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Fernando Tatis Jr. HR caps Padres comeback from 8-run deficit
On the 20th anniversary of the first Padres game at Petco Park, Tatis exuberantly celebrated the moment that fully erased an 8-0 deficit. He held his bat out with his left arm as he watched the ball sail into the left-field seats, flipped it, hollered and pumped his fists as he started his trot. He […]
Continue readingFantasy Baseball: Forecaster for the Seoul Series
The 2024 Major League Baseball season begins with two games between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday and Thursday. Both games have a scheduled 6:05 a.m. ET first pitch, so set your alarms, grab some coffee, and call in late for work. Both games will be broadcast […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Head-to-head categories mock draft
The 2024 fantasy baseball season is here! Get the group together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Spring training is in full swing and the ESPN fantasy baseball crew has been watching, We’re ready to show you the results of our 2024 fantasy baseball rotisserie (roto) mock […]
Continue readingThe Playbook, Inning 4: Building the perfect cheat sheet
Let’s begin with advice that would’ve made my ninth-grade English teacher, Miss Kadish, cringe: On this metaphorical “final exam” that is fantasy baseball’s draft day, cheat! Extending the metaphor, if draft day carries a similarly hefty weight in determining your team’s seasonal outcome as exam day does to your course’s final grade, why wouldn’t you […]
Continue readingSource: Cubs, Japanese pitcher Shota Imanaga working toward deal
Imanaga, 30, excelled during eight seasons with the Yokohama Bay Stars in the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, going 74-55 with a 2.96 ERA and striking out 1,183 in 1,129⅔ innings. While his fastball averages only 92 mph, Imanaga generates a significant amount of carry on the pitch, leading to the gaudy strikeout numbers and general […]
Continue readingKorean RHP Woo Suk Go joining Padres on 2-year, $4.5M deal
The deal is worth $4.5 million, a source told ESPN, confirming a report by the New York Post. Go, a 25-year-old right-hander, spent the past five years as the closer for the LG Twins of the Korea Baseball Organization, accumulating 139 saves and a 2.39 ERA from 2019 to 2023. With the Padres, he’ll join […]
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 […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 26: Who’s No. 1 entering the playoffs?
More Teams. More Games. Jeff Passan and Dave Schoenfield expect the Twins and Brewers to make some noise in the postseason. (2:40) We’re down to the final days of the 2023 regular season. Most teams are looking ahead to 2024, while others are focused on October — and the fates of a few squads still […]
Continue readingCy Young contender Logan Webb ‘tired of losing,’ says winning trumps award
Webb pitched his second complete game this season, and pinch hitter Michael Conforto delivered a two-run single in the eighth inning to lift San Francisco over the Padres 2-1. The game marked Webb’s 24th quality start this season — tops in the majors, according to the Giants. Webb, whose first career complete game was a […]
Continue readingPadres lose no-hitter in 9th, then win on walk-off home run
More Teams. More Games. Xander Bogaerts‘ home run just sneaks out to give the Padres a 2-0 win in the bottom of the ninth inning. (1:19) SAN DIEGO — NL Cy Young Award contender Blake Snell lowered his big league-leading ERA to 2.33 and struck out 10 in seven brilliant innings for the San Diego […]
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