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Fantasy baseball: The players who could benefit most from a trade

It’s even more important to consider this year, when MLB’s brass decided to make July 31 the only in-season trade deadline. No more of those waivers shenanigans; make your dealing decisions by the end of next month. The American League has 10 teams in legitimate playoff contention, with the Orioles, Royals, Blue Jays, Tigers and […]

Manuel Margot’s pinch-hit, 3-run HR in ninth lifts Tampa Bay Rays over Seattle Mariners

Mariners pinch hitter Jarred Kelenic put Seattle up 6-5 in the eighth with a two-run homer. But the Rays jumped on reliever Paul Sewald (0-1) for a pair of one-out singles from Randy Arozarena and Brandon Lowe in the ninth. Sewald then served up Margot’s first homer of the season on a drive to left-center, […]

What we learned from Week 1 of MLB’s sticky-stuff crackdown

There has been a full week of MLB games since the league officially began its crackdown on pitchers using foreign substances. Among the … highlights? Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer — a future Hall of Famer — was less than pleased about being inspected for the sticky stuff by umpires last Tuesday, specifically on the […]

Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer miffed as umpires inspect him 3 times

Two days into Major League Baseball’s revamped enforcement of a crackdown on sticky stuff, a couple of things are clear. First, no one, no matter his stature, is above suspicion. Just ask Cooperstown-bound ace Max Scherzer. Second, if MLB expected a smooth integration of its newest guidelines into the flow of its games, that appears […]

Sticky situation: Scherzer, Romo and Harper’s hair headline wild 20 hours in MLB

One minute we’re lamenting bad baserunning and the fact that there have been too many no-hitters in the past months, the next we’re watching pitchers venture dangerously close to stripping in an indignant attempt to prove their “sticky stuff” innocence. We knew players weren’t likely to take too kindly to Major League Baseball’s foreign-substance crackdown […]

As pitchers decry MLB’s foreign-substance crackdown, unfazed commissioner Rob Manfred says changes ‘have gone very well’

NEW YORK — On-field exams of pitchers started Monday, a week after Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced a crackdown on unauthorized grip substances. How’s it going so far? Depends on who you ask. While players throughout baseball have offered several different takes — many have been outspoken and demonstrative, both in their media […]

Oakland Athletics’ unlikely 11th win in a row shows just how hot they are

In 1983, the Chicago White Sox would win the AL West title and make the postseason for the first time since 1959. At one point during the season, Texas Rangers manager Doug Rader, unimpressed with the White Sox’s style of play, referred to it as “winning ugly.” It became the team’s slogan. On Wednesday, the […]

2021 MLB season preview: Power rankings, best (and worst) case and most exciting player for all 30 teams

After a shortened 60-game schedule in 2020, Major League Baseball returns to a full 162-game season in 2021. The Los Angeles Dodgers ruled last year’s unusual campaign, beating the Tampa Bay Rays in six games for L.A.’s first World Series title since 1988, but are they still the team to beat over the course of […]

Six league trends to stay ahead of in fantasy baseball

The one constant in baseball is change. It’s not enough to simply scout players and fill out a cheat sheet; it’s important to also have a firm read on what’s going on around the league as a whole. After all, many of the edges you might find during the draft-prep process center on league trends, […]

Reports: Twins, closer Taylor Rogers agree to $6 million contract

Rogers compiled a 4.05 ERA in 21 appearances with nine saves and two blown chances during the abbreviated 60-game season. The left-hander was the last remaining Minnesota player eligible for arbitration, meaning the Twins have no proposed salaries to exchange with agents this winter and won’t have to worry about heading to any hearings. They […]

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