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Fantasy baseball: Sticking with slumping superstars
Twenty days of the 2024 season are now in the books, and players’ year-to-date statistics look overly dramatic in that small sample, relative to how they will come season’s end. Universal No. 1 overall pick Ronald Acuna Jr. has yet to hit a home run, after hitting 41 last season. Rotisserie first rounder and top-25 […]
Continue readingRangers lefty Brock Burke breaks non-throwing hand punching wall
Manager Bruce Bochy said Burke, who is a left-hander, broke his right hand when he punched the wall “out of frustration” and was placed on the injured list Saturday. Burke, 27, allowed three hits and four runs in the seventh inning of his team’s 12-8 win. “We want our guys, our athletes to be competitive […]
Continue readingFive MLB teams who can take down the Dodgers, Braves in 2024
We asked five of our ESPN MLB experts to each pick one team they think is best suited to take down the Dodgers and Braves in October, when it counts the most. While none of our experts necessarily expects this team to be better than L.A. and Atlanta for the 162-game long haul, they all […]
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 […]
Continue readingHouston Astros’ Ronel Blanco no-hits Toronto Blue Jays
Blanco, coming off a modest 2-1 season in which he finished with a 4.50 ERA, ignited an Astros’ club that was coming off a four-game sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees, giving Houston its first victory of the season and Major League Baseball its first no-hitter of the year. He threw 105 […]
Continue readingJuan Soto’s RBI single in 9th gives Yankees sweep of Astros
HOUSTON — Juan Soto had three hits capped by an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning that lifted the New York Yankees to a 4-3 win Sunday that completed an opening four-game sweep of the Houston Astros. With the score 3-3, Gleyber Torres singled off closer Josh Hader (0-1) with two outs […]
Continue readingJuan Soto delivers game-saving throw in New York Yankees debut
HOUSTON — That Juan Soto‘s first signature Yankee moment happened in his debut on Opening Day wasn’t far-fetched for a superstar with an uncanny ability to show out in the biggest moments. But for that moment to happen on a game-saving defensive play? That wasn’t a part of the script anyone, at least on the […]
Continue readingMLB 2024 season preview: Rankings, every team’s playoff odds
Happy MLB Opening Week, baseball fans! After a wild offseason, one thing is clear heading into the new season: Everyone is chasing the two superteams that stand alone in the top tier of our initial 2024 rankings. Whether your team is good enough to go toe-to-toe with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves or […]
Continue readingFantasy 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 readingFantasy baseball roundtable: Draft picks for rounds 1 and 2
They say that practice makes perfect — and you can certainly practice your drafting skills in our Mock Draft Lobby — but that saying begs the question: What would a “perfect” draft even look like? Tristan H. Cockcroft and Eric Karabell weighed in on each of their ideal picks from each of the 10 draft […]
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