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The 2018 MLB Schedule
The 2018 MLB Schedule will be covered by the MLB Reports once again. We are your best alternative for early MLB Interleague Master Schedules and at the end of January always have the best MLB schedule before the season begins, including the Double Header Master Schedule.
Check back with us in the middle of September.
MLB Power Rankings: Apr 9, 2017: Week 2
There are several teams that you may ask why their rankings are still somewhat high despite poor records, in relation to the Blue Jays, Yankees, Mariners, Giants, or even the Royals for that matter. It is simple….They have not hosted a game at home yet, still have decent players, and all of them did still drop down the power rankings over the last week – and definitely from their year end win totals.
Thru Apr 9, 2017 (Prior to ESPN Sunday Night Game)
Win Predictions
For The Year (Power Rankings This Week In Parenthesis)
American League (1235 – 1195)
AL East (427 – 383)
Boston Red Sox 90 – 72 Division Winner #2 Seed (5)
Toronto Blue Jays 88 – 74 WC #1 (9)
Baltimore Orioles 87 – 75 (10)
NY Yankees 81 – 81 (19)
Tampa Bay Rays 81 – 81 (20) Read the rest of this entry
Money Lines For MLB Games Played Wednesday Apr 5, 2017
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It is simple. ALL year we are betting $1 on all the underdogs for as many of the 2430 Games we can.
We are trying to validate a point that daily wagering is decent to follow this formula.
Each day we intend to update the results on this page.
On the mainpages of the site, where the blog posts go in timely order, we also are going to post the daily MLB Schedule and all Open Lines available at the time of publishing.
In addition to the DFS daily posts for FanDuel, DraftKings, and overall player selection posts daily, there will be that post of morning lines.
Once a week the Odds to win the World Series will be done on a post, and once every 2 weeks the Pennant Winner Odds, and Division Odds will be posted.
At the ALL – Star Break we will have a great breakdown blog of the HR Derby. We have won money on this contest four years in a row.
We have you covered for wagering all year long.
Yearly Bankroll Start: $500 – To Date (Apr 5, 2017) – $496.07) = Loss of $3.93)
See Results at our MLB Master Schedule Games Page here Read the rest of this entry
MLB Shutout Survivor 2017: Rays + Dodgers Share 5 – 0 Losses To Be Elminated
Not even Longoria;s career mastery over CC Sabathia could stop the Rays from being blanked on Tuesday night Tampa Bay was never a favorite to win this competition, but i didn’t think they would be stopped on this night while facing Sabathia.
MLB Shutout Survivor 2017:
Each year we run the list as it comes down in order. From Opening Day until the last club is blanked, we see which squad can hold off getting zeroed the longest.
Last year, the Pittsburgh Pirates lasted into June to win the honors.
You always have to go with the favorites to win this category. This would be the Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox considering their potent offenses and home venue for their ball games.
The Dodgers continued their trend not to fare well against LHP, despite the fact the have Lefty killer Franklin Gutierrez now, and bowed out of this competition one day after hanging 14 runs on the Padres.
Maybe there is a reason for optimism yet is San Diego.
The Rays couldn’t figure out CC Sabathia either, and I am surprised that Evan Longoria didn’t hit at least a wall ball versus the Yankees veteran Maybe Sabathia will pitch good to start in 2017 too. Read the rest of this entry
Daily Fantasy MLB DFS Player Picks For DraftKings – 4/5/17
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One of the biggest blunders made by many gamblers is betting against themselves. We are going to simplify the process, so if you win, you can really win – none of this barely break even nonsense.
Our new Draft Strategy is now here. Please read after the post.
Please Read more about Stacking and Pitchers from our FanDuel Post today
Now here is what we are going to do for today’s MLB DFS Draft Kings style. Read the rest of this entry
Daily Fantasy MLB DFS Player Picks For FanDuel 4/5/17
Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer/Part Owner)
Follow @stokes_Hunter21 @mlbreports
One of the biggest blunders made by many gamblers is betting against themselves. We are going to simplify the process, so if you win, you can really win – none of this barely break even nonsense.
Our new Draft Strategy is now here. Please read after the post. You can use our formula for your own wanted and given stacks and pitchers. This process wheels them all in alignment.
Fanduel – 4/5/17 ( 12 Game Main Slate)
What We Will Give You – Daily During The Season
3 – 7 team stacking options ( We are going to draw most of our players from these squads)
Los Angeles Dodgers vs Trevor Cahill
Washington Nationals vs Dan Straily
SF Giants vs Taijuan Walker
Boston Red Sox vs Jameson Taillon
3 – 7 Pitching candidates (High level, midlevel and budget).
