle for top spot
In what could be a season-long battle, the Braves and Dodgers were once again vying for our top spot in this week’s Power Rankings, with Atlanta just barely edging out Los Angeles. Another team might soon be in that mix, as the Yankees have the most wins in the majors at 13. The Astros — […]
Continue readingOlney: Buyers or sellers? These five teams need to decide now
The Twins promptly went on a mini-losing streak and by July 30 — just six days later — Minnesota was seven games out of first place. Immediately, the Twins became sellers, flipping Garcia to the Yankees after only one start. But down the stretch, the Twins’ offense exploded, and Minnesota boat-raced its way into a […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Sticking with slumping superstars
Twenty days of the 2024 season are now in the books, and players’ year-to-date statistics look overly dramatic in that small sample, relative to how they will come season’s end. Universal No. 1 overall pick Ronald Acuna Jr. has yet to hit a home run, after hitting 41 last season. Rotisserie first rounder and top-25 […]
Continue readingYankees’ Jonathan Loaisiga to have season-ending UCL surgery
NEW YORK — The Yankees entered 2024 hopeful that their terrible injury luck in 2023 wouldn’t bleed into the new year. The early returns aren’t promising. The latest setback is a significant blow to the bullpen: Reliever Jonathan Loaisiga announced Saturday that he will undergo season-ending surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball waiver wire: How to replace top pitchers
Between the news that both Shane Bieber and Eury Perez require season-ending Tommy John surgery, and Spencer Strider has a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow that could result in the same, pending the results of a soon-to-be-determined reevaluation, baseball has lost three pitchers who began spring training regarded as prospective top-30 positional […]
Continue readingWhy MLB must act now on alarming rate of pitching injuries
The elbow crisis has been building for decades, from youth levels to the major leagues, and nobody in a position of power has done anything of substance to address it. This is not a bad stretch of luck or an anomaly. It’s an existential problem for baseball. In addition to the absences facing Perez and […]
Continue readingYankees’ Gerrit Cole set to begin throwing this week
New York Yankees ace right-hander Gerrit Cole will start playing catch this week as he continues to rehab his ailing right elbow. Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters Sunday that Cole could begin throwing Monday or Tuesday. The team placed Cole on the 60-day injured list prior to Opening Day due to nerve inflammation in […]
Continue readingFive MLB teams who can take down the Dodgers, Braves in 2024
We asked five of our ESPN MLB experts to each pick one team they think is best suited to take down the Dodgers and Braves in October, when it counts the most. While none of our experts necessarily expects this team to be better than L.A. and Atlanta for the 162-game long haul, they all […]
Continue readingMLB 2024 Watchability Index: Ranking most fun teams to watch
We’ve created a super complex formula to score teams in seven different categories, creating a possible maximum score of 50. These categories fit into the general idea of: “What makes baseball exciting?” First, the 10-point categories (on a scale of 1-10 points maximum): Star power: This is based off our annual MLB Rank of the […]
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