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2016 NL East Preview: Can The Mets Be Beaten?
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports Opening Day is right around the corner. As the calendar gets ready to turn to April, we prepare for another spring/summer full of the thrills of the diamond. With spring...
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2016 NL Central Preview: Cubs Favorites In Top-Heavy Division
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports Opening Day is right around the corner. As the calendar gets ready to turn to April, we prepare for another spring/summer full of the thrills of the diamond. With spring...
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NL West Preview: Giants And Dodgers Set To Battle For Supremacy
Bryan Altman and Tom Bogert, CBS Local Sports Opening Day is right around the corner. As the calendar gets ready to turn to April, we prepare for another spring/summer full of the thrills of the...
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7 Bold Predictions For The 2016 MLB Season
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports Another year of baseball is upon us and that provides us with yet another opportunity to change the fact that ‘bold predictions’ are ultimately synonymous with ‘wrong...
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Are Players Worth Keeping In Fantasy Baseball During A PED Suspension?
By Sam McPherson It’s happened before amid a fantasy baseball season: One of the best players out there gets suspended for performance-enhancing drug use, leaving fantasy owners with a huge hole in the...
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Constant Vigilance Is How You Win Your Fantasy Baseball League
By Sam McPherson It’s almost mid-May, and the euphoria from fantasy baseball draft day has long faded. The excitement from snagging the hometown team’s best player in the first round has morphed into...
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At Fantasy Baseball Season’s Quarter Pole, It’s Time To Accept Patterns And...
By Sam McPherson If a Major League Baseball team buries itself in the standings during the first 40 games of the season, it’s usually very difficult to make a comeback and become playoff-relevant down...
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Why Pitching Is The Hardest Thing To Rely On In Fantasy Baseball
By Sam McPherson The news this weekend that Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sonny Gray was going on the disabled list shouldn’t have surprised many baseball observers. Gray came into this season...
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When Top Prospects Get The Call, What Should Fantasy Baseball Owners Do?
By Sam McPherson A lot of fantasy baseball owners like to look smart at the draft in March, picking a minor-league star that is expected to get promoted to the major leagues by June. If all goes well,...
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Are Resurgent Veterans Worth The Risk In Fantasy Baseball?
By Sam McPherson Since signing an eight-year, $182 million contract with the New York Yankees in December 2008, starting pitcher CC Sabathia has delivered mixed results. An All-Star selection in 2010,...
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It’s Time To Assess Strengths And Weaknesses In Fantasy Baseball
By Sam McPherson As the Major League Baseball season reaches the middle of its third month, it’s a good time for fantasy baseball owners to look at the standings and determine the team strengths and...
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Some Slow-Starting Players Are Now Worth A Look In Fantasy Baseball
By Sam McPherson In the last two seasons combined (2014-2015), Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner hit .314 with 23 home runs and 103 RBI in 673 at-bats. This led a lot of fantasy baseball...
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Can You Find Potential All-Star Players In Fantasy Baseball On The Waiver Wire?
By Sam McPherson Every year, Major League Baseball goes through this miniature drama of picking All-Star rosters for the American and National league in the Midsummer Classic. A lot of weight gets put...
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Fourth of July MLB Games See Big Ticket Price Increase for Some Teams, Deals...
There may be no image more quintessentially American than baseball fans spending the Fourth of July at a baseball game – which is what many around the country are doing with their holiday on Monday....
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Halfway Through The Fantasy Baseball Season, Where Does Your Team Stand?
By Sam McPhersonBy the time the Fourth of July has passed, the 2016 Major League Baseball season will be entering the second half of its long, six-month life. As real-life general managers evaluate...
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The 2016 Edition Of The Fantasy Baseball All-Star Team Is Here
By Sam McPherson On Tuesday evening in San Diego, the best of the best in Major League Baseball will gather for the sport’s annual Midsummer Classic: The All-Star Game. This traditional exhibition game...
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Midseason Changes In MLB Can Help Your Fantasy Baseball Team
By Sam McPherson The trading deadline is approaching in Major League Baseball, and as it does every July, that means good players are changing teams—and changing roles—this summer. Opportunity is...
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Fantasy Baseball Owners Must Anticipate Trade Deadline Deals
By Sam McPherson There’s a lot of noise this week about upcoming trades in Major League Baseball. For example, by the time you read this, the New York Yankees may have traded their closer Aroldis...
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The Stretch Drive Has Begun For Fantasy Baseball Owners
By Sam McPherson At this point in the fantasy baseball season, serious owners have a decision to make. With less than 60 games left in the Major League Baseball regular season, it is crucial to make...
