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Ace showdown — Madison Bumgarner vs. Jake Arrieta
“Both outstanding competitors, both have won the top awards,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said of Saturday’s matchup. “It will be an interesting day there’s no question — it’s going to be a very low-scoring good game.” Go inside the numbers that make both pitchers stand out, and then vote for which ace you would rather […]
Continue readingWhat will happen before Wednesday’s MLB trade deadline? Our experts weigh in
Here’s what Bradford Doolittle, Sam Miller, Buster Olney and Jeff Passan had to say about key questions going into the deadline. Schoenfield: Which teams most need to make a move? | Fantasy impact of deadline deals Who is the biggest name who will be traded before the deadline? Sam Miller: Noah Syndergaard. Buster Olney: Edwin […]
Continue readingCoach: Sked might have hurt players
Pitching coach Rick Honeycutt said Wednesday that the team’s shortened spring training and a long string of days with no games before and after the trip could have exposed pitchers to injuries. Kershaw is out until at least May with inflammation in his upper back, and Wilson was put on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, […]
Continue readingStrange But True Postseason Feats of 2015
The team that lost the World Series was the team that always seemed to be winning. … Whereas the team that won the World Series was the team that apparently decided holding a lead before the eighth inning was overrated. … Not to mention … The most dominant slugger of the 2015 postseason was a […]
Continue readingHot Stove notebook
Such was the case with Wednesday’s Los Angeles Angels-Seattle Mariners trade, which was widely reported a “needs” swap for both teams, overshadowed by Monday’s far-larger, seven-player R.A. Dickey trade. The truth, however, is that perhaps no player who changed uniforms this week increased in fantasy value more than Jason Vargas, whom the Mariners sent to […]
Continue readingFantasy Forecaster: Week 7
On tap: It’s yet another week with a wide range of scheduled games per team. Week 7 has three more teams scheduled for five-game weeks, and one scheduled for eight — the New York Yankees — thanks to a traditional doubleheader at the Cleveland Indians on Monday that is a makeup of their April 10-11 […]
Continue readingFantasy Forecaster: Week 3
On tap: Expect a heightened level of intensity in Los Angeles this week, as the Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Diego Padres Monday through Wednesday, only four days after a Zack Greinke–Carlos Quentin hit by pitch spawned a bench-clearing brawl between the two teams that resulted in a fractured collarbone for Greinke and an […]
Continue readingRest-of-season projections for Carlos Correa and other contender call-ups
One of the most important lessons that the Moneyball mindset has spread around baseball has little to do with statistics, but simply with the basic rules of how MLB finances are structured. Namely, that prospects are incredibly valuable. While this was always known, modern franchises place even more value on prospects, with blockbuster-type trades, such […]
Continue readingDeadline deals: Hits and misses so far
The flurry of activity made for some frenzied speculation and Twitter madness at the time. So how have things worked out, with the benefit of a little hindsight? A variety of factors go into assessing trade deadline winners and losers six weeks later. A new acquisition might perform well on a team that flopped — […]
Continue readingMLB Rank 2024: Ranking baseball’s top 100 players
Opening Day is almost here, which means it’s time to ask the question that’s on everyone’s mind: Who will be the best player of the 2024 MLB season? To create our annual MLB Rank list of the top 100 players in the sport, we presented a panel of ESPN baseball experts with pairings upon pairings […]
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