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MLB Power Rankings Week 24: Where every team stands with two weeks to play
We’re now just two weeks away from the end of the 2022 MLB regular season, and many races are still up in the air. Four of our top five teams have now secured a postseason berth, with the Yankees, Cardinals and Guardians the three division leaders left still battling for a playoff spot. While we […]
Continue readingAndrew Benintendi, Whit Merrifield among 10 unvaccinated Kansas City Royals players out for Toronto Blue Jays series
Ten Kansas City Royals players, including four of their top hitters and two of their best starting pitchers this season, will not travel to Toronto this week for the four-game series with the Blue Jays because they have not received the COVID-19 vaccination. The vaccine requirement for border crossing into Canada will affect outfielder Andrew […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Sunday’s MLB games
Note: This file will be updated with any overnight pitching changes or weather-related game postponements, along with the addition of the latest MLB game odds as of the indicated time of publication. By Todd Zola • Closer Chart: Latest bullpen intel • MLB Depth Charts for every team • Player news wire with fantasy spin […]
Continue reading‘It just felt right’: Bobby Witt Jr.’s debut ends with clutch hit to key Kansas City Royals win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The national champion Kansas basketball team, the mayor of Kansas City and the greatest player in Royals history crammed into a suite down the third-base line at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday — there for Opening Day, but also because they wanted to watch one player in particular. “Everyone,” Hall of Famer […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Tuesday
If you haven’t yet read my primer on how weather can give you a MASSIVE edge in fantasy baseball, be sure to check that out now, as it will help provide context for my player evaluations each week. Here are Tuesday’s choices to bolster your fantasy squad, with everyone available in at least half of […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 1: Who are the biggest risers and fallers in the first week of the season?
How much can really change in one week of a 162-game MLB season? Exactly one week since the excitement of Opening Day had fans of, well, almost every MLB team thinking positive thoughts about the possibilities to come in 2021, our first regular-season rankings of the young season offer something of a reality check for […]
Continue reading2021 MLB Opening Day lineups for every game
Major League Baseball is back for a full 162-game 2021 season after a very unique 2020. Not sure who is starting for your team on Opening Day? We’re tracking batting orders from across the league as teams start to play in front of their home fans again for the first time since the pandemic began. […]
Continue reading2021 MLB Opening Day: Takeaways and best moments from every game
Happy Opening Day! As the 2021 MLB season officially begins, we’re tracking the key takeaways and signature moments from each game across the country. Beginning with a snow-filled AL Central matchup in Detroit and a Hyun-Jin Ryu vs. Gerrit Cole pitching showdown in New York, there has been plenty to talk about right from the […]
Continue readingNationals’ Juan Soto scratched vs. Braves with left elbow soreness
Soto’s exit took away one of baseball’s top hitters and came one day after another Washington outfielder, Adam Eaton, was forced out of Thursday night’s game with a jammed knee. The 21-year-old Soto is hitting .354 with 11 homers and 26 RBIs. He missed the first eight games because of a positive test for the […]
Continue readingTrea Turner, Nationals avoid arbitration with $7.45M deal for 2020
Turner joined lefty reliever Roenis Elias, who got a $1,975,000 deal, and right-handed starter Joe Ross in agreeing to 2020 contracts on the day of the deadline for teams and players to exchange arbitration figures. Outfielder Michael A. Taylor and Washington settled Thursday on a $3,325,000 salary for next season. The 26-year-old Turner was a […]
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