#Michael Harris II

The trend of dominant pitching and well-rounded teams in MLB continued this year as the NL East went on a great run with the Phillies, Mets, and Braves all making a long streak at the end of the season. With Sandy Alcantara pitching at the rate that he was, and Max Fried and Kyle Wright both most likely making their individual Cy Young pushes this…

MLB Trade Rumors | Simon Hampton: Entering the season with Aaron Hicks, Oswaldo Cabrera, and a bunch of recent minor signings battling it out for the starting left field gig doesn't sound entirely optimal. However, it's starting to become a more likely option. Hampton goes through the Yanks' offseason priority list when it comes to left field,…

With just under three months until Opening Day, MLB fans are starting to feel the buzz. Free agents have signed, trades have been completed, and rosters are starting to take shape. Fans have already started to squabble over starting rotations, batting lineups, and which pitchers deserve to start on Opening Day. In a recent tweet by MLB Network,…

With the 2022 MLB All-Star festivities in the books, it's time for a quick round of bold predictions before the second half of the season gets underway on Thursday. What follows are 10 bold predictions for the remainder of the 2022 season, focusing mostly on individual players rather than teams since there will be plenty of postseason predictions…

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…

Now that the free-agent market is mostly settled, the next major player movement to monitor will be trades. For teams unable to check off their free-agent wishlist, it's still possible they can address some needs by making deals. Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star center fielder Bryan Reynolds officially requested a trade earlier this month after the two…

Sep 22, 2022; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals center fielder Michael A. Taylor (2) bats against the Minnesota Twins during the eighth inning at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports The New York Yankees are waiting patiently to find themselves a new left-fielder. With Michael Conforto, the last…

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Over the past few seasons, MLB teams from across the league have been starting to lock up their young stars to long-term contracts earlier and earlier into their service time. In doing so, teams are avoiding going to arbitration with their top players and giving them guaranteed money through their prime years. Some players are receiving these deals…

Bobby Witt Jr. is enjoying a solid rookie season, becoming the fifth player to hit at least 20 home runs and steal at least 20 bases in his very first season. He has had some ups and downs but it is clear he at least has the skillset to be a cornerstone player for this franchise, if not a league star. Having made the Opening Day roster, Witt is…

On March 31, 2019, Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Elvis Luciano became the first player born in the 2000s to reach the big leagues. In the years since, a wave of talented young players who weren't even born when Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire were chasing down Roger Maris during the 1998 season has descended on Major League Baseball. 2022 Rookie of…

The Atlanta Braves and Michael Harris II will take on the New York Mets and Francisco Lindor on Sunday at 7:08 PM ET, at Truist Park. The Braves have the seventh-best batting average in the league (.253). The Mets have hit 162 homers this season, which ranks 16th in the league. Here is what you need to get ready for Sunday's Braves vs. Mets…

This story was excerpted from Adam Berry's Rays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, . And to get it regularly in your inbox. ST. PETERSBURG -- We'll spend plenty of time this offseason looking at what the Rays can do to improve next season at first base, at the back of the rotation and, above all, at the plate. But during this…

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…

These past few years have been tough for baseball. First the sport was upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, then it dealt with the financial fallout of the shortened 2020 season, and last year the offseason was overshadowed by labor strife and eventually a lockout the shut down the sport for 99 days. Now, finally, we're heading into a somewhat normal…

Hunter Greene did not receive a single vote - not even a random third-place nod - on a 2022 National League Rookie of the Year ballot. But when we look back at the rookies from the class of 2022 in five years, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the flame-throwing right-hander from Cincinnati is the best player who made his NL debut this season. And…

The 2022 MLB season is over, and the Astros have been crowned World Series champions. Now, the only thing left to hand out is the hardware for the top players and managers. This year, the awards could carry some extra significance for a few players in particular. AL MVP finalist Aaron Judge and AL Cy Young finalist Justin Verlander are both free…

Even with the baseball season wrapping up just days ago, BetMGM wasted little time putting up World Series futures for the 2023 campaign. And despite the title this season, the Houston Astros are not the favorites to pick up a successive championship. Instead, the Los Angeles Dodgers have the shortest odds on the board at 5-1. Over the past five…

Xander Bogaerts made perhaps the easiest decision of his career on Monday afternoon, when he officially opted out of his team-friendly contract with the Red Sox to become a free agent for the first time. Bogaerts, 30, has been the most productive offensive shortstop in baseball for the last five years. Since 2018, his.880 OPS is clear and away the…

It's a doom and gloom forecast, but let's assume the Atlanta Braves will watch all eight of their free-agents-to-be move on. They'll waive goodbye to Dansby Swanson, Kenley Jansen and Adam Duvall. Robbie Grossman will sign elsewhere, Luke Jackson too, along with Jesse Chavez - actually, we'll see you back in a Braves uniform after next season's…

The Philadelphia Phillies host Game 3 of the NLDS versus the Atlanta Braves on Friday at 4:37 PM ET. The teams are knotted up 1-1. The Braves (+100 underdog moneyline odds) are away versus the Phillies (-120). The Philadelphia Phillies will hand the ball to Aaron Nola (11-13), but the Braves' starting pitcher has not been announced yet. The contest…

