BOSTON — For anyone savoring potentially memorable firsts, Friday’s Red Sox game against the Pirates, a 4-2 win for Pittsburgh, had quite a few. It was Pirate righty Paul Skenes’ first time pitching at Fenway Park, his first time facing Red Sox promising rookie Roman Anthony and obviously his first matchup against Payton Tolle, Boston’s 22-year-old lefty, who was making …
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The Boston Red Sox released struggling right-hander Walker Buehler on Friday. Buehler, who signed a one-year, $21.05-million contract last offseason, lost his spot in the Red Sox rotation after posting a 5.40 ERA, 5.83 FIP, and 4.4 BB/9 over 110 innings (22 starts). The former two-time All-Star allowed two earned runs on two hits (one homer) over 2 1/3 innings …
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It’s time for change. One of the toughest things about doing these rankings is that every fantasy baseball league has different settings, particularly when it comes to injury. There are just too many different sets of rules a league can have to make one set of rankings that includes healthy and injured pitches make sense for everyone. Does your league …
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Justin Verlander’s 20th big league season hasn’t been one of his standout years, as he now has a 4.53 ERA over 99 1/3 innings following today’s tough outing (five earned runs on 11 hits and a walk over five innings) against the last-place Nationals. Between these numbers and the 5.48 ERA Verlander posted over 90 1/3 frames during his injury-marred …
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Google is reportedly pitching advertisers to buy into ads in AI Mode. The folks over at AdAge have some slides from a Google presentation with the pitch. “Google is getting ready to roll out AI Mode ads widely by giving ad agencies and brands more information about how the new channel differs from traditional search and details about how paid …
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After countless rumors, the Red Sox decided to finally get in on the trade deadline fun late Wednesday night, with veteran pitcher Steven Matz acquired from the Cardinals. The deal was first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan. A 34-year-old lefty, Matz comes to Boston in the midst of a season that’s featured a 5-2 record, 3.44 ERA, and 47 strikeouts …
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The Cubs are known to be in the market for starting pitching help, and it’s not very hard to see why. Justin Steele has been out for nearly the entire season after undergoing surgery on his UCL and won’t be back until sometime next year. Jameson Taillon is currently on the injured list, as are depth arms like Javier Assad …
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With a week remaining until Major League Baseball’s trade deadline, pitching-needy clubs acknowledge the options are fairly limited. The Ace, which has long been an archetype of the trade deadline, exists more in baseball history, or even mythology. That singular talent, multiple league sources briefed on those conversations told The Athletic, is simply unavailable. Sandy Alcantara and Zac Gallen should …
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