Chris Sale, PIT @ BOS, $11, 400
Jacob deGrom, ATL @ NYM, $9800
Rich Hill, SD @ LAD, $9600
Cole Hamels, CLE @ TEX, $9300
Tanner Roark, MIA @ WSH, $8600
Garrett Richards, LAA @ OAK, $8600
Tyler Chatwood, COL @ MIA, $7600 Read the rest of this entry
“Every Day Chucker” Podcast Episode #3: Lets Just Have 8 Batters Per Lineup Hit
NO DH and No Pitcher hitting??? Am I crazy, or would this be a creative way to influx some offense into the game without other big changes done to the fabric of baseball?
Consider the injury yesterday to Junior Guerra, and what if it were Clayton Kershaw or Madison Bumgarner. Or if a Pitcher got hurt like Chien-Ming Wang, or worse like Tony Conigliaro?
Don’t worry folks, this kind of alteration is unlikely to happen, but one has to wonder whether the league will adopt a unified set of rules for both the American and National League.
Read the rest of this entry
Daily Fantasy MLB DFS Player Picks For DraftKings – 4/4/17
Follow @stokes_Hunter21 @mlbreports
One of the biggest blunders made by many gamblers is betting against themselves. We are going to simplify the process, so if you win, you can really win – none of this barely break even nonsense.
Our new Draft Strategy is now here. Please read after the post.
Please Read more about Stacking and Pitchers from our FanDuel Post today
Now here is what we are going to do for today’s MLB DFS Draft Kings style. Read the rest of this entry
Daily Fantasy MLB DFS Player Picks For FanDuel 4/4/17
Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer/Part Owner)
Follow @stokes_Hunter21 @mlbreports
One of the biggest blunders made by many gamblers is betting against themselves. We are going to simplify the process, so if you win, you can really win – none of this barely break even nonsense.
Our new Draft Strategy is now here. Please read after the post. You can use our formula for your own wanted and given stacks and pitchers. This process wheels them all in alignment.
Fanduel – 4/4/17 ( 8 Game Main Slate)
What We Will Give You – Daily During The Season
3 – 7 team stacking options ( We are going to draw most of our players from these squads)
SF Giants vs Patrick Corbin
Chicago Cubs vs Adam Wainwright
LA Dodgers vs Clayton Richard
Houston Astros vs Hisashi Iwakuma
Tampa Bay Rays vs CC Sabathia
3 – 5 Pitching candidates (High level, midlevel and budget).
Jake Arrieta, CHC @ STL, $10, 800
Kenta Maeda, SD @ LAD, $8600
Matt Shoemaker, LAA @ OAK, $8000
If you are looking for more players themselves than stacking options (as oppose to full lineup cards with a lot of advance for both FD/DK, we refer you to dailyrotohelp.com (for player picks all day) Read the rest of this entry
MLB Shutout Survivor 2017: Braves + M’s Eliminated On Opening Day
Barring a Shutout in the game with the Tigers and White Sox today exceeding 6 runs, than Atlanta will finish 30th in this contest this season.
MLB Shutout Survivor 2017:
Each year we run the list as it comes down in order. From Opening Day until the last club is blanked, we see which squad can hold off getting zeroed the longest.
Last year, the Pittsburgh Pirates lasted into June to win the honors.
You always have to go with the favorites to win this category. This would be the Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox considering their potent offenses and home venue for their ball games. Read the rest of this entry
Money Lines For MLB Games Played Tuesday Apr 4, 2017
It is simple. ALL year we are betting $1 on all the underdogs for as many of the 2430 Games we can.
We are trying to validate a point that daily wagering is decent to follow this formula.
Each day we intend to update the results on this page.
On the mainpages of the site, where the blog posts go in timely order, we also are going to post the daily MLB Schedule and all Open Lines available at the time of publishing.
In addition to the DFS daily posts for FanDuel, DraftKings, and overall player selection posts daily, there will be that post of morning lines.
Once a week the Odds to win the World Series will be done on a post, and once every 2 weeks the Pennant Winner Odds, and Division Odds will be posted.
At the ALL – Star Break we will have a great breakdown blog of the HR Derby. We have won money on this contest four years in a row.
We have you covered for wagering all year long.
