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Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Tuesday
Here are Tuesday’s choices to bolster your fantasy squad, with everyone available in at least half of all ESPN leagues. Nick Neidert (R), rostered in fewer than 1% of ESPN leagues, Miami Marlins vs. Baltimore Orioles: The Orioles lose a DH and take a big park downgrade going into loanDepot park today. And, of course, […]
Continue readingEduardo Rodriguez wins for Boston Red Sox in return from heart inflammation
BALTIMORE — For Boston Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez, it felt like his first big league start. The day ended with the same type of emotion. Rodriguez won in his return from heart inflammation that caused him to miss the 2020 season, allowing three runs over five innings Thursday to lead the Red Sox over […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes — Pitcher and hitter rankings for Thursday
Here’s a look at Thursday’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. Jake Arrieta (R), rostered in 31% of ESPN leagues, Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates: Arrieta pitched well in his first start back in a Cubs uniform, spinning six innings of one-run ball against the Pirates with […]
Continue readingHouston Astros’ strong opening statement and other observations from MLB’s first weekend
We had a lot happen over the first four days of the 2021 MLB season. The Reds and Cardinals had the first bench-clearing incident of the season. The Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger lost a home run when he passed Justin Turner on the basepath. White Sox rookie designated hitter Yermin Mercedes set an MLB record by […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Saturday
Here’s a look at Saturday’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. Logan Webb (R), rostered in 5% of ESPN leagues, San Francisco Giants at Seattle Mariners: Webb was overlooked by many fantasy managers this draft season after he posted a 5.47 ERA and 1.56 WHIP over 13 […]
Continue readingBy the numbers: The betting impact of the new baseballs
The new balls weigh 0.098 ounces less and are, to be simplistic, less bouncy. (More about the tweaks to the baseballs here.) Prior to the 2019 season, Korean baseball league KBO changed its baseball, making it one gram lighter and slightly reducing the coefficient of restitution (the bounciness). Runs per game dropped from 11.1 in […]
Continue readingHandicapping the MLB teams battling for the final NL playoff spots
The National League playoff race is a mess. If you like “Hoarders,” “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” or the finale of “Game of Thrones,” you are certainly enjoying this mad scramble of mediocrity in Major League Baseball’s senior circuit. With less than three weeks left in the season — and many doubleheaders to be […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Tuesday’s games
The trade deadline could muddle things up a bit, but I tried to avoid players who will likely be traded and affected by trades, but you never know so stay tuned! Create or join a league today >> Cheat Sheet Central >> Kwang-Hyun Kim (L), rostered in 41% of ESPN leagues, St. Louis Cardinals at […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Tuesday’s games
It is a somewhat bittersweet feeling as I loved recommending those guys, but it opens the door for new players to emerge and I’ve found some gems who are definitely too widely available given how well they’re playing. Create or join a league today >> Cheat Sheet Central >> Alex Young (L), rostered in 2% […]
Continue readingWorst betting seasons for every MLB team over the past 20 years
The MLB season is still on hold, so in the meantime, we thought we’d take a look at each team’s worst betting season over the past 20 years (based on one-unit bets). Here are the worst betting seasons for each team from the past 20 years, courtesy of research from ESPN Stats & Information. 2018: […]
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