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The Playbook, Inning 6: Nine must-follow fantasy baseball tips

By now, you might be fancying yourself a fantasy baseball pro. Inning 1: Fantasy baseball 101 Inning 2: League formats Inning 3: Salary-cap drafts Inning 4: Preparation Inning 5: Roster optimization Inning 6: Nine must-follow tips Inning 7: Adjusting to league trends Inning 8: Utilizing advanced stats Inning 9: Mastering the player pool You’ve read […]

MLB free-agency tracker: Latest moves, grades and analysis

Below is a running list of every key transaction, along with analysis and grades for the most important ones. Remember: Trades and signings can happen at practically any hour of the day, so make sure to check back regularly. Key links: Everything you need to know about the MLB offseason | Full free agent tracker […]

Washington Nationals’ Trea Turner becomes first player to hit for cycle on birthday in modern era

WASHINGTON — Trea Turner thought three bags the moment he made contact. So did everyone else in the ballpark. Turner completed his record-tying third career cycle by hitting a sixth-inning triple for the Washington Nationals on Wednesday — accomplishing the feat on his 28th birthday before leaving the game with a finger injury — in […]

Fantasy 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. Madison Bumgarner (L), rostered in 41% of ESPN leagues, Arizona Diamondbacks at Miami Marlins: After surrendering five or more runs in each his first three starts, Bumgarner has dazzled in his last three turns, allowing just […]

How baseball made it through its best, worst, smartest, stupidest and scariest season ever

The weirdest, strangest, wackiest, smartest, stupidest, best, worst season in baseball history is finally over — and it’s not clear if we should be happy or sad. Major League Baseball brought us so much pleasure, but also such a large measure of pain. So all we can hope, for so many reasons well beyond the […]

Cody Bellinger back in center field for Los Angeles Dodgers in World Series Game 5

The roof will be closed Sunday night because of dreary conditions and an increasing chance of rain into the night. Bellinger, a National League Gold Glove finalist, was listed in center field for Game 5 after he was a late switch to designated hitter a night earlier because of back stiffness. The wild game-ending play […]

Kevin Cash stacks Tampa Bay Rays’ lineup with righties, drops Brandon Lowe to 5th for World Series Game 4

“I like the mix [at the top],” Cash said. “We have a disciplined approach there with Yandy [Diaz]. Randy [Arozarena] is the best hitter on the planet right now. Manny [Margot] and [Mike] Brosseau are contact-oriented guys. Brosseau had a tremendous year against left-handed pitching.” The Rays will face Dodgers lefty Julio Urias in Game […]

World Series 2020: How the Rays became the Rays. Inside the brain trust of MLB’s most innovative team

When the Tampa Bay Rays first tasted success, reaching the 2008 World Series after just 10 years in existence, then-manager Joe Maddon would often remind his team that the franchise was still in its infancy. “We are where some other teams were 100 years ago,” Maddon would say. “We’re writing history. We’re the first chapters […]

Houston Astros’ Zack Greinke on Dusty Baker leaving him in ALCS Game 4: ‘It was nice having someone have confidence in me’

In the age of analytics in baseball, a lot of longtime fans still appreciate the old-school ways. As baseball’s oldest manager, Houston’s Dusty Baker has plenty of old school in him. It turns out that his ace pitcher is pretty happy about that. Baker bucked metrics-fueled trends in pitcher usage Wednesday during the sixth inning […]

How scouting that didn’t stop at the stats fuels Rays’ MLB playoffs success

SAN DIEGO — Chemistry is a word often scoffed at by many baseball analytics people because there is no way to quantify what it actually means or what it offers. But when you speak to Major League Baseball players who have won a World Series, it’s a word often mentioned by those it affects the […]

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