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Fresh New Faces Join Veterans In New Fantasy Baseball Roles Every August
By Sam McPherson As the Major League Baseball season moves into its final stages this month and next, all teams are making lineup adjustments after the non-waiver trade deadline. After all, with all...
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Reliable And Steady Fantasy Baseball Players Are Better Than Risky Rookies...
By Sam McPherson With each passing week, it’s getting closer and closer to the end of the Major League Baseball regular season. That means there’s less time left on the fantasy baseball clock, of...
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If Your Fantasy Baseball League Has A Trade Deadline, Act Fast To Make A Move
By Sam McPherson In standard, one-season fantasy baseball leagues, there is often a trade deadline toward the end of August. This means no trades can be made in the league after the deadline passes,...
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Never Give Up In Fantasy Baseball, Even If It Seems Hopeless With Five Weeks...
By Sam McPherson With just five weeks left in the Major League Baseball regular season, fantasy baseball owners face the final stretch of their long season. If you’re playing in a head-to-head league,...
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Early-Season Injuries Do Not Have To Doom Your Fantasy Baseball Team
By Sam McPherson The Major League Baseball season is two weeks in, and already there have been a ton of players suffering injuries and landing on the new 10-day disabled list. The 2015 American League...
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5 Best MLB Catches So Far This Season
By Rich Arleo Baseball has been called a game of numbers for years, and for good reason. There are stats to judge almost everything a hitter or pitcher does these days, and while the ever-evolving...
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5 MLB Aces No One Saw Coming In 2017
By Rich Arleo The 2017 MLB season has been dominated by offense, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been great pitching performances. While the usual suspects like Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, Chris...
View ArticleMets GM Says, Yes, He Thinks Tim Tebow Will Play In Majors
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Tim Tebow arrived at the New York Mets spring training camp on Sunday, and the attention immediately turned to whether the quarterback who became an outfielder could make it...
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Baseball Coach Under Fire For Email To Hopeful High School Senior
By Karen Morfitt CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – Marijuana in Colorado has a Texas baseball coach making headlines for the wrong reasons. (credit: Bell family) In an email to a student from Centennial, he...
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30 Players: Top Prospects Set To Leave Mark On NL East
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. American League: East |...
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30 Players: AL East Brimming With Breakout Potential
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. American League: East |...
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30 Players: AL Central’s Young Stars Ready To Take Next Step
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. American League: East |...
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30 Players: NL Central Rich With Young Pitching
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. The Chicago Cubs have built...
View ArticleSpring Training Report: Ohtani Struggles, Altuve Gets Paid
By Norm Elrod With Opening Day just over a week away, teams around the league are rounding into form, or scrambling to fill gaps as suspensions, injuries and growing pains become a reality. One...
View ArticleKansas City Royals Become First Team To Sign A Player With Autism
CBS Local — Tarik El-Abour is not a Major League Baseball player yet, but his signing by the Kansas City Royals marks a historic first for the national pastime. After signing a minor league contract in...
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Twitter Reacts To Astros Closer Ken Giles Punching Self In Face
By Ryan Mayer Baseball can be a frustrating game, especially for guys called upon in late-game pressure situations. One day, you quickly work your way through the opponent to lock down a save, and the...
View ArticleThe Baseball Report: Pujols Gets 3,000th Hit, Kimbrel Fastest To 300 Saves
Ryan Mayer Most of the talk surrounding Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols in recent years concerns his struggles to live up to his mammoth contract. It’s true that Pujols isn’t the same hitter...
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Rolison On Inappropriate Tweet: ‘It Was Immature Of Me… Not Who I Am’
DENVER (CBS4) – The Colorado Rockies’ 1st round draft pick has commented about the recent criticism he’s received for an insensitive tweet he posted about President Barack Obama. The tweet in question...
View ArticleWATCH: Dog Races On Field To Retrieve Ball At Minor League Baseball Game
Ryan Mayer “Bark At The Park” night has become a steadily more prevalent promotion through all levels of baseball in the last few years, offering fans the opportunity to bring their favorite...
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‘Pitching Nun’ Shows Off ‘Nunbelievable’ Dance Moves
CHICAGO, Ill. (CBS Local) – Sister Mary Jo Sobieck showed off her smooth moves at a Chicago White Sox Saturday, tossing a perfect strike in a ceremonial first pitch that quickly went viral. Now, the...
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Want To Fly In ‘Coach’? Former Rockies Jet For Sale
DENVER (CBS4) — Are you looking for a Christmas present for the Rockies fan who has everything? We’ve got your gift! For sale today is a 1975 Boeing 727 that was once used by the local boys of summer....
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Best Sports Moments In July 4th History
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports While the Fourth of July is synonymous with many things – such as patriotism, barbecues and fireworks – one thing America’s independence day doesn’t bring to mind is...
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