- Home →
- Justin Steele
Fantasy baseball: ESPN’s last mock draft before Opening Day
The 2024 fantasy baseball season is here! Get the group together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Default rosters include 16 starters: seven pitchers of any kind along with a C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, three outfielders and a utility player (can be any position, and is […]
Continue readingCubs RHP Jameson Taillon to get more tests on ailing back
“Came in today pretty much the same as he left yesterday,” Counsell said Sunday. “Probably not the improvement we were hoping for. “There’s a level of concern for Opening Day.” Taillon, 32, has not appeared in a Cactus League game — Saturday was to be his first — but he has been throwing without issue […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Head-to-head categories mock draft
The 2024 fantasy baseball season is here! Get the group together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Spring training is in full swing and the ESPN fantasy baseball crew has been watching, We’re ready to show you the results of our 2024 fantasy baseball rotisserie (roto) mock […]
Continue readingThe Playbook, Inning 8: Advanced stats to use for fantasy baseball
Baseball is such a different game today than it was when rotisserie was first invented. Back in 1980, most anyone interested in baseball was lured in by such “bubblegum card” numbers as batting average, home runs, wins and ERA. Over the years, the brightest minds in the game brought to light the fact that there […]
Continue readingWhy Cubs are confident even without an MLB free agent splash
Fast forward to the start of spring training and it looks like the team’s president of baseball operations might be right, as the roster looks very similar to the one that missed the playoffs by a single game last year. Sure, there were additions, like 30 year-old starter Shota Imanaga and 34 year-old reliever Hector […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Head-to-head points mock draft
The 2024 fantasy baseball season is here! Get the group together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Default rosters include 16 starters: seven pitchers of any kind along with a C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, three outfielders and a utility player (can be any position, and is […]
Continue readingSources: Cubs, lefty Shota Imanaga finalizing 4-year, $53M deal
More Teams. More Games. Jesse Rogers analyzes the addition of Shota Imanaga to the Cubs’ rotation. (1:00) CHICAGO — The Cubs finalized a deal with Japanese lefty Shota Imanaga on Wednesday, agreeing to a four-year, $53 million contract, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN. The deal has several provisions, including the team’s option to […]
Continue readingSource: Cubs, Japanese pitcher Shota Imanaga working toward deal
Imanaga, 30, excelled during eight seasons with the Yokohama Bay Stars in the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, going 74-55 with a 2.96 ERA and striking out 1,183 in 1,129⅔ innings. While his fastball averages only 92 mph, Imanaga generates a significant amount of carry on the pitch, leading to the gaudy strikeout numbers and general […]
Continue readingCubs reach 1-year contract with third baseman Patrick Wisdom
The team announced the deal on Friday night. Wisdom hit .205 with 23 homers and 46 RBI in 97 games for Chicago this year. The Cubs also offered 2024 contracts to six arbitration-eligible players: pitchers Justin Steele, Adbert Alzolay, Mark Leiter Jr., and Julian Merryweather, to go along with infielder Nick Madrigal and outfielder Mike […]
Continue readingPadres’ Blake Snell wins 2023 NL Cy Young Award
He previously won the AL edition while a member of the Tampa Bay Rays in 2018. Snell, 30, was 14-9 with an MLB-leading 2.25 ERA and 180 innings pitched in 2023. He also gave up the fewest hits (5.8) per nine innings while leading the majors in walks (99). He’s the third pitcher to win […]
Continue reading