Well that escalated in a hurry. Once the Los Angeles Angels decided they were holding on to Shohei Ohtani, the dam broke on the 2023 trade deadline, with a flurry of moves over the past few days that’s reshaped pennant races in both leagues — and reset the market for the remaining 36 hours or […]
July 31, 2023
Monday means a lighter slate of games around MLB, with just two-thirds of the league in action tonight. But while there aren’t a ton of top-tier names scheduled to take the mound — apologies to Tyler Glasnow and Corbin Burnes — there are still plenty of options for those of you looking for starting pitching […]
July 31, 2023
We’re officially into the fantasy baseball stretch run, and with the 2023 trade deadline smack in the middle of this week, roster management is even more complicated than usual. Players figure to still be changing teams for the next 36 hours or so, and the best way to cover for inevitable team and role changes […]
July 31, 2023
We’re officially into the fantasy baseball stretch run, and with the 2023 trade deadline smack in the middle of this week, roster management is even more complicated than usual. Players figure to still be changing teams for the next 36 hours or so, and the best way to cover for inevitable team and role changes […]
July 31, 2023
You can’t accuse the Toronto Blue Jays of wasting any time. Just 24 hours after All-Star closer Jordan Romano was placed on the IL with back inflammation, GM Ross Atkins bolstered the team’s bullpen depth by swinging a deal for hard-throwing St. Louis Cardinals righty Jordan Hicks. A pair of Double-A righties, Sem Robberse and […]
July 30, 2023
Almost exactly 24 hours after putting All-Star closer Jordan Romano on the IL with a back injury, the Toronto Blue Jays have reportedly landed some much-needed bullpen help in the form of St. Louis Cardinals right Jordan Hicks: Cardinals are trading Jordan Hicks to the Blue Jays per sources. — Craig Mish (@CraigMish) July 30, […]
July 30, 2023
Suddenly the Texas Rangers’ urgency to land Max Scherzer on Saturday evening makes even more sense, as All-Star starter Nathan Eovaldi — who’d been a rock atop the team’s rotation in the wake of Jacob deGrom’s season-ending injury — was placed on the 15-day injured list on Sunday with what’s being described as a forearm […]
July 30, 2023
Sunday’s pitching slate isn’t quite as dire as Saturday’s, but it’s not much better, either, with nearly half the league’s scheduled starters — 14, to be exact — landing in the “do not start” tier of our daily starting pitcher rankings. Sure, there are names like Luis Castillo, Blake Snell and Justin Verlander on tap, […]
July 30, 2023
After an hours-long saga that featured more twists and turns than a roller coaster, Max Scherzer is set to become a Texas Ranger — for 2023 and beyond. A day after the future Hall of Famer said he wanted to “have a conversation” with New York Mets brass about the team’s approach to the trade […]
July 29, 2023
Just one day after Max Scherzer expressed a desire to “have a conversation” with the New York Mets’ front office about the team’s direction for next season, that conversation appears to have led the star righty right out of town. In the biggest shock of deadline season so far — and after an hours-long saga […]
July 29, 2023
Just as the Los Angeles Angels were making a charge toward a badly-needed playoff berth, they’ve suffered yet another injury in a season full of them. Outfielder Taylor Ward had to be carted off the field after being struck in the head by an Alek Manoah fastball during Saturday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays. […]
July 29, 2023