Yearly Bankroll Start: $500 – To Date (Apr 4, 2017) – $502.15) = Profit of $2.15
See Results at our MLB Master Schedule Games Page here
ALL TIMES DISPLAYED IN EASTERN TIME ZONE
WEEK 1 (Includes Season Opener Sunday Apr 2, 2017)
INTERLEAGUE GAMES IN MAROON
APR 2017
Tuesday Apr 4 (9 Games):
Tigers @ White Sox 2;10
-123 Justin Verlander vs Jose Quintana +112
DET 6 CWS 3
$1 Loss
Yankees @ Rays 7:10
-108 CC Sabahia vs Jake Odorizzi -102
NYY 5 TB 0
$1 Loss
Rockies @ Brewers 7:40
-109 Tyler Anderson vs Zach Davies -101
COL 6 MIL 5
$1 Loss
Indians @ Rangers 8:05
-156 Carlos Carrasco vs Martin Perez +141
CLE 4 TEX 3
$1 Loss
M’s @ Astros 8:10
+153 Hisashi Iwakuma vs Lance McCullers Jr. -170
HOU 2 SEA 1
$1 Loss
Cubs @ Cardinals 8:15
-144 Jake Arrieta vs Adam Wainwright +129
CHC 2 STL 1
$1 Loss
Giants @ D’Backs 9:40
-156 Johnny Cueto vs Patrick Corbin +141
SF 8 ARI 4
$1 Loss
Angels @ A’s 10:05
-117 Matt Shoemaker vs Sean Manaea +106
Padres @ Dodgers 10:10
+192 Clayton Richard vs Kenta Maeda -215
SD 5 LAD 0
$1.92 Profit
$8.00 in Losses
$6.08 loss for the day
ODDS courtesy of betdsi.com
By Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer/Part Owner)
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*** The views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of mlbreports.com and their partners***
A big thanks goes out to our ‘Chief Writer/Part Owner’ Hunter Stokes for preparing today’s featured post.
A Fun Way For Fans To Track Runs Scoring For Teams This Season: MLB Runs Scoring Survivor 2017
For years we ran this entire category until all clubs had finished the task, this year we are encouraging readers to copy and paste this chart below and follow for themselves.
What Runs Survivor is, a MLB team scoring 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10 or (10+) in different games throughout the course of the season. If you score exactly 10 it still works for 10 (or 10+)
Once a club has one of these run totals once, you cross it off and keep going until they complete the 11 different variations.
As the runs come in on a daily basis, we will keep erasing the numbers beside the team until the last team wins.
When a club finishes the 11 different totals, please chart how many Games Played the team has at the time. If another team ties them for Games Played, the highest run total in the Final runs total erased will act as the tiebreaker Read the rest of this entry
Daily Fantasy MLB DFS Picks For Fanduel – 4/3/17
Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer/Part Owner)
Follow @stokes_Hunter21 @mlbreports
One of the biggest blunders made by many gamblers is betting against themselves. We are going to simplify the process, so if you win, you can really win – none of this barely break even nonsense.
Our new Draft Strategy is now here. Please read after the post. You can use our formula for your own wanted and given stacks and pitchers. This process wheels them all in alignment.
What We Will Give You – Daily During The Season
3 – 7 team stacking options ( We are going to draw most of our players from these squads).
Washington Nationals vs Edinson Volquez
Toronto Blue Jays vs Kevin Gausman
Colorado Rockies vs Junior Guerra
Cincinnati Reds vs Jeremy Hellickson
Philadelphia Phillies vs Scott Feldman
3 – 5 Pitching candidates (High level, midlevel and budget).
Noah Syndergaard, ATL @ NYM, $11, 900
Stephen Strasburg, MIA @ WSH, $9700
Jon Gray, COL @ MIL, $8200
If you are looking for more players themselves than stacking options (as oppose to full lineup cards with a lot of advance for both FD/DK, plus the additional website of www.fanpicks.com) – please visit we refer you to dailyrotohelp.com (for player picks all day) Read the rest of this entry
DraftKings DFS Picks For Apr 3, 2017
Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer/Part Owner)
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One of the biggest blunders made by many gamblers is betting against themselves. We are going to simplify the process, so if you win, you can really win – none of this barely break even nonsense.
Our new Draft Strategy is now here. Please read after the post.
With a limited schedule for both Sunday Apr 2, 2017 & Monday Apr 3, 2017 – we are running some light DFS lineups, but will really ramp it up beginning Tuesday Apr 4, 2017.
Now here is what we are going to do for today’s MLB DFS Draft Kings style.
