As Yahoo does these days, Sunday means every game but the early Peacock start is included in the main DFS slate. This offers you a variety of options for your lineup, but why sift through all 28 teams when you can get a head start with these recommendations? Let’s get to it! Pitching Nestor Cortes, NYY vs. HOU ($46): In his first season as a full-time starter, Cortes has a 2.31 ERA, after a 2.90 ERA last year while both starting and pitching out of the bullpen. That includes an 1.53 ERA at… Source link
Read More »Yahoo DFS Baseball: Saturday Picks
This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. By the time Saturday night rolls around, a lot of the baseball action will be done. However, there are still six MLB games starting at 7:15 p.m. ET or later. This gives you some options for your DFS lineups, so here are my recommendations for the final Saturday of June. Pitching Logan Webb, SF vs. CIN ($45): Webb has turned his career around the last couple of years, and his home ballpark has played a big part in that with 2.91 ERA… Source link
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While U.S. workers are aiming to minimize the impact of economic volatility on their retirement accounts, the realities of high levels of inflation and other macroeconomic realities are making things very difficult according to subject matter experts in a discussion at Yahoo Finance. “If you are a retiree, you have to be paying attention because if you have to take those required minimum distributions from your retirement accounts this year, you’re going to be selling, and… Source link
Read More »Yahoo DFS Baseball: Friday Picks
This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. All 30 teams will be in action Friday, so get ready for a packed night of baseball. We’ve got some great series, including the Yankees and Astros playing at Yankee Stadium. That game also has the potential to be a great pitching matchup between Justin Verlander and Luis Severino. In other noteworthy games, Alek Manoah will take the hill for the Blue Jays when they face the Brewers. Another potentially exciting pitching matchup… Source link
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By Jeff Montgomery (June 23, 2022, 9:10 PM EDT) — A Delaware Chancery Court litigation reserve compromise has potentially freed up another $360.4 million for former Yahoo Inc. stockholders still waiting for the balance of their cashout following Yahoo’s acquisition by Verizon Inc. in 2016. Attorneys for Altaba — the post-sale successor to Yahoo — told Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster during a status conference Thursday afternoon that software venture Droplets Inc. had agreed to a… Source link
Read More »Yahoo DFS Baseball: Thursday Picks
This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. Thursday’s slate is heavy on day games. Of the 10 matchups, seven of them have early start times. Among the day games is an intriguing matchup between Clayton Kershaw and Hunter Greene, two pitchers at very different stages of their career. The reigning AL Cy Young award winner will also take the mound when Robbie Ray faces off against the Athletics. Despite there only being three night games, two of them are great matchup… Source link
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Patrick Harker, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, joined Yahoo Finance Live on June 22, 2022, to discuss his economic outlook and the Fed’s recent decision to raise interest rates by 0.75%. — BRIAN CHEUNG: President Harker. Good morning. How are you? PATRICK HARKER: Good morning, Brian. Thanks for having me. BRIAN CHEUNG: So a lot to talk about, obviously the big news headline coming from the Fed last week of that 0.75%, 75 basis point, move. It was an interesting kind of… Source link
Read More »Yahoo DFS Hockey: Wednesday Picks
This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Hockey series. I was betting on Tampa Bay responding at home in Game 3, which has a more literal connotation when talking DFS, and it proved accurate. The Lightning won 6-2 to shake this series up. Now, Tampa is home again for Game 4. For single-game DFS purposes, you have $135 for your five-player lineup. That includes your Superstar, who will rake in 1.5 times the points. What’s the lineup look like from me Wednesday? Let’s find out! SUPERSTAR
Read More »Yahoo DFS Baseball: Wednesday Picks
This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. We have 15 games across the majors Wednesday, some of which come with early start times. There are some top-tier pitchers scheduled to take the mound in the afternoon, including Lucas Giolito against the Blue Jays, and Zack Wheeler against the Rangers. A potentially underrated pitching matchup for the evening portion of the schedule features Sonny Gray and the Twins taking on Tristan McKenzie and the Guardians. The Yankees will… Source link
Read More »Fantasy Football: Here's why full workload RBs have all but vanished from the earth – Yahoo Sports
Way back in 1977, the final year in which NFL teams played a 14-game schedule, seven different running backs handled at least 300 touches. Lydell Mitchell of the Baltimore Colts led the league with 372, averaging 26.6 per game. In 2021, the first year in which teams played a 17-game regular season, only four running backs reached 300 touches, led by Najee Harris at 381 (22.4 per week). During the intervening years, we collectively witnessed — and eventually developed fantasy strategies in… Source link
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