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Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Opening Day
In past years, Opening Day has typically been a short slate with only a few games on the schedule. That’s not the case this time around. On Thursday, we are treated to a full slate of games, with all 30 teams suiting up. Needless to say, this Opening Day is going to be well worth […]
Continue readingFantasy Baseball mock draft H2H points: Trevor Bauer ascends to the first round
Hitters score a point for every base on hits (total bases), walk, run, RBI and stolen base, and lose a point when they strike out. Pitchers earn a point for every out they record (3 per inning) and an extra point for a strikeout, as well as 5 points for a win or a save. […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball roundtable: Best current draft-day values
Kyle: It’s close between a pair of pitchers for me and because I plan on drafting both of them routinely this season, I’m listing them both: Brandon Woodruff and Chris Paddack. Woodruff’s sub-1.00 WHIP last season was no accident and his vast improvement in barrel avoidance has me ranking him as a tier 2 pitcher […]
Continue readingSource: Former Boston Red Sox CF Jackie Bradley Jr. to sign 2-year, $24M deal with Milwaukee Brewers
Center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. plans to sign a two-year, $24 million deal with the Milwaukee Brewers that includes an opt-out after the first year, a source familiar with the contract told ESPN. Bradley spent all eight of his previous seasons with the Boston Red Sox, joining the organization in 2011, when he was drafted […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball mock draft, 10-team head-to-head each category: Mookie Betts is the top pick
This draft was held on Tuesday, March 2 and included fantasy analysts Eric Karabell, Tristan H. Cockcroft, AJ Mass, Todd Zola, Derek Carty and Mike Sheets, researcher Kyle Soppe and ESPN editors Pierre Becquey, Joe Kaiser and Dan Mullen. If you’d like to conduct your own mock drafts, check out the Mock Draft Lobby, select […]
Continue readingMilwaukee Brewers’ Lorenzo Cain has no regrets about opting out last season
“Definitely the right choice, 100% it was the right choice,” the 2018 All-Star and 2019 Gold Glove winner said Wednesday from the Brewers’ spring training site in Phoenix. “No doubt in my mind. I would do it again in a heartbeat.” Cain, who turns 35 on April 13, played just five games last year before […]
Continue readingOur latest MLB offseason buzz: Second baseman market after LeMahieu, NL DH waiting game and more
After a very slow start, the free-agent market is finally starting to move. The Yankees inked deals with both DJ LeMahieu and Corey Kluber, and the Washington Nationals added Jon Lester to their rotation. As the market heats up, ESPN MLB reporter Jesse Rogers weighs in with the latest offseason buzz he is hearing right […]
Continue readingPredicting offseason moves for all 30 MLB teams
This is not the offseason to make predictions. As Buster Olney and Jeff Passan have already outlined, due to the financial conditions in the sport due to the shortened season with no fans in the stands — and the uncertainty of what will happen in 2021 — there will be big rollbacks in payrolls. Former […]
Continue readingJeff Passan’s MLB offseason preview: Answering 20 uniquely 2020 hot stove questions
Technically, free agency in Major League Baseball began Sunday evening. There was no deluge of activity like the NBA or NFL offer, no dopamine hit of excitement and activity and possibility to start the MLB offseason. Nothing then. Nothing since. And, team officials, agents and players say, nothing particularly substantive anytime soon, either. There may […]
Continue readingDodgers’ Mookie Betts headlines Gold Glove winners with fifth straight
After Mookie Betts made spectacular play after spectacular play in the postseason — including two home run robberies and a key catch of a sinking liner in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series — it should come as no surprise that Betts is the National League Gold Glove winner for right field. In […]
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