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Fantasy baseball weekend watch: Verlander makes his return
We’ll also see a pair of 2024 debuts: Jordan Montgomery makes his first start for the Arizona Diamondbacks after agreeing to terms late during spring training, while Justin Verlander rejoins the Houston Astros rotation after missing the season’s first three weeks due to a shoulder injury. Both pitchers endured rocky rehab starts, with Montgomery serving […]
Continue readingSonny Gray, not Colon, to start for A’s
“He’s a little bit of a bulldog, he’s scared of nothing,” Melvin said of Gray, noting the right-hander’s experience on the big stage just last Saturday. Melvin said he doesn’t know how he might use, if at all, 18-game winner Colon, who is “willing to do anything.” “I’m not really sure how I’m going to […]
Continue readingFantasy Forecaster: Week 7
On tap: It’s yet another week with a wide range of scheduled games per team. Week 7 has three more teams scheduled for five-game weeks, and one scheduled for eight — the New York Yankees — thanks to a traditional doubleheader at the Cleveland Indians on Monday that is a makeup of their April 10-11 […]
Continue readingKluber brings his 2019 baggage to a new ballpark in Texas
While it might seem obvious to give Kluber the proverbial “mulligan” and trust him again, some will view the changing of his home ballpark from Cleveland’s Progressive Field to the new Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas (which is still under construction) as an issue. Perhaps it will be, but we need years of data […]
Continue readingYankees’ Gerrit Cole a contender for top fantasy pitcher in 2020
Two thoughts instinctually come to fantasy managers’ minds whenever the Yankees ink a pitcher, and they can be somewhat contradictory: First is the effect of the boost in run support inflating the pitcher’s wins, and second — and much more important — is the adverse impact of their homer-happy ballpark on the pitcher’s numbers. To […]
Continue readingDefending my second-half rankings
In every relationship, there comes a time when it makes sense to take a step back from things and honestly assess where things stand. And for fantasy baseball owners, the four days of inaction that accompany the All-Star break was a perfect time to figure out exactly how you feel about your current lineup of […]
Continue readingPrice focused on Tigers, not contract
But if that’s something that America’s most inquisitive media minds feel we need to ask him about every 10 minutes, that’s our issue, not his. “Honestly, I haven’t put a whole lot of thought to [free agency],” Price said this week, leaning comfortably on a picnic table outside the Tigers’ clubhouse at Joker Marchant Stadium. […]
Continue readingPower and bullpen carry Orioles
When informed of the reasons for skepticism surrounding his team, manager Buck Showalter responds with a furrowed eyebrow and a disarming brand of common sense. “What are you supposed to do?” Showalter said recently. “Build a team for the postseason and then not make it?” Now that the Orioles have won 96 games and captured […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball waiver wire: How to replace top pitchers
Between the news that both Shane Bieber and Eury Perez require season-ending Tommy John surgery, and Spencer Strider has a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow that could result in the same, pending the results of a soon-to-be-determined reevaluation, baseball has lost three pitchers who began spring training regarded as prospective top-30 positional […]
Continue readingMLB 2024 Watchability Index: Ranking most fun teams to watch
We’ve created a super complex formula to score teams in seven different categories, creating a possible maximum score of 50. These categories fit into the general idea of: “What makes baseball exciting?” First, the 10-point categories (on a scale of 1-10 points maximum): Star power: This is based off our annual MLB Rank of the […]
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