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San Diego Padres reach deal with Matt Strahm, tender five others
They also tendered contracts to their five remaining arbitration-eligible players, outfielder Tommy Pham and right-handers Dan Altavilla, Zach Davies, Dinelson Lamet and Emilio Pagan. Strahm was 0-1 with a 2.61 ERA in 19 appearances in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, in which the Padres ended a 14-year playoff drought. They beat St. Louis in the wild-card […]
Continue readingTampa Bay Rays designate outfielder Hunter Renfroe to clear roster room
Renfroe, 28, appeared in 42 games with 34 starts during the pandemic-shortened regular season and hit the first grand slam in Rays postseason history during the team’s wild-card playoff sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays. Renfroe batted .156 with eight homers and 22 RBIs in his first season with Tampa Bay. He started six of […]
Continue readingMLB playoffs 2020: Ranking 35 trades that shaped the Rays, Astros, Dodgers and Braves
You can sign a great player, but that’s just about writing a bigger check than anybody else. You can draft a great player, but that’s just about your pick coming before somebody else’s pick. The true connoisseurs know that the fun is in trades. In a trade, it isn’t enough to spot the talent or […]
Continue readingMike Clevinger put on San Diego Padres National League Division Series roster against Los Angeles Dodgers
ARLINGTON, Texas — Right-hander Mike Clevinger is on the 28-player roster for the San Diego Padres for the NL Division Series and starting Game 1 against the Los Angeles Dodgers after missing the first round of the playoffs. While Clevinger was among the 15 pitchers on the Padres’ roster released Tuesday, fellow starter Dinelson Lamet […]
Continue readingMLB playoffs 2020: Why this could be the wildest postseason … ever
As a friend of mine who lives in Chicago told me about one potential World Series matchup, “If it’s Cubs-White Sox played in suburban Dallas, I would vomit.” I understand the sentiment, but it’s what we have. We will crown a champion, even under these less-than-ideal circumstances. The Los Angeles Dodgers enter as the favorite […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings: The biggest 2020 surprise on all 30 teams
We’re just two weeks from the MLB playoffs, and the 2020 version promises to be full of thrills. Not only do we have an expanded 16-team format that should bring a March Madness feel to the best-of-three first round, we’ve got some exciting teams in the mix that we haven’t seen in October in quite […]
Continue readingJeff Passan’s MLB trade deadline preview: Will any stars actually move? Which teams are sellers?
Almost a year ago, when Major League Baseball’s postseason expansion plans first leaked, a league official was trying to sell the idea. It would be good for competitiveness, he said, and would generate revenue for both the league and the players. More playoff teams would bring baseball in line with other sports, he said, and […]
Continue readingPadres’ Trent Grisham hits 3 homers, Jake Cronenworth adds grand slam vs. Astros
Earlier in the week, the Padres became the first club to hit a grand slam in four consecutive games. Grisham had his first three-homer game and drove in a career-high six runs. Zach Davies (4-2), who came over from Milwaukee with Grisham in an offseason deal, pitched eight brilliant innings to give the beat-up bullpen […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball pickups: Crowded neighborhood for Brendan Rodgers
Let me clear. There’s no guarantee that Rodgers will be granted a regular role, despite his Wednesday promotion. He didn’t even start that day’s game, with Chris Owings handling duties at second base. Besides, the Rockies would presumably have to shift Ryan McMahon to first base, Daniel Murphy to designated hitter and Matt Kemp to […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Tuesday’s games
Even in shallower leagues, a few of these guys are worth keeping well beyond just Tuesday. Create or join a league today >> Cheat Sheet Central >> Brad Keller (R), rostered in 35% of ESPN leagues, Kansas City Royals vs. Cincinnati Reds: Keller has been on fire since returning from COVID-19 with a pair of […]
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