Fantasy Baseball's Version Of The Final Countdown Is Upon You Now
There's just one more week to go in the 2016 Major League Baseball regular season, so pay attention very closely to what's going on in MLB this week.
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There's just one more week to go in the 2016 Major League Baseball regular season, so pay attention very closely to what's going on in MLB this week.
The Cardinals rallied for a big win in their playoff chase, beating the Giants 3-2 Saturday night.
Buster Posey's two-run homer helped the Giants beat the Cardinals 8-2 Friday night in a matchup of playoff contenders.
The Giants gained ground in the playoff race with a 6-2 victory over the Cardinals on Thursday night.
With September roster expansion in Major League Baseball, it's hard to keep track of which player is in the lineup on a day-to-day basis. Even if a team is in the hunt for a playoff spot, resting starters can hurt your fantasy baseball team. Every fantasy owner has to make sure the lineup is being maximized during these final weeks of the season.
The Oakland A's beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 Sunday and have won four of their past five games.
Jedd Gyorko homered and Weaver pitched 6 strong innings as the Cardinals beat the A's 3-1 on Friday night.
The St. Louis Cardinals came from behind for the second straight game to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Sunday night.
Jeff Samardzija surrendered four home runs in a span of nine at-bats, going from a four-run cushion to two runs down in a 7-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Johnny Cueto worked around a season-worst five walks and back soreness to post his ninth win, tying for the major league lead, in the San Francisco Giants' 5-1 victory on Friday night.
The Cardinals look to another young player to step up.
Your travel guide to visiting any of the MLB teams in the Florida Grapefruit League for this year's spring training
The Top 5 Sports Callers of the week is a weekly installment from CBS Local Sports that will bring you the wildest callers from across the nation.
A couple that has stayed together more than six decades despite their loyalty to separate baseball teams is melting hearts across the internet.
Don't dare mess with the aesthetics of a game that Bob Costas is calling
Teams don't often trade a young pitcher like Shelby Miller, but when you're a team like the Cardinals with a surplus of young pitching ready to break out seemingly every year, it may be a bit more common. St. Louis general manager John Mozeliak basically said after trading Miller that one reason he did so was to make room in the rotation for Martinez, a top prospect who pitched out of the bullpen in 2014.
The Giants beat the Cardinals to make the World Series. But baseball fans outside of San Francisco will be rooting for the Royals.
The Giants need one more win to return to the World Series and they send their ace to the mound Thursday night - but before you click on Craigslist hoping to find some semi-affordable seats for the World Series, keep this in mind: The Giants are favored by Las Vegas oddsmakers Thursday, and those guys have been wrong pretty much the entire MLB Postseason.
The Royals reach their first World Series since 1985 with 8 straight American League playoff wins, beating the Athletics, Angels and Orioles.
Buster Posey drove in three runs and the San Francisco Giants took advantage of some clunky defense by St. Louis first baseman Matt Adams, beating the Cardinals 6-4 on Wednesday night to move within one victory of the World Series.
The Giants claimed Game 3 in the NLCS with a 10th inning walk-off bunt and error.
In the NLCS, the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals are evenly matched. Baseball fans should hang on and enjoy the ride.
The San Francisco Giants will take the field at AT&T Park Wednesday afternoon with a 2-1 lead in the National League Championship Series after a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in 10 innings Tuesday.
The San Francisco Giants have a 2-1 lead in the NLCS after a wild throw to first base led the winning run to score in the 10th inning at AT&T Park Tuesday.
AT&T Park and its surrounding areas were awash in a sea of orange and black as hopeful fans descended upon San Francisco in anticipation of an NLCS Game 3 win for the Giants.
