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Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Monday’s games
Good luck as we embark on the last week of the regular season. Long-term planners should keep in mind that the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers will play only 58 games through Sunday. If the games end up having playoff implications, the clubs will meet next Monday. The card has limited options to assign […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Wednesday’s games
Despite the short slate, pitching to steam is plentiful, as are intriguing bats. Pablo Lopez (R), rostered in 53% of ESPN leagues, Miami Marlins at Atlanta Braves: Lopez is coming off his only clunker of the season, failing to last five innings for the first time in six starts as the Rays touched him for […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Sunday’s games
The same holds true in fantasy. One great week can take you from the lower half of your rotisserie standings to the top. The best way to make it happen is keep a full lineup and look to upgrade weaker spots. To that end, here are Sunday’s selections to wrap up the week on a […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Monday’s games
Speaking of which, Monday presents an interesting slate as there are just nine games, yet there’s an abundance of upper-tier pitching taking the hill. In fact, the aggregate ERA of the projected starters is 2.85 with a 1.06 WHIP in a total of 401 innings. That’s essentially a standard season of Jacob deGrom and Gerrit […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Wednesday’s games
As might be expected with an action-packed card, there is no shortage of streaming options. In fact, it’s the lushest slate in recent memory. Here are half a dozen favorable spot starters and the usual array of batters, all available in at least half of ESPN leagues. Alec Mills (R), rostered in 40% of ESPN […]
Continue readingDaily Notes for Friday and how stats from resumed Nationals-Orioles game will be scored
For those in ESPN leagues, all stats generated from the resumption of the contest will count toward last week’s scoring period, assuming involved players were active last Sunday. Please be aware the statistics from the resumed game will not populate Live Scoring, but they will be reflected in Saturday morning’s official standings. Neither starting pitcher […]
Continue readingRecapping MLB’s offseason moves, from blockbusters to those you probably forgot
At times, it feels like we are all trapped in one of the dream levels in Christopher Nolan’s “Inception,” except instead of time moving faster, it slows down. Way back last winter, which nobody remembers because it happened 100 years ago, we had a baseball offseason. Players signed with new teams, trades were made and […]
Continue readingOne thing to watch for all 30 teams as spring training begins
When spring training kicked off a year ago, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado remained unsigned. The drama this year will center around the Houston Astros: their cheating scandal, reactions from other players about the Astros’ cheating scandal, the possibility of other teams throwing at Astros hitters in spring training, the counter-reaction from Astros pitchers and […]
Continue readingReds get OF Nick Castellanos on $64 million, 4-year deal
The Cincinnati Reds continued their busy offseason, matching the biggest free-agent contract in team history by agreeing to a four-year, $64 million deal with outfielder Nick Castellanos, the team announced Monday. The deal has an opt-out clause after the first season, sources said. Castellanos, who undoubtedly made some money for himself after his midseason trade […]
Continue readingThe player most likely to be traded in 2020 for all 30 MLB teams
Predicting MLB trades is impossible! I believe the surgeon general issues a warning about this on the back of packs of baseball cards. In fact, it wouldn’t be shocking if I went 0-for-30 on the following list of the one player from every team most likely to be traded in 2020. New York Yankees: Clint […]
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