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Fantasy baseball forecaster for Week 3: Aug. 10-16
Hitter matchup ratings for the next 10 days Week 3 hitting ratings Week 3 pitcher rankings Major League Baseball announced a number of scheduling changes during the past week, and the Week 3 schedule already includes a pair of them: The Detroit Tigers are slated to host the St. Louis Cardinals in a doubleheader at […]
Continue readingEverything you need to know as MLB’s 2020 season restart begins
It’s here. Finally. Spring training 2.0. Or make that summer camp. Or is it summer training? In any case, Major League Baseball begins its strange 2020 odyssey on Wednesday in the strangest of ways — but appropriate for the times: testing for a virus that didn’t exist a year ago. If cleared, workouts will begin […]
Continue readingDavid Price makes spring debut for Dodgers
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — David Price felt a rush of nervous energy leading up to Monday. Acquired by the Los Angeles Dodgers last month from the Boston Red Sox, he made his first spring training appearance for L.A.. Price allowed two runs and three hits in 1⅓ innings during a 6-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds […]
Continue readingNick Castellanos “excited” about offensive potential in Cincy
It’s a small sample size, but it makes the Cincinnati Reds’ new outfielder eager to find out how that translates over an entire season. Castellanos signed a $64 million, four-year deal with the Reds, matching the biggest in franchise history for a free agent. The former Tigers and Cubs slugger likes the way the Reds […]
Continue readingNick Castellanos a top-20 outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds
Castellanos languished in the downtrodden Detroit Tigers lineup for months last season before the trade-deadline escape to the Chicago Cubs. Then, of course, he was properly motivated in his contract year to hit .321 with 16 home runs and 37 extra-base hits in a mere 51 games. Could Castellanos produce to this level for a […]
Continue readingReds get OF Nick Castellanos on $64 million, 4-year deal
The Cincinnati Reds continued their busy offseason, matching the biggest free-agent contract in team history by agreeing to a four-year, $64 million deal with outfielder Nick Castellanos, the team announced Monday. The deal has an opt-out clause after the first season, sources said. Castellanos, who undoubtedly made some money for himself after his midseason trade […]
Continue readingThe player most likely to be traded in 2020 for all 30 MLB teams
Predicting MLB trades is impossible! I believe the surgeon general issues a warning about this on the back of packs of baseball cards. In fact, it wouldn’t be shocking if I went 0-for-30 on the following list of the one player from every team most likely to be traded in 2020. New York Yankees: Clint […]
Continue readingOutfielder Shogo Akiyama wanted to make history with Reds
Akiyama got a $21 million, three-year deal this week with the Reds. They introduced him Wednesday at Great American Ball Park, where the five-time Japanese All-Star figures to play one of the outfield spots and bat high in the order. “The fact that they’ve never had a Japanese player was something that was very attractive, […]
Continue readingPredicting where MLB’s top remaining free agents will sign
Last week, Gerrit Cole, Stephen Strasburg and Anthony Rendon agreed to free-agent deals worth a combined $814 million. Yes, baseball has come a long way from the first free-agent class in the 1976-77 offseason, when an infielder named Paul Dade signed with the Cleveland Indians and, Sports Illustrated later reported, figured he could “start to […]
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