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One key takeaway from MLB’s Opening Day games
We dipped our toes into the waters of the 2020 baseball season with two games on Thursday. On Friday, we dove in headfirst with 14 contests — the first time since the regular season ended on Sept. 29, 2019, that we had coast-to-coast baseball. That was 299 days ago, and it feels like much longer. […]
Continue readingYour guide to the most unusual MLB Opening Day ever
Baseball is back. The home runs are back. The blazing fastballs blurring across our TV screens are back. The bat flips, the doubles in the gap, the “how did he do that?” defensive plays, the box scores, the exit velocities, the hot takes, the debates, the hopeful late-game rallies, the walk-off hits, the beautiful background […]
Continue reading2020 MLB Opening Day lineups for every game
Baseball is back for a very unique 2020 MLB season. Not sure who is starting for your team? We’re tracking batting orders from across the majors, including the first NL games since the universal DH was adapted for the season. Check back for updates as teams announce their Opening Day starting lineups for all of […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Friday’s games
So, as always, here are some players in a decent scenario to help your fantasy team get off to a hot start. By way of reminder, the focus is on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. Occasionally (like today), liberties will be taken with the cutoff. Pitching Baseball is back, and so […]
Continue readingPicking both 2020 MLB All-Star rosters — even though there’s no game
The 91st All-Star Game would have been played Tuesday, and it would have been a wonderful celebration of the sport’s best players at Dodger Stadium. Instead, for the first time since 1945, there is no game, so the American League will carry its seven-game winning streak into 2021 at Atlanta’s Truist Park, with Dodger Stadium […]
Continue readingThe best pitching performance ever for all 30 teams
Editor’s note: The original version of this story ran on June 27, 2018. As part of ESPN’s Strikeout Saturday on March 28, 2020, David Schoenfield updated his evaluations, particularly of who’s most likely to beat each team’s best-ever pitching performance. On May 4, 2018 Gerrit Cole pitched one of the best games you will ever […]
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