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Fantasy baseball forecaster for Week 4: Aug. 17-23
Hitter matchup ratings for the next 10 days Week 4 hitting ratings Week 4 pitcher rankings Scheduling changes continue to have a huge bearing on fantasy baseball planning. There are five rescheduled games on the Week 4 schedule: St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs doubleheaders on Monday and Wednesday, played at Chicago’s Wrigley Field but […]
Continue readingGerrit Cole fails to win 20th regular-season game in row as Yankees, Rays split doubleheader
The Yankees won the opener 8-4 as ace Gerrit Cole came within one strike of earning his 20th straight regular-season win. Cole, who had won his first three starts since signing a $324 million, nine-year contract in the offseason, took a 5-0 lead into the fifth inning but gave up three runs with two outs […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball forecaster for Week 2: Aug. 3-9
Hitter matchup ratings for the next 10 days Week 2 hitting ratings Week 2 pitcher rankings The COVID-19 situation surrounding the Miami Marlins and Philadelphia Phillies, which has also impacted the schedules of the Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Washington Nationals, has the Week 2 schedule in a state of flux. […]
Continue readingMLB’s new extra-innings rule is here and — surprise! — it’s glorious
It became clear a couple of years ago that Major League Baseball and its commissioner, Rob Manfred, were working toward an inevitable introduction of weird extra-innings rules, and in this space we were pretty harsh to it. “The runner-on-second-with-nobody-out fix is just about the most boring idea to end games you could think of,” we […]
Continue reading2020 MLB Opening Day lineups for every game
Baseball is back for a very unique 2020 MLB season. Not sure who is starting for your team? We’re tracking batting orders from across the majors, including the first NL games since the universal DH was adapted for the season. Check back for updates as teams announce their Opening Day starting lineups for all of […]
Continue readingCounting reasons the Rays — yes, the Rays — will win the World Series
The Tampa Bay Rays are going to win the 2020 World Series. Honestly, it seems a little silly to be making predictions in this most unpredictable of seasons for Major League Baseball, but assuming we do play ball and get through 60 games and the playoffs without cancellation, the Rays will be the last team […]
Continue readingBaseball’s top 60 storylines for a 60-game MLB season
There is going to be a baseball season after all, one of 60 games, following a month of ugly public negotiations between the players and owners over how to navigate through the money of the shortened season. In the words of Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer, “COVID-19 already presented a lose-lose-lose situation and we’ve somehow found […]
Continue readingTampa Bay Rays open Tropicana Field for limited workouts
The Tampa Bay Rays opened Tropicana Field to limited workouts on Monday, with 14 players, including outfielder Austin Meadows and shortstop Willy Adames, taking part. “It was good to see some smiling faces,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said on a video conference call with reporters after the workouts. Those in attendance played catch, took part […]
Continue readingOne stat that will shape 2020 for every American League team
Former manager Bobby Bragan once described baseball statistics like this: “Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you should be perfectly comfortable.” Good one. Nonetheless, baseball is a numbers game. As we peel away from the Astros’ cheating scandal and […]
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 […]
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