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Fantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Thursday's MLB games
Everything you need to know to place your MLB bets and set your fantasy baseball lineups for Thursday, June 20.
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Stat Stories: Wednesday's standout fantasy MLB performers
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FANTASY BASEBALL NEWS
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WEEKEND WATCH
NL East teams take center stage
Our fantasy baseball experts take a quick peek ahead to the upcoming weekend of action to highlight what they're looking forward to watching.
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NAMES TO KNOW
The Jacksons: Merrill, Holliday and Chourio on different trajectories
Tristan H. Cockcroft looks at three young players named Jackson and how each of their 2024's have not all been as easy as A,B,C.
Seattle's top reliever might be Ryne Stanek
Eric Karabell discusses the always-changing reliever landscape, offering his latest input on whose stock is up and whose is down.
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LATEST WAIVER WIRE
Scouring the waiver wire to replace Mookie Betts
Jackson Merrill and Andrew Vaughn lead the list of players you should be claiming off the fantasy baseball waiver wire this week.
What will Mookie Betts' recovery look like after hand fracture?
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PREP YOUR LINEUP
Fantasy Baseball Forecaster: Lineup advice for June 17-23
Set your fantasy baseball lineups for the week ahead with our forecaster preview, featuring pitcher rankings, hitter ratings, schedule observations and more.
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FANTASY TOOLS
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SLOW STARTERS
Corbin Carroll's disappointing 2024 stats
Tristan H. Cockcroft looks at what to make of Corbin Carroll and others who are off to disappointing starts to the season.
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HOW TO TRADE YOUR BEST
What kind of return should you get when trading a fantasy baseball star?
Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses the concept of trading away your No. 1 fantasy player in order to maximize your chances of a title.
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PROSPECT WATCH 👀
Pitching prospects to monitor
Eric Karabell looks at promising pitching prospects who could be called up this season and merit fantasy attention.
Top Headlines
- Sources: Yankees add Hill to banged-up bullpen
- Cole solid in season debut, eyes higher pitch limit
- Dodgers' Buehler returns to IL due to right hip
- X-rays negative on Cardinals' Arenado after HBP
- O's Bradish has TJ surgery; Coulombe out a while
- Westburg day-to-day after injuring hip in collision
- Angels' Trout: Recovery taking longer than hoped
- Astros' Verlander off to IL, 'wasn't feeling well'
- Forecaster: Lineup advice for June 17-23
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Fantasy Baseball Rankings
AP ESPN fantasy baseball rankings: 2024 points leagues
Here are Tristan H. Cockcroft's rankings for ESPN points leagues for the 2024 fantasy baseball season.
AP ESPN fantasy baseball rankings: 2024 head-to-head category and rotisserie leagues
Here are Eric Karabell's rankings for ESPN head-to-head category and rotisserie leagues for the 2024 fantasy baseball season.
Fantasy baseball dynasty rankings
AP Fantasy baseball dynasty rankings: Top 300 players for 2024 and beyond
Tristan H. Cockcroft provides his rankings for those playing in dynasty league formats.
Celebrating 40 years of fantasy baseball
Silly Little Game 30 for 30: Silly Little Game
Fantasy sports is a multi-billion dollar industry. Take a look at the game's inception and its "founding fathers," who never foresaw how their creation would take off and ultimately leave them behind. Stream on ESPN+.