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When MLB fans take over the game
Still, in baseball there is sometimes a thin line between what is and isn’t acceptable, especially when balls in play fly toward the outfield fences or into foul territory. Or, say, when a major league team decides to rig up explosives and detonate them in center field. Wait — what? Here are just a few […]
Continue readingRios stays valuable with Rangers
Alex Rios, a player NL-only owners might have hoped would switch leagues, was traded Friday. But he reportedly didn’t reach National League teams via the waiver process — American League squads get first crack at players within their league — and landed with the Texas Rangers, the team responsible for the claim. The Rangers received […]
Continue readingDFS Roundtable: When to take the highest-salary pitcher
Derek Carty, Renee Miller, Todd Zola and Joe Kaiser answered those questions and more in our first MLB roundtable discussion. Note: This was conducted before games on Tuesday, August 4. Carty: Let’s start with the basics and go from there. Because pitchers score more points than hitters and because you only get two of them, […]
Continue readingRangers too good to slump this bad
Injuries have ravaged the rotation. The vaunted offense has left 83 runners on base and hit only .266 with runners in scoring position the past 10 games. The defense, for the most part, has been abject. And now the Rangers’ lead in the AL West — nine games in April — has shrunk to three. […]
Continue readingPower and bullpen carry Orioles
When informed of the reasons for skepticism surrounding his team, manager Buck Showalter responds with a furrowed eyebrow and a disarming brand of common sense. “What are you supposed to do?” Showalter said recently. “Build a team for the postseason and then not make it?” Now that the Orioles have won 96 games and captured […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Bold predictions for NL teams
Some of our bold predictions from last season hit the goal or came close, which makes us smile. Cody Bellinger and Jose Berrios indeed bounced back nicely with the Cubs and Blue Jays, respectively. The Dodgers’ James Outman and Tigers’ Kerry Carpenter won starting roles and hit for power. Oakland’s Esteury Ruiz stole 50-plus bases, […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Bold predictions for AL teams
Some of our bold predictions from last season hit the goal or came close, which makes us smile. Cody Bellinger and Jose Berrios indeed bounced back nicely with the Cubs and Blue Jays, respectively. The Dodgers’ James Outman and Tigers’ Kerry Carpenter won starting roles and hit for power. Oakland’s Esteury Ruiz stole 50-plus bases, […]
Continue readingThe Playbook, Inning 1: How to play fantasy baseball
Some may call it a silly little game, but I’ll tell you a secret: Once you play fantasy baseball, you’ll be hooked for life. There’s a simple reason: It’s great. That’s because it’s fun and easy to play. Whether you’re an obsessive fan who doesn’t like to miss a pitch in a given season or […]
Continue readingThe state of Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres so far
We asked ESPN MLB experts Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez and David Schoenfield to weigh in with what has defined the 2023 season — so far — for each team, plus update their preseason predictions. Doolittle: 125. This is the AXE rating for James Outman. (Which means, roughly, that he has been 2.5 standard deviations better […]
Continue readingThe next generation of gambling technology
It is just the tip of the terabyte-rich iceberg of data collected by the cutting-edge SportVU cameras recently installed in all 29 NBA arenas. Owned by Chicago-based STATS, the SportVU cameras owe their origin to a missile defense system, but their motion-tracking capabilities have been adapted for basketball. The data captured are utilized by the […]
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