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Yankees-Guardians postponed; split doubleheader set for Saturday
The teams will play a split doubleheader on Saturday, with the first game starting at 12:10 p.m. The second game will start at 6:10 p.m. This is New York’s only visit to Cleveland this season, so it was essential for the game to made up right away. The pitching matchups have not been announced. The […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Monday’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. Only the Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins aren’t playing on the first Monday of the season. The 14-game slate features three matinees, beginning […]
Continue readingGuardians send Myles Straw to minors, but expects ‘impact’
The center fielder was assigned outright to Triple-A Columbus after being waived last week by Cleveland. The move was posted by Major League Baseball on his transaction list Tuesday night after days of unclarity. Straw, acquired by Cleveland in a 2021 trade from Houston, met last weekend with Chris Antonetti, the team’s president of baseball […]
Continue readingCarlos Carrasco to break camp with Guardians
The popular right-hander, diagnosed with leukemia during his first stint with Cleveland, has been told he’s got a spot on the team’s opening-day roster after attending spring training with a minor league deal. Carrasco will be either the fifth starter or a reliever. He went 88-73 in 242 games in 11 seasons for Cleveland before […]
Continue readingGuardians’ Shane Bieber Opening Day starter for 5th straight year
The 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner, the right-hander has had a solid spring training with the Guardians after making just 21 starts last season due to elbow issues. Bieber, 28, has shown an uptick in velocity, another sign he’s healthy and returning to form. Bieber went 6-6 with a 3.80 ERA last season but […]
Continue readingCubs fire David Ross, hire Craig Counsell as new manager
More Teams. More Games. David Schoenfield breaks down the Cubs’ decision to bring in Craig Counsell to replace David Ross as manager. (0:52) The Chicago Cubs fired manager David Ross and hired Craig Counsell on Monday. The longtime Milwaukee Brewers manager was lured to Chicago with a record-setting five-year, $40 million contract, sources familiar with […]
Continue readingReports: Guardians interview Brewers Craig Counsell for managerial job
Counsell, who has led the Brewers to the postseason five times in the past six years, is at Progressive Field for his interview with the Guardians, according to the Associated Press. Counsell’s contract with Milwaukee is set to expire this week, but the Brewers are allowing him to look elsewhere while also hoping they can […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Traded Sean Murphy, William Contreras both 2023 top-10 catchers
Monday’s trade was a whopper, involving a pair of 2022’s top names at the position. Sean Murphy, who had the fourth-most fantasy points (295) among catchers and ranked eighth at the position on our Player Rater, was the biggest name in the three-team deal between the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers and Oakland Athletics. But William […]
Continue readingOakland Athletics release veteran shortstop Elvis Andrus
Andrus, who hit a home run in the Athletics’ 5-1 victory against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night, voiced his frustrations about playing time this past weekend. “Everybody knows I’m an everyday player. So doing this, it’s not fun for me,” Andrus told the San Francisco Chronicle on Friday after not being in the starting […]
Continue readingOakland Athletics release Stephen Piscotty, call up top prospect Shea Langeliers to gain experience
Langeliers, a 24-year-old catcher and left fielder selected ninth overall in the 2019 draft out of Baylor, hit .283 with 19 homers and 56 RBIs in 92 games for Triple-A Las Vegas after being acquired from Atlanta in the March trade that sent Matt Olson to the Braves. Langeliers was expected to make his major […]
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