#Matt Carpenter

Yesterday, I looked into how the predictions at FanGraphs, both crowdsourced and those produced by me, matched the contracts awarded to free agents this offseason. Today, I'd like to dive into a few cases where I made mistakes in individual player predictions, as well as a few I think I did well on. In each case, I'll try to come up with some…

Despite their comfortable lead atop the AL East, the Yankees are just 5-5 across their last 10 and are now sending a vulnerable Domingo German to the mound. The Mariners are countering with a formidable Marco Gonzales, making them a live underdog. The Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees will lock horns for the first of three games at Yankee…

The Cincinnati Reds have parted ways with slugger Mike Moustakas. The veteran third baseman was signed by the Reds to a four-year contract prior to the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The signing has not worked out too well for Cincinnati, as the slugger hit for an average below.250 in each of his three seasons with the Reds and hit fewer than 10…

With the MLB trade deadline just weeks away, the baseball rumor mill is heating up. While the majority of baseball has been distracted by who is likely to land Juan Soto, there is likely to be a flurry of other activity at the deadline that could drastically impact the results of the 2022 MLB season. Since everybody loves trade speculation, we…

After an All-Star break festooned with nostalgia, home runs, and bullpen dominance, the MLB schedule restarts Thursday, with some 70 games remaining for each team. So before the second half begins, let's dive into the top 10 story lines to monitor between now and October-because there's a whole lot of baseball left, and just as much drama on the…

Not too long ago, New York Yankees fans were up in arms when general manager Brian Cashman traded middle infielder Tyler Wade, who had just hit his stride with the team, to the Los Angeles Angels for pretty much nothing. A team that was desperately in need of middle infield help, overall bench depth, and speed traded away a guy that checked all…

The San Francisco Giants postponed a news conference Tuesday to introduce Carlos Correa after a medical concern arose during the All-Star shortstop's physical, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the Giants have not announced publicly any…

NEW YORK - The news of a Yankees present-day cult hero moving on broke Tuesday while manager Aaron Boone was making a short drive from Yankee Stadium to a Bronx police station for a holiday grocery and toys giveaway. Alerted by a reporter of the latest free agent signing, Boone seemed bummed out hearing Matt Carpenter had latched on with the San…

Matt Carpenter is heading to San Diego. The 37-year-old has signed a deal with the Padres for the 2023 season, MLB.com's AJ Cassavell reports. The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal reports: Matt Carpenter contract breakdown with Padres, per source: $3M signing bonus. $3.5M in 2023 $5.5M player option for'24 $500K each for 300, 350, 400, 450, 500 and 550 PAs…

The Yankees extend their homestand in New York as they host the Tampa Bay Rays for a three game series starting Friday, September 9 (9/9/2022). Game 1 will be an Amazon Prime Video exclusive in the New York Market, but will air on Bally Sports Sun in the Tampa Market. Games 2 and 3 will air on YES, Bally Sports Sun and MLB Network (out of market),…

The Kansas City Royals will attempt to avoid a four-game sweep as they face off with the New York Yankees in the Bronx on Sunday. It's time to continue our MLB odds coverage with a Royals-Yankees prediction and pick. The Yankees throttled the Royals 8-2 on Saturday, to improve their mark against Kansas City to 6-0 in 2022. The Bronx Bombers started…

Nine down, one to go. The 2022 free-agent signing period has been fast and furious. When Carlos Correa signed with the Giants earlier this week, he was the eighth of my top 10 free agents to sign. That breakneck pace hasn't slowed. On Thursday night, Carlos Rodón and the Yankees agreed to a six-year, $162 million contract, as Jon Heyman first…

For years, the Cardinals have been guided by past championships that set expectations for future contention. A new force steered them into the coming season: the present - and its demand to win. "We realize the importance of 2019," says John Mozeliak, president of baseball operations. "I've always been one for the longer-term decision making. But…

The Subway Series is finally here and the latest Caesars NY promo code is raising the stakes for baseball fans. The Yankees have the best record in baseball and perhaps the biggest star in Aaron Judge. Meanwhile, the Mets are in first place in the NL East and look like a serious World Series contender too. Caesars NY promo code AMNY15 is the key to…

Thirty-three mostly uneventful days have passed on the Major League Baseball calendar since Ryan Pressly induced a Nick Castellanos popup to end the 2022 World Series. But as the baseball world descended on San Diego for the winter meetings this week, the transactions arrived in a flurry. So let's take stock of the first month of the offseason with…

SAN DIEGO - Well, so much for all of those dots that got connected when social media started buzzing due to a video that showed Cody Bellinger working on his swing at Oklahoma State, the offseason home base of Matt Holliday. Could the Cardinals Hall of Famer turned Cardinals bench coach have been working with a former National League MVP turned…

