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Los Angeles Dodgers clinch ninth NL West title in 10 seasons with win over Arizona Diamondbacks

PHOENIX — Last year, the Los Angeles Dodgers went all the way to the last day of the regular season, won a whopping 106 games and still lost the National League West title to the San Francisco Giants. This time, Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers left no doubt. Kershaw pitched seven dominant innings, and the […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Sunday

Sunday offers the usual parade of matinees, topped off by Cleveland visiting the Los Angeles Angels in the ESPN primetime affair. Good luck on the last day of this transaction period. Here are the suggestions to help get the job done. Admittedly, a couple of pitchers are a tad over the usual 50% rostership limit, […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Monday

Good luck getting your week off on a strong note. Here are Monday’s recommendations, all available in approximately 50% of ESPN leagues. Tylor Megill (R), rostered in 44% of ESPN leagues, New York Mets at Miami Marlins: Megill is not only putting up Jacob deGrom-like ratios, but he’s also working with similar run support. Megill […]

Arizona Diamondbacks tie MLB modern-era record with 22nd straight road loss

The Arizona Diamondbacks’ unfathomable road struggles reached near-unprecedented heights on Wednesday night in a 13-7 loss to the host San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park. The D-backs have now lost 22 consecutive road games, tying the 1963 New York Mets and the 1943 Philadelphia Athletics for the longest road losing streak since 1900. Overall, the […]

Last-place Arizona Diamondbacks fire hitting coach Darnell Coles, assistant Eric Hinske

D-backs manager Torey Lovullo fired hitting coach Darnell Coles and assistant hitting coach Eric Hinske on Thursday with the team struggling to score runs and mired in a 5-30 stretch dating to May 4. “I’m not pinning it on one person or one group because we’re all in this together,” Lovullo said. “But we’ve seen […]

Arizona Diamondbacks shuffle Zac Gallen and Christian Walker over to a crowded injured list

Gallen has a sprained right ulnar collateral ligament, which is the ligament replaced in Tommy John surgery. Walker has a sore right oblique; a similar injury put him on the IL earlier this season. Gallen has emerged as one of baseball’s top young pitchers. He finished ninth in the NL Cy Young Award voting last […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Thursday

Here’s a look at Thursday’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. JT Brubaker (R), rostered in 23% of ESPN leagues, Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers: Brubaker has attracted the attention of fantasy managers by putting up a 1.76 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 10.6 K/9 over his first […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes — Pitcher and hitter rankings for Friday

To that end, here are Friday’s array of players in a favorable spot to get your weekend off on the right foot. Everyone is available in at least half of all ESPN leagues. Johnny Cueto (R), rostered in 9% of ESPN leagues, San Francisco Giants vs. Colorado Rockies: While this isn’t ground-breaking data, no team […]

Madison Bumgarner gets nod to start opener for Arizona Diamondbacks

Manager Torey Lovullo said on Sunday the four-time All-Star would lead the rotation despite a rough 2020 season, when he had a 1-4 record and 6.48 ERA. He’ll be followed in the rotation by Merrill Kelly, Caleb Smith, Taylor Widener and Luke Weaver. Bumgarner signed an $85 million, five-year contract before last season but didn’t […]

Dinelson Lamet loses no-hitter in 7th as Padres beat Diamondbacks

Dinelson Lamet was brilliant in taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Tatis continued his remarkable power surge with a two-run homer off Bumgarner, who allowed four of San Diego’s club-record six long balls as the Padres beat the Diamondbacks 9-5 on Sunday. Machado homered twice off Bumgarner. Wil Myers, Francisco Mejia and Ty […]

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