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MLB playoffs preview: Everything you need to know about the 16-team postseason
It’s time for the MLB playoffs! After a wild sprint to the finish that needed every day of the regular season to determine the seeding, the real fun begins. For the first time, 16 teams will enter the postseason, and just a few short days later half of them will be headed home. Who will […]
Continue readingDerek Jeter says Miami Marlins building for the long haul
They’re regarded as young, inexperienced overachievers who benefited from the short season and expanded playoff format. They were outscored by 41 runs this year, and no team has longer odds of winning the World Series at 33-1. But even if their postseason ends this week in the wild-card round at Wrigley Field, the Marlins believe […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Thursday’s games
Here’s a look at Thursday’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. Kevin Gausman (R), rostered in 43% of ESPN leagues, San Francisco Giants vs. Colorado Rockies: Gausman continues to stay under the radar despite being on a dominant roll. The right-hander has now allowed two or fewer […]
Continue readingPassan: Inside a final week like MLB has never seen before
Just like that, the fastest, weirdest, pandemickiest baseball season ever has come and gone. Mathematics holds that a 60-game schedule is shorter than the standard 162, but the 2020 season has whistled by so quickly that in a way it feels more like it should be June than October. And yet here we are, on […]
Continue readingWhat are MLB teams that are out of the race playing for the rest of the way?
Despite a record number of clubs advancing to this year’s MLB postseason, there will still be 14 teams that won’t be playing in October. Players on those clubs, especially young ones, could very well be playing themselves onto or off their teams’ 2021 rosters. It’s certainly not audition time, because many players have done enough […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Saturday’s games
Here’s a look at Saturday’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. Create or join a league today >> Cheat Sheet Central >> Kwang-Hyun Kim (L), rostered in 56% of ESPN leagues, St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates: Kim is rostered in slightly more than 50% of leagues, […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Monday’s games
A few of the added games have an early start, so be sure to tend to your rosters before they lock. Here are some players to consider, each available in at least half of all ESPN leagues. Joe Musgrove (R), rostered in 32% of ESPN leagues, Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds: Musgrove was a popular […]
Continue readingBraves’ 29 runs against Marlins second most in MLB since 1900
The Atlanta Braves scored 29 runs against the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night, falling just one short of tying the major league record for most runs in a game. Adam Duvall’s seventh-inning grand slam gave host Atlanta a 29-9 lead, which ended up being the final score. The 29 runs are tied for the second […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Wednesday’s games
Despite the short slate, pitching to steam is plentiful, as are intriguing bats. Pablo Lopez (R), rostered in 53% of ESPN leagues, Miami Marlins at Atlanta Braves: Lopez is coming off his only clunker of the season, failing to last five innings for the first time in six starts as the Rays touched him for […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Friday’s games
Normally, the sage approach is targeting batters in doubleheaders since you have the chance for more than one game’s worth of stats. The conundrum this season is if the player only appears once, you run the risk of getting only six innings if the home team is leading. As such, the players featured all have […]
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