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MLB Power Rankings Week 2: Which hot starts led to a big move up our list?
We are now two weeks into the 2021 MLB season, and one thing is already becoming very clear: It’s the Los Angeles Dodgers and then everyone else so far. L.A. is once again a unanimous No. 1 in our Week 2 MLB Power Rankings — but then things start to get interesting with movement throughout […]
Continue readingFantasy Baseball mock draft H2H points: Trevor Bauer ascends to the first round
Hitters score a point for every base on hits (total bases), walk, run, RBI and stolen base, and lose a point when they strike out. Pitchers earn a point for every out they record (3 per inning) and an extra point for a strikeout, as well as 5 points for a win or a save. […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball mock draft, 10-team head-to-head each category: Mookie Betts is the top pick
This draft was held on Tuesday, March 2 and included fantasy analysts Eric Karabell, Tristan H. Cockcroft, AJ Mass, Todd Zola, Derek Carty and Mike Sheets, researcher Kyle Soppe and ESPN editors Pierre Becquey, Joe Kaiser and Dan Mullen. If you’d like to conduct your own mock drafts, check out the Mock Draft Lobby, select […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Look to these pitchers for a boost in points leagues
Having said that, there are certain pitchers who one might expect to have better results in a points league as compared to category-based scoring systems. In fact, comparing my points league rankings to that of my colleagues Tristan H. Cockcroft (H2H Categories) and Eric Karabell (Roto), there are several names that jump out at me […]
Continue readingJeff Passan’s 20 questions as the MLB playoffs begin
Honestly, it was great to just see a groundout. Watch the most exciting opening round in MLB history on ESPN and ABC. Wednesday, Sept. 30: 12 p.m. ET: Reds-Braves on ESPN 1 p.m. ET: Astros-Twins on ESPN2 2 p.m. ET: Marlins-Cubs on ABC 3 p.m. ET: White Sox-A’s on ESPN 5 p.m. ET: Cardinals-Padres on […]
Continue readingPassan: Inside a final week like MLB has never seen before
Just like that, the fastest, weirdest, pandemickiest baseball season ever has come and gone. Mathematics holds that a 60-game schedule is shorter than the standard 162, but the 2020 season has whistled by so quickly that in a way it feels more like it should be June than October. And yet here we are, on […]
Continue readingJeff Passan’s MLB trade deadline preview: Will any stars actually move? Which teams are sellers?
Almost a year ago, when Major League Baseball’s postseason expansion plans first leaked, a league official was trying to sell the idea. It would be good for competitiveness, he said, and would generate revenue for both the league and the players. More playoff teams would bring baseball in line with other sports, he said, and […]
Continue readingOur not-as-early-as-you-think MLB hot takes and bold predictions
We will grant that a week or so into the baseball season is typically a bit early to make any proclamations about what we have seen. But as you might have heard, this is not a typical baseball season. In 2020, 10 games represents one-sixth of the season, which would put us into May on […]
Continue readingAn AL Central repeat? 300 home runs again? What adding Josh Donaldson brings to the Twins
David Schoenfield: I get that the Twins’ lineup is loaded, coming off a season when they mashed a record 307 home runs — and now they’ve added Donaldson, giving them six hitters who hit more than 30 home runs last year. It’s going to be fun to watch them hit. You know what though? It’s […]
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