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June MLB delivers D.C. thunder, a mysterious Arizona phone number and a walk-off triple play in Bronx
There was no June swoon for weird, wacky and wonderful in baseball. The greatest game provided another load of strikeouts, including immaculate ones, home runs and unusual name connections, led by a threesome of Santanas on one play, and Griffin Jax and Skye Bolt in one week. It gave us bizarre plays, triple plays and […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Saturday
Saturday isn’t all about deGrom, though. While the Mets ace might be the main event, there are also plenty of quality streamers to discuss. With that in mind, here’s a look at Saturday’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in roughly 50% or fewer ESPN leagues. Shane McClanahan (L), rostered in 22% of ESPN […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Sunday
This is the first time in a while the docket lacks a starting pitcher with a projected game score of at least 60. The relative lack of quality at the top of the card should make it easier to make up ground on the pitching side of the ledger for those grinding out a head-to-head […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 11 – Did key injuries shake up our top five?
After a shortened 60-game 2020 MLB season, we’re already past that point in baseball’s return to a 162-game schedule with the All-Star break now less than a month away. What does that mean for your favorite team in our Week 11 MLB Power Rankings? The Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago White Sox both suffered significant […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Friday
Here are the picks to get your fantasy weekend headed in the right direction. As is the custom, Each has an ESPN league rostership level below 50%. Cody Poteet (R), rostered in 28% of ESPN leagues, Miami Marlins at Pittsburgh Pirates: Poteet was initially schedule to open the Marlins-Pirates series on Thursday but the return […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Wednesday
Overall, it’s a solid slate for streaming hitters and deep but risky for pitchers so you should be able to find suitable replacements for players on the aforementioned six clubs. Here are some recommendations, each available in at least half of all ESPN leagues. Randy Dobnak (R), rostered in 2% of ESPN leagues, Minnesota Twins […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Thursday
Here’s a look at Thursday’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in less than 50% of ESPN leagues. Brady Singer (R), rostered in 26% of ESPN leagues, Kansas City Royals at Tampa Bay Rays: Singer seemingly does just enough each outing to keep himself in the streamer discussion. He’s not dominating opponents, but he’s […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Saturday
Here’s a look at Saturday’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. Domingo German (R), rostered in 41% of ESPN leagues, New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles: German has been a rock-solid presence in the Yankees rotation this season. He’s allowed three or fewer earned runs in five […]
Continue readingFantasy 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 […]
Continue readingPredicting offseason moves for all 30 MLB teams
This is not the offseason to make predictions. As Buster Olney and Jeff Passan have already outlined, due to the financial conditions in the sport due to the shortened season with no fans in the stands — and the uncertainty of what will happen in 2021 — there will be big rollbacks in payrolls. Former […]
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