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What is the Mets’ plan? Inside the mind of David Stearns

Some 8½ years after his big break, though, there are times when Stearns’ youth seems to bubble closer to the surface than it ever has before. Why? He’s excited. “I had a very good idea of what I was stepping into,” Stearns said, speaking on a sleepy March day in the dugout of the Mets’ […]

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Fantasy 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. Jordan Montgomery and Blake Snell will invariably be linked all season, comprising half of the “Boras Four,” winter free agents who had Scott […]

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Fantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Friday’s MLB games

Note: This file has been 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 2024 season has not gone especially smoothly for Toronto Blue Jays ace Kevin Gausman, who last year finished third in the American […]

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Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara turns self in, free on $25K bond

The former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani surrendered to authorities and later appeared in U.S. District Court on Friday afternoon. Ippei Mizuhara surrendered to law enforcement Friday and was released shortly after on an unsecured $25,000 bond, colloquially known as a signature bond. That means Mizuhara does not have to put […]

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Dodgers put righty Bobby Miller on IL due to shoulder injury

Miller, 25, is 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA in three starts during his second major league season. He has struck out 18 batters and walked six in 11 2/3 innings. Miller hasn’t been recovering well from his last couple of starts, manager Dave Roberts said after Saturday night’s rain-delayed 5-2 victory over the San Diego […]

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Cubs vs. Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers has international appeal

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers face each other this weekend at Wrigley Field, but a year from now they’ll likely be doing the same in Japan to open the 2025 season. MLB has yet to make that official, but Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Sadayuki Sakakibara said Wednesday that MLB has slated […]

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Fantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Saturday’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. All 30 teams are in action on Saturday, with the festivities beginning at 1:10 PM ET in Motown with the Detroit Tigers hosting […]

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MLB 2024 Watchability Index: Ranking most fun teams to watch

We’ve created a super complex formula to score teams in seven different categories, creating a possible maximum score of 50. These categories fit into the general idea of: “What makes baseball exciting?” First, the 10-point categories (on a scale of 1-10 points maximum): Star power: This is based off our annual MLB Rank of the […]

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Fantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Saturday’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. Saturday marks the first slate with all 30 teams on the schedule. There are nine afternoon affairs, with six contests under the lights. […]

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Sources: Dodgers, Will Smith close to 10-year, $140M deal

Catcher Will Smith and the Los Angeles Dodgers are finalizing a 10-year, $140 million contract extension, sources told ESPN, the latest deal in an offseason of massive spending by a Los Angeles team that is locking up its core members. Smith, who turns 29 on Friday, was due to hit free agency following the 2025 […]

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