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Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Around this time of year, early-season busts can resurface as useful fantasy baseball additions for a rental or more. That’s a strong truth, given the low-end starter pool has essentially become a wasteland. Indeed, the first name on this list may flip on the light bulb for pitcher-desperate fantasy owners. Pitching Pitchers to stream Collin McHugh (R), 37.5 percent ownership in ESPN…

The Walt Disney Company announced its bold vision for the future of streaming video on Tuesday. First, the studio behind Star Wars, Marvel, and Pixar will pull its new movies from competitors like Netflix. Second, it will introduce two video streaming services for consumers to be built on the back of BAMTech, the streaming video company that Major League Baseball developed to deliver its games online. Before today, Disney owned…

One of the things I appreciate about writing for Lookout Landing is that we are not beholden to the Mariners organization. If we disagree with a bullpen move, or believe an alternate trade to be a better decision than what was already done, we can write about it freely. We can agree and disagree in equal measure, and there are no conflicts of interest. If you’re on Twitter (or Facebook,…

Baseball’s trade deadline last week provided a referendum on how much value relief pitchers have in today’s game. And the results were fairly clear: Teams just don’t care about saves as much as they used to. This season, we’ve been using our new relief pitching statistic, the goose egg, to track how bullpens are used. And the way relievers are deployed has, in fact, changed. Although it hasn’t been quite…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment How is it that one person can be known both for being as intimidating a player to ever wear a major league uniform and yet also be known for being one of the game’s all-time gentle giants? 1979 AL MVP Baylor dies of cancer at age 68 Don Baylor, who won the 1979 American League MVP with the Angels and the 1987…

Texas’s Joey Gallo, left, is baseball’s ultimate three true outcomes hitter, far more likely to walk, strike out or hit a home run than single. (Patrick Semansky/Associated Press) Baseball’s gradual, momentous and almost imperceptible transformation — from a game of intense strategy, scrappy hitters, crafty pitchers and defensive wizardry to one in which the pitcher-vs.-batter matchup towers in importance over the combined mass of everything else — found its ultimate…

Move over, boys of summer. The girls are here. And thanks, but no thanks. They’re not interested in softball. They’re baseball players. “I watched a middle school softball game once, and it was just so slow,” said Tess Usher, 11, who plays first base for D.C. Force, the all-girls baseball team that just killed it at a national tournament. “I love playing baseball. That’s not going to change.” Tess hit…

“The first time I saw Darren Daulton we are playing against each other in Triple A and I thought he was just another ordinary player. When I was traded to the Phillies I realized that he was so much more than that. The culture of the Phillies at that time had to change and Darren led the charge for us becoming a championship caliber team, and while doing so he…

Don Baylor, the 1979 American League Most Valuable Player and one of the best power hitters of his era, died Monday morning after a long battle with multiple myeloma. He was 68. “Don passed from this earth with the same fierce dignity with which he played the game and lived his life,” his wife, Rebecca, said in a statement. His son, Don, Jr., first confirmed the death to Baylor’s hometown…

Let’s play ball already! That was the sentiment voiced by Mets radio broadcaster Howie Rose, whose patience wore noticeably thin with the “network stooge” who delayed Sunday night’s first pitch against the Dodgers. ESPN’s coverage of the Mets’ 8-0 loss in Queens started a bit too slowly for Rose’s liking. Though he didn’t mention the Worldwide Leader by name, Rose expressed his thoughts of the…

5:58 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment More than half the league has the day off, as only 14 teams are action as we commence Week 18. Short slates mean two things: It’s hard to find streamers and the demand for replacement hitters is huge. As will be discussed, one of the ways to combat the paucity of starting pitching is to pick up some middle…

The Seattle Mariners acquired All-Star first baseman Yonder Alonso from the Oakland Athletics on Sunday for minor league outfielder Boog Powell. The Mariners, who have not been in postseason play since 2001, entered a Sunday doubleheader at Kansas City, trailing the Royals by 1 1/2 games for the second wild-card spot. Alonso, 30, is hitting .266 with 17 doubles, 22 home runs and 49 RBIs. He ranks second among American…

The Seattle Mariners acquired All-Star first baseman Yonder Alonso from the Oakland Athletics on Sunday for minor league outfielder Boog Powell. The Mariners, who have not been in postseason play since 2001, entered a Sunday doubleheader at Kansas City, trailing the Royals by 1 1/2 games for the second wild-card spot. Alonso, 30, is hitting .266 with 17 doubles, 22 home runs and 49 RBIs. He ranks second among American…

The Kansas City Royals have put All-Star catcher Salvador Perez on the 10-day disabled list because of a strain on the right side of his chest. Perez was injured on a swing in the sixth inning Friday. The five-time All-Star is hitting .278 with 21 home runs and 65 RBIs. Manager Ned Yost says the worst-case scenario is Perez being sidelined for four weeks with the right intercostal strain, but…

x Embed x Share CLOSE Pierz advances to state baseball championship game with 1-0 win. Wochit Baseball(Photo: Times graphic) WAHPETON, N.D. — No baby yet, but Dylan Pittman returned to the Pierz American Legion baseball team and Matt Tautges welcomed him back with a two-hitter. Pierz Post 341 defeated Las Vegas (Nevada) 5-0 in the Division II Central Plains Regional semifinals to advance to the championship game. Pierz (17-1) will…

5:51 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment The first Sunday of August treats us to a standard slate, featuring the New York Mets hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Sunday night ESPN game. Two of my favorite hurlers, Luis Severino and Aaron Nola look to build on their stellar campaigns, while youngsters Lucas Sims and Erick Fedde look to build on their recent MLB debuts….

As NFL training camps opened this month, the refrain once again was heard all over the land: Baseball used to be America’s pastime, but football is the nation’s favorite sport. For all the time and money the commissioner’s office spends on studies and focus groups on how to make baseball more attractive to young fans, someone there ought to talk to a gregarious red-haired guy who did not grow up…

Every year, stories swirl around in the MLB, reporters wear down players, and individuals are questioned on their commitment to the game of baseball. At 162 games a year, that’s already 44% of the year, half of it away from home, not counting Spring Training, off days, and potential playoff games. The questions of what a professional sports player “owes” a fan and how lucky they should consider themselves to…

Step up to the plate, fantasy owners, because the stretch run has arrived. The MLB trade deadline is in the rear view. Your league standings have separated to the point where a clear-cut division between those who are competing for a title and those who have officially checked out has formed. Now it is up to you to target categories in which you can most easily move up. If there…

On a summer day in the Dominican Republic, West Ranch baseball’s Vinny Rojas was explaining how to throw a curve ball to a 6-foot-4, 14-year-old Dominican boy. “I struck him out with a curve ball, and he was like, ‘How did you throw that?’ And I showed him everything,” Rojas said. “He was like, ‘Oh, I’m going to practice that every day.’” Rojas donated used…