- Home →
- Luis Robert
2022 MLB season preview: Power Rankings, playoff odds and everything you need to know for all 30 teams
After a hot stove season interrupted by a work stoppage, it’s time to rejoice, baseball fans: MLB opening week is finally here! As the new season begins following an offseason filled with player movement, there are big questions across the majors. How will the Atlanta Braves follow up their surprising march to the 2021 World […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Head-to-head categories mock draft
The 2022 fantasy baseball game is live! Get the gang back together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> This fantasy baseball mock draft is for a head-to-head categories league using ESPN’s standard rotisserie categories and roster settings. The standard categories used are batting average, runs, home runs, […]
Continue readingThe Playbook, Inning 9: Mastering the 2022 fantasy baseball player pool
We’ve gone through the basics of fantasy baseball, discussed auction strategy and how to build a cheat sheet. We’ve also provided in-season trade and free-agency tips, dug deep into the advanced stats (including those provided by Statcast) and examined the latest trends around the league. Still, even with all those tools at your disposal, there’s […]
Continue readingChicago White Sox announce deal with Cuban slugger Oscar Colas
Considered one of the top international free agents, Colás received a $2.7 million signing bonus. The team also announced it had agreed to terms with outfielder Erick Hernández in a deal that included a $1 million bonus. Colás, 23, is from Santiago de Cuba. He bats and throws left-handed and hit .282 with 28 homers […]
Continue readingWay-too-early 2022 MLB Power Rankings
The Atlanta Braves just won the 2021 World Series by eliminating the Houston Astros in six games — but we’re already looking ahead to next year. Will Atlanta repeat as champions after an unexpected title run? Will the team to beat in all of baseball come from a stacked AL East? And can we count […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 25: Where all 30 teams stand in the final week
With one week left in the season, it’s now or never for teams to secure their spot in the 2021 MLB playoffs. Ties, collapses, the kind of heroics that become legend — all are on the table as October rolls around. Who is finally going to pull ahead in the wild-card race between the Yankees, […]
Continue readingChicago White Sox clinch AL Central title, second straight playoff appearance
CLEVELAND — The Chicago White Sox clinched the American League Central title by virtue of a 7-2 victory over the second-place Cleveland Indians on Thursday. The celebration on the field was subdued, in part, because the teams had Game 2 of their doubleheader to play but also because the White Sox have much bigger goals […]
Continue readingRight fielder Adam Engel ‘feels good,’ will be activated by Chicago White Sox with playoffs on horizon
Right fielder Adam Engel will be activated from the injured list on Tuesday, according to manager Tony La Russa. “He looks good,” La Russa said Monday. “He feels good.” Engel has been out more than a month with left shoulder inflammation. The injury came after he missed April and May with a hamstring ailment. Combined […]
Continue readingChicago White Sox’s Tony La Russa, Mike Wright suspended after Los Angeles Angels slugger Shohei Ohtani hit by pitch
Chicago White Sox pitcher Mike Wright has been suspended three games and manager Tony La Russa for one on Saturday by Major League Baseball, which concluded Wright intentionally threw at Angels slugger Shohei Ohtani on Thursday. Wright appealed the suspension issued by Michael Hill, who is MLB’s senior vice president for on-field operations. The discipline […]
Continue readingMLB September predictions: Playoff races, MVP and Cy Young awards, and a few surprises
Exactly one month from today, Major League Baseball’s 2021 regular season will come to a close. When it does, which of the current contenders will be headed to the playoffs? Which teams will be on the outside looking in? Will the San Francisco Giants edge the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West, or […]
Continue reading