After about a century of disappointment, the Cubs are on the rise. Through shrewd trades and excellent drafts, Theo Epstein has assembled the deepest collection of brilliant young hitting talent I’ve ever seen — enough future all-stars to trade one to the pitching-wealthy Mets. [Read more…]
You can’t win ’em all. On Sunday we went with Chris Sale instead of the brilliant Max Scherzer and several unlikely hitting heroes emerged. Congratulations if you had 2B/3B Jace Peterson $3500 or2B/SS Ryan Goins $2000, who both showed surprising power. [Read more…]
Sunday Night Baseball is usually top-notch TV with the peerless Dan Shulman doing play-by-play. However, tonight’s game between the Reds and Cubs will be completely overshadowed by the pivotal Game Five of the NBA Finals. [Read more…]
Tonight features “only” 11 MLB games, starting at 7:05 ET. With a handful of aces taking the mound, the big DFS decision is to spend a lot on pitching and try to find bargain bats, or look for second-tier arms who can outperform their salaries. [Read more…]