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MLB Power Rankings Week 11 – Did key injuries shake up our top five?
After a shortened 60-game 2020 MLB season, we’re already past that point in baseball’s return to a 162-game schedule with the All-Star break now less than a month away. What does that mean for your favorite team in our Week 11 MLB Power Rankings? The Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago White Sox both suffered significant […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Thursday
Detroit’s Matt Manning is a perfect example. The Tigers are expected to call up the former first-round pick for Thursday’s matchup against the Angels. While the 23-year-old is regarded as one of the game’s top pitching prospects, he owns an ugly 8.07 ERA over seven starts at Triple-A. In standard formats, it’s probably too early […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 10: Which AL team is our new No. 1?
Ten weeks into the MLB season, we have the fourth No. 1 team of the 2021 campaign atop our MLB Power Rankings. Which American League team is playing well enough to bump the San Diego Padres from the top spot? Which National League club managed to pass the Padres in the Senior Circuit? Which National […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 9: Who opens June as our No. 1 team?
We’re already two months into the 2021 MLB season, and the standings are starting to come into focus with teams already 50-plus games into their schedules. What does that mean for our first MLB Power Rankings of June? Well, for starters, there’s plenty of movement at the top, including a very tight race for No. […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 8: There’s a new No. 1 team on our list … who is it?
After a two-week run at the top by the Chicago White Sox, a new team has overtaken the AL Central leaders for the No. 1 spot in our MLB Power Rankings this week. Will the Los Angeles Dodgers regain their place there after looking more like the team we expected to see in 2021 of […]
Continue readingVladimir Guerrero Jr.’s two home runs are just the latest in a breakout season
Not that anybody has questioned Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s raw power anytime lately, but the first of his two home runs on Monday was a booming testament to his strength. Ryan Yarbrough threw a first-pitch, 78 mph changeup on the outer third of the plate. Guerrero, knees slightly bent, hands cocked on […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 7: Can anyone catch the Chicago White Sox at the top?
The Chicago White Sox haven’t slowed down one bit since taking over our No. 1 spot in Week 6, but they are hardly the only team playing well heading into this edition of our MLB Power Rankings. How high did strong stretches from the San Diego Padres, Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants move them […]
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 readingCincinnati Reds OF Nick Castellanos suspended 2 games for sparking brawl
NEW YORK — Cincinnati Reds outfielder Nick Castellanos was suspended for two games and fined Monday for his role in an on-field brawl during the season’s opening weekend, the first discipline given by Michael Hill in his new role as Major League Baseball’s senior vice president for on-field operations. Castellanos appealed the penalty to special […]
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. […]
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