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Happy birthday, Mike Trout: 29 stories from those who know him best as baseball’s best turns 29

Mike Trout homered in his first at-bat as a father on Tuesday, and anybody who has ever spent any time around the Los Angeles Angels star probably muttered something like, “Of course he did.” He does stuff like that all the time, some of it in front of the cameras but much more of it […]

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

Here’s a look at the day’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. Create or join a league today >> Cheat Sheet Central >> Alec Mills (R), rostered in 39% of ESPN leagues, Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals: Friday’s game between these division rivals was postponed due […]

Fantasy baseball forecaster for Week 2: Aug. 3-9

Hitter matchup ratings for the next 10 days Week 2 hitting ratings Week 2 pitcher rankings The COVID-19 situation surrounding the Miami Marlins and Philadelphia Phillies, which has also impacted the schedules of the Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Washington Nationals, has the Week 2 schedule in a state of flux. […]

Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka plans to wear protective insert in cap

The Yankees right-hander suffered a concussion July 4, minutes into the team’s first summer workout, when a line drive that left Giancarlo Stanton’s bat at an estimated 112 miles an hour struck the right side of his head. The Yankees don’t have Tanaka on their opening day roster but say he might pitch July 31. […]

One stat that will shape 2020 for every American League team

Former manager Bobby Bragan once described baseball statistics like this: “Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you should be perfectly comfortable.” Good one. Nonetheless, baseball is a numbers game. As we peel away from the Astros’ cheating scandal and […]

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 […]