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Nine must-follow tips for your fantasy baseball team
By now, you might be fancying yourself a fantasy baseball pro. You’ve read all five Playbook editions to date, and perhaps have even begun to craft your own cheat sheet for when the 2021 season ultimately begins. You’re feeling confident in yourself, fully trained for the proverbial marathon that’s ahead. But while the force is […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Angels sign OF Juan Lagares, utilityman Phil Gosselin to minor league deals
Lagares spent most of the past eight seasons with the New York Mets, batting .254 with 25 homers and 179 RBI. He appeared in just 165 games over the past three seasons in New York, and he didn’t record a plate appearance in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season before being designated for assignment in August. Lagares […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Angels get Dexter Fowler in trade with St. Louis Cardinals
Fowler batted .233 with four homers and 15 RBIs in 23 games last season, his fourth with St. Louis. The switch-hitting former Rockies and Cubs slugger is a career .259 hitter with 127 homers and 561 RBIs. Fowler, who turns 35 next month, can play all three outfield positions. Although Fowler’s production has declined in […]
Continue readingGM Perry Minasian: Los Angeles Angels not rebuilding, ‘on the cusp’
The 40-year-old Braves assistant GM went through several rounds of lengthy interviews and emerged as a finalist. After more lengthy conversations with owner Arte Moreno and the Angels’ top brass, Minasian landed the responsibility to build a big-budget roster that can finally get Mike Trout‘s first playoff victory. During his formal introduction at Angel Stadium […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings, way-too-early edition: How Dodgers, Rays and all 30 teams stack up for 2021
We can only hope 2021 will be a more normal season, with 162 games and fans in the stands and hot dogs to eat and overpriced beer to drink. We don’t know what the state of things will be come April 1, when the 2021 season is scheduled to begin, but we can speculate on […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout: ‘We gotta get to the playoffs’
The Los Angeles Angels were mathematically eliminated from postseason contention at Dodger Stadium on Friday night, which means that in nine full seasons in the major leagues, Mike Trout — considered by many the game’s greatest player for most, if not all, of those seasons — has made the playoffs only once. “The biggest thing […]
Continue readingFernando Tatis Jr. and MLB’s 100 most entertaining players
Fernando Tatis Jr. was wearing a microphone during a recent Padres game, chatting with the broadcasters from his shortstop position in the middle of the second-inning action. It was charming audio — hearing him encourage and coordinate with his teammates, getting a camera isolated on baseball’s most exciting player for every pitch and play — […]
Continue readingBroken curfews, COVID outbreaks and … bubble ball? Passan on MLB’s latest 2020 battles
The fallout from the Cleveland Indians’ team meeting that saw pitchers Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac sent home could have wide-ranging implications on both the Indians’ season as well as the financial future of the talented starters. The Indians have questions about what to do with their pitchers — and how to jump-start an offense […]
Continue readingBrawls and bad hops: A’s, Astros and Angels make the West wild
We saw fighting in the time of social distancing. We saw one of Major League Baseball’s most athletic players suffer through one of its most unpleasant blunders. We saw a 21-year-old superstar continue to emerge in front of our eyes. It was a wild Sunday for baseball’s West teams, and we’ll look through it all […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Tuesday’s games
Create or join a league today >> Cheat Sheet Central >> Brandon Bielak (R), rostered in 4% of ESPN leagues, Houston Astros vs. San Francisco Giants: Injuries have ravaged the Astros’ pitching and forced Bielak into the rotation likely sooner than the team expected. After a pair of multi-inning relief outings, Bielak made his first […]
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