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Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Thursday’s games
Here’s a look at the day’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. Create or join a league today >> Cheat Sheet Central >> Griffin Canning (R), rostered in 22% of ESPN leagues, Los Angeles Angels at Seattle Mariners: Canning was generating plenty of offseason buzz before elbow […]
Continue reading2020 MLB season preview: Power Rankings and everything you need to know for 60-game sprint
The 2020 major league baseball season will be like none that has ever come before it. MLB’s 30 teams will have just 60 games to try to streak into the postseason. Players and coaches will need to focus on the field while maintaining strict health and safety protocols off of it. There will be limited […]
Continue readingAndrew Heaney tabbed to be Angels’ Opening Day starter
Manager Joe Maddon confirmed his choice Sunday before the Angels’ third workout of summer camp. Los Angeles is expected to open the season July 24. The 29-year-old Heaney will be the Angels’ fourth different Opening Day starter in four years. He went 4-6 last season with a 4.91 ERA and 118 strikeouts over 95 1/3 […]
Continue readingMLB predictions: Who will thrive, struggle in 60-game season?
With the final hurdles cleared for a 2020 MLB season, the likes of which we’ve never seen before, we asked ESPN’s baseball writers, reporters and editors for their best guesses as to what we’ll witness during this abbreviated campaign. What teams and players are best suited for the shortened season? And who will struggle? Which […]
Continue readingWho could be this year’s Nationals? How all 30 MLB teams stack up
Only one World Series favorite entering the season actually won the World Series in the decade we just completed. Wait, let’s put that another way: A team that was one of the top five favorites entering the season won the World Series only once over the past decade. The 2019 Washington Nationals didn’t necessarily feel […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Angels are doing right thing in holding back Shohei Ohtani
TEMPE, Ariz. — We should all take a moment, before salivating at the promise of the inimitable Shohei Ohtani, to commend general manager Billy Eppler for his restraint. Think about it. The Los Angeles Angels carry hopes of contention into this season, as evidenced by the $245 million addition of Anthony Rendon. But they understand, […]
Continue readingWhat will the Angels do now after missing out on Gerrit Cole?
SAN DIEGO — The past five years, the average win total needed to earn a playoff spot in the American League has rounded out to 91. For the Los Angeles Angels, striving to launch themselves into legitimate contention as quickly as possible, that means finding 19 more wins in one offseason. Teams have done it […]
Continue readingAngels’ quest to win now begins with Anthony Rendon
SAN DIEGO — It was nearly a decade ago that the Los Angeles Angels missed out on the third baseman they so desperately coveted. Their owner, Arte Moreno, made a strong push for Adrian Beltre following the 2010 season, only to see him choose the division-rival Texas Rangers. It proved to be a devastating blow. […]
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