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MLB playoffs preview: Everything you need to know about the 16-team postseason

It’s time for the MLB playoffs! After a wild sprint to the finish that needed every day of the regular season to determine the seeding, the real fun begins. For the first time, 16 teams will enter the postseason, and just a few short days later half of them will be headed home. Who will […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Saturday’s games

Here’s a look at Saturday’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in less than 50% of ESPN leagues. Dane Dunning (R), rostered in 31% of ESPN leagues, Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs: Dunning’s last start against Cleveland earlier this week didn’t go as planned (4 IP, 4 ER), but we’re going back to […]

MLB Power Rankings: The 2020 MVP for all 30 teams

As we enter the final week of the regular season, the playoff field is taking shape, as are ESPN’s Power Rankings. After a period where they slipped out of our top five (and nearly slipped out of a playoff berth), the Yankees righted the ship and have looked like the powerhouse most expected to see […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Monday’s games

A few of the added games have an early start, so be sure to tend to your rosters before they lock. Here are some players to consider, each available in at least half of all ESPN leagues. Joe Musgrove (R), rostered in 32% of ESPN leagues, Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds: Musgrove was a popular […]

Inside 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 […]

MLB Power Rankings: West Coast contenders shake things up

With Major League Baseball teams reaching the midpoint of their seasons and next week’s trade deadline looming on the sports calendar, even little more than a month’s worth of data is starting to take on meaning for general managers weighing decisions about potential moves they can make. Not least because there’s little more than a […]

A’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 […]

Athletics’ Mike Fiers declines to discuss whistleblower role

OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland Athletics pitcher Mike Fiers didn’t have any more to say regarding his role as a whistleblower. Fiers declined to answer questions Friday about revealing the sign-stealing scandal that has engulfed Major League Baseball, instead saying he simply wanted to focus on the future. He spoke a day ahead of an A’s […]

2020 MLB arbitration tracker: Follow along at Jan. 10 deadline

Friday was the deadline for 155 arbitration-eligible players and their MLB teams to agree on salaries or exchange desired numbers for 2020. This year, big names including Mookie Betts, Kris Bryant, Javier Baez, Aaron Judge, George Springer and Noah Syndergaard are among those who either came to a settlement amount before the deadline or are […]

Sources: A’s star Marcus Semien gets $13M, Sean Manea $3.75M

Semien earned $5.9 million last year. All seven of Oakland’s arbitration-eligible players reached one-year agreements, including starting pitcher Sean Manaea and closer Liam Hendriks. Manaea got $3.75 million and Hendriks $5.3 million. Manaea started Oakland’s wild-card loss to Tampa Bay last year, his first career playoff start at age 27. It came after he missed […]

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