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Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Wednesday’s games
Starting batters in doubleheaders poses a conundrum. Normally, it’s a no-brainer since you’re almost assured of one game with a chance at more. Now, there’s risk if the batter only plays one, as he’s in danger of receiving three, or perhaps even just two chances if he hits lower in the order and the home […]
Continue readingRockies’ Daniel Bard gets win in first major league game since 2013
The hard-throwing Bard, whose control troubles ran him out of baseball, pitched 1⅓ scoreless innings in relief while twice getting out of jams as the Rockies beat the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Saturday. “He said three words: ‘That was fun,’” Colorado manager Bud Black said. Bard’s previous big league appearance had been for Boston on […]
Continue readingThe best pitching performance ever for all 30 teams
Editor’s note: The original version of this story ran on June 27, 2018. As part of ESPN’s Strikeout Saturday on March 28, 2020, David Schoenfield updated his evaluations, particularly of who’s most likely to beat each team’s best-ever pitching performance. On May 4, 2018 Gerrit Cole pitched one of the best games you will ever […]
Continue reading2020 MLB Rank preview: How did we do last year, and what will this year’s list look like?
As we prepare to unveil the 2020 MLB Rank top 100 on Tuesday, we first take a look back at our 2019 rankings to see how we did, and make some predictions for what this year’s list of baseball’s top players will look like. We asked ESPN national baseball writers Bradford Doolittle, Sam Miller and […]
Continue readingRockies’ Kyle Freeland brings revamped delivery to spring training
The result is a more fluid and athletic approach, and both Freeland and Rockies manager Bud Black are on board. “The extended pause at the top of the delivery, I think, was a little bit too extreme,” Black said. “You’ll see a more momentum-building delivery, more aggressive from the start down the mound. You won’t […]
Continue readingTrevor Story, Rockies $750K apart; Jon Gray gets $5.6M
The club agreed to one-year deals with its four other players who were eligible for arbitration. Right-hander Jon Gray received a raise from $2,925,000 to $5.6 million, left-hander Kyle Freeland from $565,000 to $2,875,000, outfielder David Dahl from $584,288 to $2,425,000, and reliever Carlos Estevez from $565,000 to $1.08 million. Right-handed reliever Scott Oberg also […]
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