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Predicting 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 readingMLB Playoffs Daily: Baseball’s biggest postseason party ever is here
Key links: Preview | Predictions | Schedule, bracket | Playoff Baseball Classic All times Eastern; All series best-of-three played entirely in better seed’s home park Game 1: No. 6 Houston Astros (Zack Greinke) at No. 3 Minnesota Twins (Kenta Maeda), 2 p.m. on ABC After an offseason of controversy, the Astros secured the AL West’s […]
Continue readingRowdy Tellez on Toronto Blue Jays’ roster against Tampa Bay Rays and Tanner Roark left off
Tellez could be a designated hitter option for the No. 8 Blue Jays in the best-of-three series against the top-seeded Rays. Right-hander Jordan Romano was not included on the 28-man roster Tuesday. He has not pitched in a game since Aug. 28 because of a finger injury but threw batting practice Sunday in hopes of […]
Continue readingJeff Passan’s 20 questions as the MLB playoffs begin
Honestly, it was great to just see a groundout. Watch the most exciting opening round in MLB history on ESPN and ABC. Wednesday, Sept. 30: 12 p.m. ET: Reds-Braves on ESPN 1 p.m. ET: Astros-Twins on ESPN2 2 p.m. ET: Marlins-Cubs on ABC 3 p.m. ET: White Sox-A’s on ESPN 5 p.m. ET: Cardinals-Padres on […]
Continue readingMLB Wild Card Tuesday Takeaways: Reaction to all four games as MLB playoffs begin
The 2020 MLB playoffs began Tuesday with four American League Wild Card Series. Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees won the main event in a blowout against Shane Bieber and the Cleveland Indians. The Houston Astros, who finished the 2020 season with a losing record, topped the Minnesota Twins to extend Minnesota’s record playoff […]
Continue readingFantasy 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 […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings: Where all 30 teams stand coming out of trade deadline
With the 2020 MLB trade deadline now in the rearview mirror, what you see on big league rosters is what you’ll get as baseball takes its turn into the stretch drive. As Major League Baseball clubs shook up their squads, we saw considerable moves up and down this week’s rankings. The biggest moves up were […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Sunday’s games
As has been the case most of the week, the overall quality of pitching is weak, helping to fuel this week’s uptick in offense. Even so, there are a few arms warranting consideration, especially since this is the final day of the scoring period and with a truncated season, every weekly win is magnified in […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball forecaster for Week 4: Aug. 17-23
Hitter matchup ratings for the next 10 days Week 4 hitting ratings Week 4 pitcher rankings Scheduling changes continue to have a huge bearing on fantasy baseball planning. There are five rescheduled games on the Week 4 schedule: St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs doubleheaders on Monday and Wednesday, played at Chicago’s Wrigley Field but […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Sunday’s games
Good luck as you try to make up ground or solidify a lead. Here are some suggestions to fortify your active roster: Create or join a league today >> Cheat Sheet Central >> Nathan Eovaldi (R), rostered in 58% of ESPN leagues, Boston Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Mea culpa, Eovaldi is a bit […]
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