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Olney: Buyers or sellers? These five teams need to decide now
The Twins promptly went on a mini-losing streak and by July 30 — just six days later — Minnesota was seven games out of first place. Immediately, the Twins became sellers, flipping Garcia to the Yankees after only one start. But down the stretch, the Twins’ offense exploded, and Minnesota boat-raced its way into a […]
Continue readingWay-too-early World Series preview: Who can beat the Dodgers?
While the top six are the same, their order has shuffled quite a bit. And no team’s aspirations have been more validated than those of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who currently have about a 1-in-3 shot at winning it all by these figures. That’s about as good as you’re going to do in the random […]
Continue readingFantasy Forecaster: Week 3
On tap: Expect a heightened level of intensity in Los Angeles this week, as the Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Diego Padres Monday through Wednesday, only four days after a Zack Greinke–Carlos Quentin hit by pitch spawned a bench-clearing brawl between the two teams that resulted in a fractured collarbone for Greinke and an […]
Continue readingThe dos and don’ts of drafting injury-prone pitchers
Recent history suggests that the wisest such picks are the ones at full strength on Opening Day, rather than DL-bound to begin the year. This season, Masahiro Tanaka, and to a lesser degree, Jose Fernandez, Stephen Strasburg and Michael Pineda, fall within this group. Players on the Disabled List on Opening Day, or projected to […]
Continue readingHaren a bounce-back candidate
The defending division champion Washington Nationals, who owned the game’s second-best team ERA (3.33) and WHIP (1.22) in 2012, deepened their young rotation on Tuesday with the signing of veteran right-hander Dan Haren. Like the man whose spot he’ll take, Edwin Jackson, Haren signed a one-year deal (for a reported $13 million); Jackson signed a […]
Continue readingAngels orthopedist Lewis Yocum dies
Yocum had been the team orthopedist for the Los Angeles Angels for 36 years. Team spokesman Tim Mead said Tuesday that Yocum died Saturday in Manhattan Beach. “I wouldn’t be here without him,” Washington Nationals pitcher Jordan Zimmermann said. “He’s fixed a lot of guys and done a lot for the game of baseball.” Yocum […]
Continue readingBuy or sell? Strasburg’s injury leaves Nats scrambling at deadline
Back in February, manager Dave Martinez brought camels to spring training, a living and breathing metaphor intended to help the Washington Nationals get over the playoff hump. Five months later, Stephen Strasburg‘s injury woes could be the knockout punch that kiboshes the team’s postseason chances and maybe — just maybe — morphs them from buyers […]
Continue readingNationals star pitcher Stephen Strasburg officially retires at 35
Stephen Strasburg, the 2019 World Series MVP whose pitching career was derailed by injuries, has officially retired from baseball. Strasburg, 35, was a hard-throwing right-hander who was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 amateur draft and briefly rose to stardom, leading the franchise to the first championship in Washington Nationals history. But he […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Friday’s MLB games
Note: This file will be updated with any overnight pitching changes or weather-related game postponements, along with the addition of the latest MLB game odds as of the indicated time of publication. The fantasy baseball world was abuzz over Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Jared Jones‘ first career start last Saturday, as he struck out 10 Miami […]
Continue readingBraves’ pitching plan a throwback to their glory days
The educational process has come full circle now that Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz have graduated to Cooperstown and Miller is the leader of a new Atlanta staff filled with enthusiastic 20-somethings. He is both inspired and humbled by the history he’s trying to perpetuate. “We all want to be great, but I can’t […]
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