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The MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner: Round 15

Eric Lindquist brings you his MLB DFS picks for Round 15 of the MLB Yahoo Cup Daily Fantasy Baseball, including Carlos Correa today | 7/2/21 Welcome to the MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner! This free-to-enter, single-entry contest consists of 27 rounds where the top 1,075 overall entries and the top 70 entries per round share $10,000, with $1,000 to first and $50 to first per round. Scoring will be cumulative across all rounds, with your seven lowest scores dropped at the end. You may join this… Source link

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Former baseball beat writer says she was raped by MLB player in 2002

(Photo by Rod Mar/MLB Photos via Getty Images) A former sports reporter who covered the Texas Rangers wrote in an essay published Sunday that she was raped by an MLB player in 2002.  Kat O’Brien wrote about the alleged attack in an essay for the New York Times headlined “I am breaking my silence about the baseball player who raped me.” O’Brien declined to name her alleged attacker but clarified that he was not a member of the Rangers.  O’Brien described the attack as taking place in a hotel… Source link

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The MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner: Round 13

Welcome to the MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner! This free-to-enter, single-entry contest consists of 27 rounds where the top 1,075 overall entries and the top 70 entries per round share $10,000, with $1,000 to first and $50 to first per round. Scoring will be cumulative across all rounds, with your seven lowest scores dropped at the end. You may join this multi-round MLB DFS contest at any point, but enter today to give yourself the best chance to take home the title. Click here to begin the… Source link

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Top MLB closers show their worth

Elite fantasy closers surprisingly dependable How relief pitchers are valued can vary greatly between fantasy leagues based on formats, but so far the elite closers have been well worth their ADP (which was as high as the 3rd/4th round in NFBC’s Main Event, which has an overall prize component). Liam Hendriks recorded his AL-leading 18th save Tuesday night, lowering his ERA to 2.15 with a 46:3 K:BB line. Josh Hader has a 0.65 ERA and ranks as a top-25 fantasy player this year. Aroldis… Source link

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MLB spin rate debate rages on

• The sticky stuff remains at the forefront of baseball, as this past week had the lowest spin rate of any this season, resulting in batting average being up and strikeouts down, as MLB’s planned crackdown on pitchers’ use of foreign substances is taking shape. Meanwhile, MLB’s spin leader Trevor Bauer was hit hard Saturday in a home start against a poor Rangers offense, and his stuff clearly hasn’t looked the same recently. Corbin Burnes, whose cutter is among the leaders in spin… Source link

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The MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner: Round 12

Welcome to the MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner! This a free-to-enter, single-entry contest consisting of 27 rounds where the top 1,075 overall entries and the top 70 entries per round share $10,000, with $1,000 to first and $50 to first per round. Scoring will be cumulative across all rounds, with your seven lowest scores dropped at the end. You may join this multi-round MLB DFS contest at any point, but enter today to give yourself the best chance to take home the title. Click here to begin the… Source link

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MLB news, notes from Wednesday

The App is Back! Don’t forget to download the NBC Sports EDGE app to receive real-time player news, mobile alerts and track your favorite players. Plus, now you can check out articles and player cards. Get it here! The Mets absolutely teed off on Matt Harvey and the Orioles on Wednesday in Baltimore. The day after Pete Alonso had his first multi-homer game of the season, Billy McKinney and Kevin Pillar joined in with two homers themselves. Facing an old familiar face in Harvey, Alonso got… Source link

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MLB trade candidates to help your team

We have a little bit of everything in this week’s article, with a pair of superstars, a few significant players and one option for a smaller move. Smart managers should to continue working every angle on the trade market, as they never know where the next great deal will come from. Players to acquire Mookie Betts (OF, Los Angeles Dodgers) I always look for windows to acquire superstars for a reasonable return, and such a window may exist for Betts right now. The Dodgers sparkplug is off to a… Source link

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The MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner: Round 11

Welcome to the MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner! This free-to-enter, single-entry contest consists of 27 rounds where the top 1,075 overall entries and the top 70 entries per round share $10,000, with $1,000 to first and $50 to first per round. Scoring will be cumulative across all rounds, with your seven lowest scores dropped at the end. You may join this multi-round MLB DFS contest at any point, but enter today to give yourself the best chance to take home the title. Click here to begin the… Source link

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The MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner: Round 10

Welcome to the MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner! This free-to-enter, single-entry contest consists of 27 rounds where the top 1,075 overall entries and the top 70 entries per round share $10,000, with $1,000 to first and $50 to first per round. Scoring will be cumulative across all rounds, with your seven lowest scores dropped at the end. You may join this multi-round MLB DFS contest at any point, but enter today to give yourself the best chance to take home the title. Click here to begin the… Source link

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