MLB Power Rankings 2017: Week 1 – Apr
Disclaimer: We based these rankings on best strength to win the World Series. Therefore some teams that have an easier division to play in, with the least path of resistance to the postseason overall may be ranked a lot higher than a club who is equally talented, yet may play in a juggernaut of a division.
Chicago Cubs (1): The Cubs are the defending champions, and with the amount of talent they were able to bring back, plus add Kyle Schwarber for a full year, this spells they will sleepwalk to their Division again this season
At the MLB Reports we stated that we believe that another club may even win more games than Chicago, but this may be a product of Joe Maddon resting guys ultimately throughout the campaign.
Season duplicating from Kyle Hendricks and John Lackey will be harder to reel in. The loss of Dexter Fowler is not replaced by Jon Jay.
If the Cardinals or the Pirates are able to push the Cubs, then the 100 win plateau may still be valid. Chicago wins the NL Central by 10 games in our view. Read the rest of this entry
Chuck Booth Hosts A New Podcast Called “Every Day Chucker”: Well For At Least The Next 8 Days
Chuck Booth hosts his 1st ever solo ‘Podcast’ called the “Every Day” Chucker Podcast. He salutes Sully Baseball’s Podcast, as Sully ends his 1622 Days straight with a podcast show (usually 20 minutes).
(Related: Link to The Sully Baseball Podcast.)
Chuck wonders how many days he will do in a row (around 20 minutes), but vows to do at least 8! Then it is time for season predictions and who will finish where and who will win the 2017 MLB World Series.
Show correction. Chuck meant to say Miami Marlins personal loss of Jose Ferandez, and not Atlanta Braves tragedy.
Note: Chuck will only be using SoundCloud for the podcasts. This is not his real function as a Website Owner, but this is just to fill a gap for a while after Sully stops posting every day.
It may end up like “Speed 2” the movie – after the first film was so good, but oh well. “This Podcast Is Ten Seconds From A Toe-Tag!
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Daily Fantasy MLB DFS Picks For FanDuel – 4/2/17
Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer/Part Owner)
Follow @stokes_Hunter21 @mlbreports
One of the biggest blunders made by many gamblers is betting against themselves. We are going to simplify the process, so if you win, you can really win – none of this barely break even nonsense.
Our new Draft Strategy is now here. Please read after the post. You can use our formula for your own wanted and given stacks and pitchers. This process wheels them all in alignment.
What We Will Give You – Daily During The Season
3 – 7 team stacking options ( We are going to draw most of our players from these squads).
3 – 5 Pitching candidates (High level, midlevel and budget).
If you are looking for more players themselves than stacking options (as oppose to full lineup cards with a lot of advance for both FD/DK, plus the additional website of www.fanpicks.com) – please visit we refer you to dailyrotohelp.com (for player picks all day) Read the rest of this entry
MLB Money Lines For Sun Apr 2, 2017 + Mon Apr 3, 2017
It is simple. ALL year we are betting $1 on all the underdogs for as many of the 2430 Games we can.
We are trying to validate a point that daily wagering is decent to follow this formula.
Each day we intend to update the results on this page.
On the mainpages of the site, where the blog posts go in timely order, we also are going to post the daily MLB Schedule and all Open Lines available at the time of publishing.
In addition to the DFS daily posts for FanDuel, DraftKings, and overall player selection posts daily, there will be that post of morning lines.
Once a week the Odds to win the World Series will be done on a post, and once every 2 weeks the Pennant Winner Odds, and Division Odds will be posted.
At the ALL – Star Break we will have a great breakdown blog of the HR Derby. We have won money on this contest four years in a row.
We have you covered for wagering all year long.
Tommy John Surgery: All – Time MLB List – Updated For Will Smith
For all the talk of baseball players (pitchers mostly) that will be undergoing Tommy John Surgery, we will be keeping a running list! E-mail us at mlbreports@gmail.com if you have any names to add to our totals.
How many players are having or had TJ in history? You are about to find out: While our list is good, we only chart MLB’ers/ .
