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Angels’ Anthony Rendon exits vs. Reds with hamstring injury
CINCINNATI — The Los Angeles Angels’ Anthony Rendon left Saturday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds with a hamstring injury. Rendon, 33, was limping after legging out an infield single leading off the game. Zach Neto replaced Rendon as a pinch runner. Rendon is hitting. 257 with three RBIs. He started the season 0-for-19 and has […]
Continue readingWhy Mike Trout wants to win only with the Angels
ON AN UNCOMMONLY crisp afternoon in the middle of December, new Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington arrived in Bridgeton, New Jersey, for his first meeting with his most important player. Washington, hired a month earlier, drove up to Mike Trout‘s sprawling, custom-built mansion alongside his two new outfield coaches, Bo Porter and Eric Young […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Wednesday’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. Wednesday’s slate includes several starting pitchers who excelled during their first starts of 2024, as four of the top 10 fantasy point scorers […]
Continue readingShohei Ohtani stands alone in spotlight amid gambling scandal
SHOHEI OHTANI WALKED from the left-field corner to the right-field corner of Dodger Stadium on Sunday afternoon to have a festive conversation with a group of his old Angels teammates, and the news of it was that he did it alone. Before Ippei Mizuhara was fired last week and accused Monday by Ohtani of stealing […]
Continue readingMLB 2024 season preview: Rankings, every team’s playoff odds
Happy MLB Opening Week, baseball fans! After a wild offseason, one thing is clear heading into the new season: Everyone is chasing the two superteams that stand alone in the top tier of our initial 2024 rankings. Whether your team is good enough to go toe-to-toe with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves or […]
Continue readingAngels look to future as spring training starts without Ohtani
Ohtani, the unprecedented two-way star, left for a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Washington took over after Phil Nevin was fired, and Washington hopes to get the Angels back into the playoffs for the first time since 2014. “I’m excited. I wouldn’t want to be anyplace else on the face […]
Continue readingThe Playbook, Inning 3: Salary cap draft strategies
Bear with me for a moment. While to this point we’ve discussed mostly introductory fantasy baseball tips, today we’ll take a bit of a leap to more advanced play. Don’t let that scare you off as there’s a very important reason to do this. Inning 1: Fantasy baseball 101 Inning 2: League formats Inning 3: […]
Continue readingAngels hire Ron Washington as manager
Washington, 71, last managed in 2014, when he resigned from the Texas Rangers, where he’d found significant success — including two World Series appearances — over eight seasons. Despite a 53-87 record in his final season, Washington’s career record is 664-611. He joins the Angels from Atlanta, where he spent the past seven seasons as […]
Continue readingAngels’ Trout ‘just wasn’t myself’ in injury-plagued season
More Teams. More Games. Jeff Passan explains what the Angels will do if Mike Trout decides he wants to be traded from the team. (1:03) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout, typically as composed as anybody in his profession, was visibly emotional while talking about his recent string of injuries Monday, one day after Los Angeles […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Monday’s MLB games
For an in-depth look at what to expect in this daily article and how to best use the information, check out our handy primer here. Note: This file will be updated with overnight pitching changes and weather-related game postponements, along with the addition of the latest MLB game odds as of the indicated time of […]
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