With 12 games remaining in the regular season, the Oakland A’s are currently in the top spot in the AL Wild Card after a six-game winning streak put them over 90 wins for the season. Meanwhile, the Cleveland Indians are currently on the bubble and 1.5 games out of contention. […]
According to William Hill, the Houston Astros are 2/1 favorites to win the 2019 World Series, the LA Dodgers are 3/2 odds, and the New York Yankees are 4/1 odds to win the championship. The popular NY Yankees (97-51) are always World Series favorites among their faithful fans. With 14 […]
Aaron Judge is on a hot streak. The New York Yankees outfielder smacked his 20th and 21st home runs of the season in the weekend series against the Boston Red Sox to become the fifth member of the Bronx Bombers with at least 20 home runs this season. The Yankees […]
The regular season has approximately 25 games remaining, and the NL Wild Card is still wide open with the Washington Nationals having a lock on the top spot, but five other teams fighting for the second and final National League Wild Card berth with the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and […]
With approximately 23 games remaining in the regular season, a trio of second-place teams including the Cleveland Indians, Oakland A’s, and Tampa Bay Rays are fighting for the final two AL Wild Card spots. Although the Boston Red Sox are a serious long shot at advancing to the postseason, the […]
The Kansas City Royals are about to be sold and no one could be happier than Kansas City. The estimated $1 billion sale to Kansas City native John Sherman should close sometime in November. Earlier this week, The Athletic broke the rumor that owner David Glass was in talks to […]
Baseball is a game chock full of statistics, whether you’re talking long-in-the-tooth acronyms like RBI and ERA or more newfangled stat-nerd ones like OPS and WOBA. It’s enough to make your head spin. As a DFS baseball player, there’s a ton of info out there to digest, and I can […]
Major League Baseball has banned its players and those on affiliated clubs from playing in Venezuela during the offseason as part of an effort to comply with economic sanctions against the country. The move comes after a recent executive order by President Donald Trump, who has placed sanctions on the […]
According to a recent study, an MLB sleeve patch would be seen almost three times more than the current ads sewn on NBA jerseys. That exposure time could be worth as much as $11 million per MLB team annually. The NBA started a three-year jersey ad pilot program in 2017. […]
The year of the home run in Major League Baseball has seen numerous records fall, including countless players who will be setting personal, team, and rookie homer records. But as the Baltimore Orioles found out, not all of these new marks are positive. The Orioles tied the mark for the […]
The Houston Astros came into their Wednesday night game as a massive favorite, but the Detroit Tigers stunned Justin Verlander to pull off a 2-1 upset victory over the leading World Series contender. The result produced the largest MLB betting upset in at least the last 15 years. Second Massive […]
Major League Baseball is going all-in on technology. And all the tech advancements are aimed directly at the shrinking MLB fan base. Improvements are pointed at speeding up the game, making play less subject to human (umpire) error but overall playing to the new younger wired generations. Baseball has always […]
Outs and hits are not created equally in DFS – far from it, in fact, with some stats being worth so much more than others. As you hone in on which players to select for your baseball lineups, let’s look at some stats that are particularly valuable in scoring. Strikeouts […]
Boston Red Sox starter Chris Sale will sit out the remainder of the regular season with an injury to his left elbow after feeling soreness and undergoing an MRI following his last start. In a statement, Red Sox president Dave Dombrowski said that Sale flew to Florida on Monday to […]
Pete Alonso slugged his 40th home run in a victory over the Kansas City Royals, which set a new NL rookie home run record. The New York Mets rookie first baseman continues to chase history and break records in his first full season in Queens. Alonso, 24, broke a NL […]
The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 World Series, but both division-leading squads are on the verge of a rematch in October. The Houston Astros are the overall betting favorite to win the World Series at 2/1 odds, while the LA Dodgers are 5/2 odds to […]
With 40 games remaining in the regular season, the NL Wild Card race features seven teams within 3.5 games of the final two spots. The Washington Nationals and Chicago Cubs are currently occupying the two Wild Card spots in the National League. Five teams are on the bubble including the […]
The Minnesota Twins and hot Cleveland Indians are fighting for first place in the AL Central. The Twins regained the top spot and have an easy schedule for the last quarter of the season with 26 of their final 41 games against losing teams. After a torrid start, Rocco Baldelli’s […]
Major League Baseball has agreed to a multiyear deal with FanDuel, making the company its latest authorized gaming operator. The agreement puts FanDuel in line with DraftKings, which signed a similar deal with MLB in July. FanDuel Promises ‘Enhanced Betting Experience’ A wider ranging partnership was also struck with MGM […]
The rate of intentional walks in Major League Baseball this season is down nearly 20 percent compared to last year, and down 36 percent since 2010. The mystery behind IBB’s (intentional bases on balls) declining popularity, however, may be nothing more than the flip side of the “Moneyball effect.” The […]
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