Jon Roegele has an entire spreadsheet for anyone from every level that has ever gone under the knife no matter what level they are at here
TOMMY JOHN SURGERIES – 2017 (5)
Will Smith, SF (March)
Bo Schultz, TOR (March)
Trevor May, MIN (March)
Cody Anderson, CLE (March)
Alex Reyes, STL (Feb) Read the rest of this entry
MLB Schedule In April 2017 On One Page Post
ALL TIMES DISPLAYED IN EASTERN TIME ZONE
WEEK 1 (Includes Season Opener Sunday Apr 2, 2017)
INTERLEAGUE GAMES IN MAROON
APR 2017
Sunday, Apr 2 MLB OPENING DAY (3 Games):
Yankees @ Rays 1:10Tropicana Field Home Opener, St. Petersburg, FL (Tampa Bay Rays)
Giants @ D’Backs 4:10 Chase Field Home Opener, Phoenix, AR (Arizona Diamondbacks)
Cubs @ Cardinals 8:35 (ESPN SUNDAY NIGHT GAME) Busch Stadium Home Opener, St. Louis, MO (St. Louis Cardinals)
There are no Interleague Games On this Day
Monday, Apr 3 (12 Games):
Marlins @ Nationals 1:05Nationals Park Home Opener, Washington, DC (Washington Nationals)
Braves @ Mets 1:10 Citi Field Home Opener, Flushing, NY (New York Mets)
Pirates @ Red Sox 2:05 Fenway Park Home Opener, Boston, MA (Boston Red Sox)
Rockies @ Brewers 2:10 Miller Park Home Opener, Milwaukee, WI (Milwaukee Brewers)
Blue Jays @ O’s 3:05 Oriole Park …
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All Of Your MLB Scheduling Links Needed To Start The Year
At the MLB Reports, we are attempting to give you the best MLB Schedule coverage on the internet. We will have all 2430 Games on a Page Post, 300 Games of MLB Interleague updated with full schedule/results and upcoming games.
In addition, we break down the whole year itinerary into months, and also will keep up to date on a per weekly basis.
Here are some more great links to follow scheduling prior to the Opener on Sunday Apr 2, 2017
All 2430 MLB Games Schedule On One Page Post
MLB Interleague Master Schedule In 2017:
You Could Try To Attempt A World Record By Going To All 30 MLB Parks In 25 Days In 2017 By Driving!
All 30 MLB Clubs Ball Park Home Openers In 2017 With Starting Times‘
MLB Doubleheader Master Schedule In 2017
ESPN SUNDAY NIGHT GAME SCHEDULE 2017
- All 2430 MLB Games Schedule In 2017 On One Page Post
- MLB Schedule For MLB In Sept/Oct Of 2017 On One Page Post
- MLB Schedule For MLB In Aug Of 2017 On One Page Post
- MLB Schedule For MLB In July Of 2017 On One Page Post
- MLB Schedule In June 2017 On One Page Post
Officlal Bets For The MLB Reports In 2017
At the MLB Reports, we put our money where our mouth is. We have won over $2100 in the last 3 years from all bets. We have made several wagers to begin the season in 2017.
Keep in mind these are not official predictions in any regard, however they are best value picks, and we often hedge bets later on with position of strength projected wins.
Do yourself a favor and go to betdsi.com and find some props to play for yourself, along with several future bets and over/under win season totals for the campaign.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast Archives Mar 1, 2017 – Mar 31, 2017 (Episodes 1590 – 1620)
Paul Francis Sullivan (please call him Sully) does a podcast 365 days a year – unless it is a leap year – then he will do another 1. He has done a show everyday since Oct.24/2012. This to date represents a streak of 1589 days consecutively heading into Match of 2017!
Past the CLICK TO READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY are episodes 1590 – 1620 of the Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
We will also archive all of his podcasts to date (in coming weeks) so they are easily accessible for all his fans. Check out all his Archived info here.
Our website followers have grown larger each year for his podcast.
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To subscribe on SoundCloud, click HERE.
WBC 2017: Israel Not The Ugly Duckling After All
Most, if not all predictions (including the one made by this blog) about the final standings in group A can be scratched. Didn’t everybody pick Israel to finish last?
After a stunning win vs Korea yesterday, team Israel completed the upset by routing Taiwan 15-7 today
Today’s game was exactly the opposite compared to yesterday’s game in which both teams had a hard time scoring runs. Today Israel slugged its way to the victory.
With a solid AA/AAA pitcher on the mound for Israel, the team jumped on the Taiwanese pitching and outhit Taiwan 20-12 with four extra basehits.
Taiwan started the game with Chun-Lin Kuo on the mound. He played for the Seibu Lions of the NPB in the past two seasons. Those two seasons weren’t quite a success with ERAs of 5.31 (2015) and 8.46 (2016) and WHIPs of 1.682 and 1.701.
