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Texas Rangers deal SS Elvis Andrus to Oakland Athletics for slugger Khris Davis
The Oakland Athletics have acquired shortstop Elvis Andrus and another player from the Texas Rangers for designated hitter Khris Davis and a pair of prospects, the teams announced Saturday. The A’s will also receive $13.5 million, sources confirmed to ESPN, and minor league catcher Aramis Garcia in the deal. Catcher Jonah Heim and right-hander Dane […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings: Where all 30 teams stand coming out of trade deadline
With the 2020 MLB trade deadline now in the rearview mirror, what you see on big league rosters is what you’ll get as baseball takes its turn into the stretch drive. As Major League Baseball clubs shook up their squads, we saw considerable moves up and down this week’s rankings. The biggest moves up were […]
Continue readingInside the A’s first-half dominance and how they plan to make it last all season
By then, Forst had disappeared. He walked out of the Kansas City Royals’ home ballpark and made his way to neighboring Arrowhead Stadium, where the NFL’s Chiefs play, far enough to no longer hear the crowd. Forst kept up with the rest of that game — the Royals’ game-tying sac fly in the ninth, Oakland’s […]
Continue readingWho could move at the weirdest MLB trade deadline in history?
The Aug. 31 MLB trade deadline is still nearly three weeks off, but let’s take an early look at some of the factors that will influence what might happen. Or won’t happen. It’s possible this year’s deadline will be a dud for several reasons: lack of talent available, more teams in the playoff race because […]
Continue readingA’s beat Angels on walk-off grand slam as extra-inning rule debuts
OAKLAND, Calif. — The first big league game with an automatic runner in extra innings was decided with a blast rather than a bunt. Marcus Semien began the bottom of the 10th on second base under the new, unpopular rule and scored on Matt Olson‘s grand slam, sending the Oakland Athletics over the Los Angeles […]
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 readingFantasy baseball H2H categories mock draft reaction: Take an ace or wait?
Consensus No. 1 starting pitcher Gerrit Cole went third overall, ahead of Mike Trout, Cody Bellinger and Mookie Betts. A pair of starters went in the first round, and six of the first 19 picks overall were starting pitchers. Furthermore, 11 of the first 35 selections were starters, including Shane Bieber (31st overall) and Patrick […]
Continue readingOne wild record you probably didn’t know for all 30 MLB teams
So here’s the way this started. I absolutely was not spending even more uncounted hours tooling around Baseball-Reference.com for random nuggets of baseball information, and I absolutely did not totally geek out when I discovered that Rube Waddell still holds the Orioles’ franchise record for strikeouts in a game — set in 1908, when the […]
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 readingOne thing to watch for all 30 teams as spring training begins
When spring training kicked off a year ago, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado remained unsigned. The drama this year will center around the Houston Astros: their cheating scandal, reactions from other players about the Astros’ cheating scandal, the possibility of other teams throwing at Astros hitters in spring training, the counter-reaction from Astros pitchers and […]
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