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What Corey Kluber’s no-hitter might mean for the New York Yankees

When the New York Yankees started the 2021 season 5-10, with general manager Brian Cashman telling the media that the team had played a 15-game stretch they’d like to forget, the assumption from many observers around baseball was that the Bronx Bombers’ offense would eventually come around, with the likes of DJ LeMahieu, Giancarlo Stanton […]

MLB Power Rankings Week 6: Who passed the Los Angeles Dodgers for our No. 1 spot?

For the first time during the 2021 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers are not atop our MLB Power Rankings. The defending world champions fell from No. 1 after a prolonged slump in which L.A. has gone just 7-15 and dropped five consecutive series since starting the season with an MLB-best 13-2 mark. Now the big […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Friday

As is usually the case, scoring is creeping up in May with 4.43 runs per game as compared to 4.25 in April. This trend should continue through August before it falls back in September. As such, we’re still at the point of the season pitching is better than what it will be for the next […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Sunday

Good luck in the final day of the scoring period. Here are the players with favorable matchups, all rostered in fewer than 50% of all ESPN leagues. Nick Pivetta (R), rostered in 43% of ESPN leagues, Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles: As an organization, Red Sox pitchers are working faster and it seems to […]

MLB Power Rankings Week 5: Where does your team fall on our first list of May?

Just over a month into the 2021 MLB season, no team has separated itself from the pack at the top of the standings just yet. In fact, heading into play Thursday, there are 12 teams within two games of Oakland’s MLB-best 19-13 mark. For our MLB Power Rankings voters, that means the challenge of putting […]

New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom’s lack of run support might be reaching new lows

Every Jacob deGrom start these days is a testament to pitching perfection, the most impressive combination of power and command since the peak of Pedro Martinez’s Hall of Fame career. Yet, once again, the New York Mets and their fans were left frustrated Wednesday, able to appreciate deGrom’s brilliance but staring at a big fat […]

Jacob deGrom ties Nolan Ryan for most strikeouts in first five starts; Mets fall to Red Sox 1-0

Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom tied Nolan Ryan’s record for most strikeouts through a pitcher’s first five starts of a season, finishing Wednesday night’s start with nine strikeouts over six innings to run his five-game total to 59. But deGrom did so in a losing cause, as New York fell 1-0 to the Boston Red Sox […]

Life after Mookie Betts: How the Boston Red Sox are built to win without him

Like that 2018 team, these Red Sox will need to lean on their full roster to win. “That’s something I don’t agree with you guys when you talk about 2018, because we had to maneuver at first base, at second base, at third base and behind the plate,” Cora said. “We had the same situation. […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Wednesday

Elsewhere, it’s a fine night to stream pitching with a handful of solid options. As usually, batters are plentiful, and with the batting average down across the league, prudent streaming is more necessary than usual. Here are Wednesday’s players in the streaming spotlight, all rostered in fewer than half of all ESPN leagues. Alex Wood […]

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. JT Brubaker (R), rostered in 23% of ESPN leagues, Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers: Brubaker has attracted the attention of fantasy managers by putting up a 1.76 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 10.6 K/9 over his first […]

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