The St. Louis Cardinals (58-51, first in NL Central) play the second of a mini two-game interleague set against the Oakland Athletics (63-48, second in AL West) Sunday at Ring Central Coliseum. First pitch is scheduled for 4:07 p.m. Eastern. Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook; for a full-set of today's sports betting odds, access them at USA TODAY…

The St. Louis Cardinals' season begins today! Jack Flaherty is set to take the mound at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. Once Luis Castillo delivers the first pitch to leadoff man Tommy Edman, the division race will be on. Opening Day is my favorite day of the year, so I hope everyone out there is able to take some time to enjoy a little…

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at BCB After Dark: the swingin' spot for night owls, early-risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We're still open here for the evening if you want to have a bit of a break before the holiday. Come on in and relax for a while. Get out of the cold. Grab a table near the stage. Have a tasty beverage-which you…

Before we get to the 2023 ZiPS projections, there's still some unfinished work from 2022 to do. Looking at which projections went the most wayward is definitely an exercise that makes me soul cringe a bit, but in any model, being wrong is an important component of eventually being right. Calibration is a long-term project, and while chasing greater…

The New York Yankees are set to face the Baltimore Orioles this weekend. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes our Yankees-Orioles prediction and pick we have laid out below. The New York Yankees have been baseball's best team in 2022, despite losing a doubleheader to the hated Houston Astros yesterday.…

The Cincinnati Reds take on the St. Louis Cardinals for the start of a 3-game series! It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Reds-Cardinals prediction and pick. The Reds are shockingly coming off of a series win over the New York Yankees. They took Games 1 and 3 on the road in the Bronx and played some of their best baseball of the…

The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals, tied atop the NL Central with identical 56-49 records, open a three-game showdown at Busch Stadium Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. ET. Monday: Both clubs had the day off. The Cubs avoided a three-game sweep with an 11-4 win at the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday, while the Cardinals lost 6-2 at the Houston Astros for a…

Just days after Jon Heyman of the New York Post had an outside expert predict contracts for the game's top free agents, FanGraphs is doing the same thing. Like last week, we'll be picking out the players who spent 2022 on the Mets or Yankees to continue getting an idea of what they could fetch in the open market. Obviously, closer Edwin Diaz isn't…

The Houston Astros will attempt to complete the sweep and seal their fourth trip to the World Series in five years as they face the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. It's an elimination game, and time to check out our MLB odds series and make an Astros-Yankees Game 4 prediction and pick. The Astros blanked the…

The New York Yankees are one of the MLB teams with the most free agents to-be. The Bombers have nine players hitting the market, and they will be available to other teams just for money. "The MLBPA announced that 131 players are now free agents, including #AaronJudge. New York Yankees (9): Andrew Benintendi, Zack Britton, Matt Carpenter, Miguel…

It was strange to see the Yankees lock up their division title near the end of the season and not play relevant baseball again for almost two weeks. The first-round bye is a new concept, and while I can't say that I'm sorry that New York dodged the Wild Card round (goodness knows that they've dealt with it enough in the past decade), it will be…

During a season in which the Yankees completed an impressive first half, got 99 wins and reached the 2022 ALCS, it's fair to say that they had some impressive individual performances. Anthony Rizzo had a 132 wRC+ with 32 home runs, Gleyber Torres bounced back, Nestor Cortes confirmed his 2021 breakout, Gerrit Cole pitched 200.2 frames with a…

The 2022 season is over and the Cubs are facing one of the most important offseasons in recent memory. Before the stove starts heating up, we examine where the Cubs depth chart stands at each position and where the holes might be for Jed Hoyer's front office to fill. Next up: Designated hitter 1. Franmil Reyes 2. Patrick Wisdom 3. Jared Young 4.…

NEW YORK -- The final on-field action of the Yankees' 2022 season occurred at 12:08 a.m. ET on Monday, as Aaron Judge tapped a Ryan Pressly slider back to the pitcher. The Astros' celebration of an American League Championship Series sweep began even before the ball reached first base. Judge ran the play out, then watched for a few seconds as he…

Pickswise provides exclusive sports betting content to SILive.com, including picks, analysis, tools, games and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. The Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees will play Game 2 of the ALDS in the Bronx on Thursday night after the Yankees won Game 1. They fell behind 1-0 early but quickly answered…

NEW YORK - No, Jameson Taillon had never done it before. Yes, it would have happened in the most intense moment of the Yankees' season. And, yes, they were really going to go through with it. "Oh," Taillon said, "I was going in." The Yankees were planning to use Taillon, who has never pitched in relief, to enter in the ninth inning if Clay…

The New York Yankees host the Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of an MLB 2022 American League Division Series Tuesday, October 11, at Yankee Stadium in New York. The game will be live streamed on fuboTV. Gerrit Cole gets the start on the mound in Game 1 of the best-of-5 series for the Yankees, vs. fellow right-hander Cal Quantrill for the Mariners.…

