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Fantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Friday’s MLB games
Note: This file has been 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. The 2024 season has not gone especially smoothly for Toronto Blue Jays ace Kevin Gausman, who last year finished third in the American […]
Continue readingMLB Opening Day 2024: Live updates, lineups, game highlights
Welcome to MLB Opening Day! All 30 teams were scheduled to be in action Thursday before rain postponed the scheduled Milwaukee Brewers-New York Mets and Atlanta Braves-Philadelphia Phillies openers to Friday. The Los Angeles Angels and Baltimore Orioles will get things started with new O’s ace Corbin Burnes on the mound at 3:05 p.m. ET. […]
Continue reading2023 MLB winter meetings updates, rumors and predictions
We’ve got it all covered for you right here, from our experts’ predictions heading into the meetings to the latest updates and analysis as the moves go down. Will No. 1 free agent Shohei Ohtani choose his next team at the meetings? Will big spenders such as the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston […]
Continue readingShohei Ohtani stands alone in spotlight amid gambling scandal
SHOHEI OHTANI WALKED from the left-field corner to the right-field corner of Dodger Stadium on Sunday afternoon to have a festive conversation with a group of his old Angels teammates, and the news of it was that he did it alone. Before Ippei Mizuhara was fired last week and accused Monday by Ohtani of stealing […]
Continue readingMLB 2024 season preview: Rankings, every team’s playoff odds
Happy MLB Opening Week, baseball fans! After a wild offseason, one thing is clear heading into the new season: Everyone is chasing the two superteams that stand alone in the top tier of our initial 2024 rankings. Whether your team is good enough to go toe-to-toe with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves or […]
Continue readingThe Playbook, Inning 8: Advanced stats to use for fantasy baseball
Baseball is such a different game today than it was when rotisserie was first invented. Back in 1980, most anyone interested in baseball was lured in by such “bubblegum card” numbers as batting average, home runs, wins and ERA. Over the years, the brightest minds in the game brought to light the fact that there […]
Continue readingMLB free agency: Latest on Dylan Cease trade rumors, fits
But it’s Jan. 10 and Cease is still in Chicago. Plenty of other starting pitchers around baseball — including Tyler Glasnow, Robbie Ray and Chris Sale — have been traded, and the looming end of Shota Imanaga’s free agency could ignite another round of dominoes. So are the White Sox still waiting for the perfect […]
Continue readingMLB free agency reset: Moves we liked, ones we didn’t, what’s next
Bradford Doolittle: I should be clear that I’m not thinking of this as the best or most-impactful move. It’s simply the one that I’ve liked the most. And, as someone with a long affinity for life in the middle of the continent, I don’t get really excited when the game’s top players cluster in New […]
Continue readingSources: Reds, Frankie Montas agree to 1-year, $16 million deal
The deal is pending a physical. Montas, 30, missed almost all of last season for the Yankees after undergoing shoulder surgery in February. He was acquired by New York midseason in 2022 but struggled over eight starts in the final two months of that year, compiling a 6.35 ERA. The bulk of his career was […]
Continue readingTwins agree to terms with free agent reliever Josh Staumont
Staumont, 30, pitched five seasons for the Kansas City Royals, saving eight games with a 4.01 ERA. The hard-throwing righty has 191 strikeouts in 168 1/3 innings. He had a 5.40 ERA in 21 games for Kansas City last season before landing on the injured list on June 7 and missing the rest of the […]
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