It showed as Israel jumped on Chun-Lin…
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WBC 2017: Dutch Beat Taiwan In Nerve Wrecking Game
The Kingdom of the Netherlands “hosted” Taiwan in their second game of the tournament. In an exciting game in which the score went back and forth, the Dutch came back from trailing 5-4 and eventually walked off as a winner with a 6-5 win, due to a bases loaded walk.
In a must win game for Taiwan, Jair Jurrjens took the mound for team Kingdom of the Netherlands. Manager Hensley Meulens took this decision because of the experience that Jurrjens has in the Taiwanese professional league, the CPBL. Jurrjens pitched almost one season for the Uni President 7-Eleven Lions and had some mixed results. Eventually, he was released due to a nagging injury.
The decision to send Jurrjens out to the mound was a bit unlucky perhaps. In the first two innings Jurrjens worked his way through the inning without any damage. But in the third inning he started to struggle…
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Randy Levine proves to be classless
Randy Levine Makes All The Wrong Movements Post Betances Arbitration Hearing
As you may know, the Yankees and their setup man Dellin Betances were involved in a harsh dispute about the 2017 salary of Betances. Betances was asking $5 million, while the Yankees did not want to spend more than $3 million. During the past weeks, both parties did not get closer to each other. So an arbitration hearing was needed.
Dellin Betances (photo by Alchetron.com)
The outcome of the arbitration hearing was that the Yankees don’t have to pay Betances $5 million but only the $3 million they wanted. Nothing wrong with that. It is a part of the business. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Setup men, even though they are elite, are simply rewarded less than star closers. And while Betances was lights out as a setup man, he struggled as a closer after the Yankees got rid of Aroldis Chapman and Andrew Miller.
But there is something that…
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Tommy John Surgery: All – Time MLB List Heading Into 2017 MLB Regulr Season
For all the talk of baseball players (pitchers mostly) that will be undergoing Tommy John Surgery, we will be keeping a running list! E-mail us at mlbreports@gmail.com if you have any names to add to our totals.
Follow and bookmark our tracker always here
How many players are having or had TJ in history? You are about to find out: While our list is good, we only chart MLB’ers/ .
Jon Roegele has an entire spreadsheet for anyone from every level that has ever gone under the knife no matter what level they are at here Read the rest of this entry
Feb MLB Power Rankings/2017 Win Predictions
Last Updated Feb 12, 2017
For a detailed rundown of how I compared some of the teams to other websites click here
Overall MLB Rankings in Parenthesis
American League (1235 – 1195)
AL East (425 – 385)
Boston Red Sox 90 – 72 (4)
Toronto Blue Jays 88 – 74 (9)
Baltimore Orioles 84 – 78 (14)
NY Yankees 83 – 79 (18)
Tampa Bay Rays 80 – 82 (20) Read the rest of this entry
Odds To Win The 2017 MLB Home Run Crown
So for four years in a row a Baltimore Orioles players has led the overall MLB in Homers. This year could be the 5th straight year if Chris Davis, Mark Trumbo or Manny Machado lead the league in homers. These 3 O’s player cracked a combined 122 big flies in 2016. Trumbo clubbed 47 to lead all of the Majors. I had boldly said last year that Baltimore may challenge the ALL – time HR Record of 264 in a season held by the 1997 Seattle Mariners. The same could be said this year.
On the top of the odds board is Giancarlo Stanton yet again. The 2016 MLB ALL Star Game HR Derby Champ, amassed 27 HRs in 413 AB during 2016, but that was way down from 27 HRs in 279 AB during 2015.
The problem with Stanton is he always suffers and injury during a season. He did lead the NL in 2014 with 37 HRs in his only full year in the last 5 seasons. I may have eve picked him if he was not the favorite. I will take a pass on him this year.
The 1st good odd that stands out to me is Nolan Arenado at +1500. The Rockies premiere player has led the NL in HRs for the last 2 campaigns, smacking 42 HRs and 41 HRs respectively.
It is not foreign to think he could approach 50 with this his Age 26 year forthcoming.
New York Yankees Entire 2017 MLB Schedule On One Page Post.
ALL TIMES DISPLAYED IN EASTERN TIME ZONE
WEEK 1 (Includes Season Opener Sunday Apr 2, 2017)
INTERLEAGUE GAMES IN MAROON
APR 2017
Sunday, Apr 2 MLB OPENING DAY
Yankees @ Rays 1:10 Tropicana Field Home Opener, St. Petersburg, FL (Tampa Bay Rays)
Monday Apr 3
Off Day
Tuesday Apr 4
Yankees @ Rays 7:10 Read the rest of this entry