Game 1 of the American League Division Series kicks off Tuesday as the undefined host the undefined at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Here are SI Sportsbook's odds for the ALDS: Guardians (+170) | Yankees (-250) The Guardians are fresh off a 2-0 Wild Card series victory vs. the Tampa Bay Rays. Pitching dominated that series as only four total runs…

LONDON (AP) - Bukayo Saka has come a long way since missing that decisive penalty in the shootout at the European Championship final. More than a year later - and with his most important spot kick since - Saka stepped up and coolly converted his effort to give Arsenal a 3-2 win over Liverpool and keep the Gunners at the summit of the Premier…

The Yankees' roster has been in a constant state of flux over the past month due to injuries, and the expansion to 28 players in September allowed them to give a couple of young bats a shot. Oswaldo Cabrera and Oswald Peraza certainly made the most of it, but now as the roster shrinks back down to 26 and players start to return in time for…

The Yankees gave their fan base two riveting and entirely different regular seasons in 2022. The first one was a story about a special team, and the second was a story about a special player. Aaron Judge delivered as good a year as any New York athlete has had, in any sport at any time, and his successful pursuit of history in the late summer/early…

On Saturday, the New York Yankees learned who they will face in the American League Division Series, which begins Tuesday at Yankee Stadium. With Cleveland's two-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Wild Card series, the Guardians will head to the Bronx. Want to bet on MLB? The Yankees skipped the first round of the playoffs because they…

All rise! Aaron Judge and the Yankees are back at it. After a scary slump in August, the Yankees charged through September and clinched the AL East title, winning a bye straight to the ALDS and home-field advantage against either the Cleveland Guardians or the Tampa Bay Rays. The Yankees' World Series odds are looking pretty good right now,…

ARLINGTON, Texas - The regular season over, the Yankees have five days to prepare for their Division Series, a best-of-five against either the Cleveland Guardians or Tampa Bay Rays. The time also will be used to come up with a 26-man ALDS roster, which won't be finalized until the Yankees decide which of their injured players will be ready to…

ARLINGTON, Texas - The wife, parents and relatives all left town. The bottle of Dom Perigon, presents, and gift bags sitting in front of his locker were all put away. The horde of local TV stations, camera crews and fans that flocked Globe Life Field the past two days, stayed home. And Aaron Judge, for the first time in 56 games, going back to Aug.…

NEW YORK - Yankees manager Aaron Boone answered carefully. Former closer Aroldis Chapman had yet another shaky outing in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Orioles, walking three of the five hitters he faced, including one with the bases loaded. "We'll continue to look for spots to get guys in and make evaluations," Boone said. Want to bet on MLB? The…

The Yankees have accomplished everything they need to in the regular season. With the American League East in their possession and no chance of catching the Astros for the AL's top seed, the only thing left to play for is a 100-win season. That means they can finally look ahead. The playoffs (and a first-round bye) are now a certainty, and the…

New York Yankees clinch 2022 AL East title in TorontoYankees players gather for a team photo amid a celebration on the field in Toronto as they clinched the 2022 AL East division title. As the Yankees moved closer to an AL East clinching party, manager Aaron Boone appreciated the benefits of planning out a postseason strategy. Over the next week,…

The Yankees are in Toronto tonight, Sept. 26 in a battle for the AL East that will have playoff consequences for both teams. In the Yankees vs. Blue Jays odds, the Jays have a slight edge on the Yankees. Playing at home and with slightly more on the line, Toronto is expected by the oddsmakers to swing big in the three-game series. But if the…

The New York Yankees, led by right fielder Aaron Judge, who is closing in on Roger Maris' AL home run record, face the Boston Red Sox in a regular season game on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022 (9/25/22) at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Fans can watch the game for free via a trial of DirectTV Stream, which carries ESPN. Here's what you need to…

The New York Yankees, led by right fielder Aaron Judge, who is closing in on Roger Maris' AL home run record, face the Boston Red Sox in a regular season game on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022 (9/22/22) at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Fans can watch the game for free via a trial of DirectTV Stream, which carries FOX. Here's what you need to…

A Bostonian with a love for stats and baseball. Using knowledge and passion to find the right bet in MLB, NBA, NFL, and more. A lover of bold sports takes and sweat free plus odds picks. One of the shortest-lasting bets you can make in an MLB game is if a run will be scored in the first inning. All it takes is 6 outs to glory, but one swing of the…

NEW YORK - There's a lot of unknown when it comes to how the Yankees' playoff roster will look. Manager Aaron Boone is still hoping several key players can return from the injured list and prepare themselves in time for the American League Division Series that starts Oct. 11 - presuming that the Yankees don't blow their 5 1/2-game lead in the…

The St. Louis Cardinals (48-46) begin a four-game weekend set against the Cincinnati Reds (43-50) Thursday at Great American Ball Park. First pitch between the NL Central rivals is set for 7:10 p.m. Eastern. Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook; for a full-set of today's sports betting odds, access them at USA TODAY Sports. RHP Dakota Hudson vs.…