The Atlanta Braves host the Philadelphia Phillies in the second game of the NLDS on Wednesday at 4:35 PM ET. The Phillies lead the series 1-0. The Phillies are an underdog away (+109) against the Braves (-129). The Atlanta Braves will hand the ball to Kyle Wright (21-5, 3.19 ERA), who is looking for win No. 22 on the season, and the Phillies will…

One of the recurring themes on the Cuppa Cubbie Blue podcast this season has been the emergence of super-teams in MLB. There are a handful of teams that spend money, extend talented players and seem to have no end of talent in their farm systems. The rest of the league just has to scrap and hope they catch those super teams on a bad day to have a…

With the Wild Card Series over, the playoffs now kick into an even higher gear: The Division Series features eight teams that have what it takes to win it all. There are some surprises, some underdogs, some fascinating subplots … and surely much wildness to come. All four Division Series kick off Tuesday. Here's a look at the primary storyline to…

The Phillies may have limped into the postseason with a 7-13 record in their final 20 games, but a two-game wild card round sweep of the Cardinals in St. Louis erased any doubt that they're a legitimate MLB contender. Their next challenge as an underdog is in facing the defending world champion Atlanta Braves, a rested team that has been as hot as…

Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt and Albert Pujols were sent packing. Bo Bichette has plenty of time to play tennis. Tee time or tea time? Plenty of baseball's greatest stars can make that choice after their teams failed to make it past wild-card weekend. See, it's often not the biggest names that prove most indispensable once Major League…

The reigning champs enter this year's postseason with an improved and deeper squad than the one that won it all in 2021. Needing all of their 101 wins to run down the Mets in the race for the NL East crown and a first-round bye, the Braves enter October as one of the favorites to win it all. Unlike in the championship 2021, Ronald Acuña Jr. is…

When September started, the stakes were obvious, but at least somewhat daunting. The Braves had 31 games to make up a three-game deficit in the division, with a key showdown for the Mets in Atlanta set to begin on the final day of the month. Their odds of winning the division sat at 15 percent, reflecting a distinct, but still pretty unlikely,…

The beauty of the 162-game baseball season lies in its ebbs and flows. Each team writes its own story. The beauty of the postseason, however, is that those stories are over. They only matter insofar as they set the table for the drama to come. Last year's champion Atlanta Braves won fewer regular-season games than every team they beat in the…

The Mets and Braves are scheduled to play three games this weekend at Truist Park in Atlanta, in a series that will have significant implications on the division title. Although a clinch is relatively unlikely for either team, the winner of the series will come away with an excellent chance to win the NL East over the final three games of the…

Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies Date: Saturday September 24th, 04:05 ET Location: Citizens Bank Park TV: Bally Sports South Money Line: Braves -135/ Phillies+115 Total Line: 8 Atlanta: Kyle Wright (19-5, 3.18) Philadelphia: Bailey Falter (5-3, 3.68) Vaughn Grissom 2B Michael Harris II CF Travis d'Arnaud C Ronald Acuña Jr. RF William…

The MLB lineups will be set for the first pitch at Citizens Bank Park for 4:05 pm ET on Saturday, September 24. The weather forecast is calling for clear skies with 9 mph wind and a temperature of 70 degrees. MLB betting trends are showing that 54% of the public betting splits on the moneyline and runline are backing the Braves. There's also 54 %…

You can put a number to just about anything in baseball. And sometimes those numbers are worthy of a spit-take. Here are 22 weird, wild numbers from the 2022 season. We can't promise you we have included every bonkers stat from this season (baseball is pretty bonkers, after all). But these are some of our favorites. All stats are through Sunday's…

Washington Nationals vs Atlanta Braves Date: Monday September 19th, 07:20 ET Location: Truist Park TV: Bally Sports South Money Line: Nationals+270 / Braves -345 Total Line: 8.5 Washington: Cory Abbott (0-2, 4.37) Atlanta: Kyle Wright (18-5, 3.18) Alex Call LF Ildemaro Vargas 3B Luis Garcia 2B Joey Meneses 1B C.J. Abrams SS Riley Adams C Luke Voit…

Philadelphia Phillies vs Atlanta Braves 9/17/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Philadelphia Phillies will play Game 2 of their 3-game installment series against the Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday evening. Philadelphia suffered a second straight road loss; one from the Miami Marlins (3-5) and recently, to the Braves (2-7)…

Who: Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves When: Friday, Sept. 16 Time: 7:20 p.m. EDT Where: Truist Park (Atlanta, Georgia) Betting Odds Summary Moneyline: Phillies+160, Braves -190 Runline: Phillies -1.5 (+112), Braves+1.5 (-134) Total: Over/Under 7.5 Runs (-114/-106) The Braves and Phillies are on a possible collision course to meet in the…

Bradford Doolittle ESPN Staff Writer Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page…

A National League battle concludes Wednesday afternoon when the Atlanta Braves (88-54, 41-29 away) visit the San Francisco Giants (68-74, 38-33 home). Atlanta is comfortably in the top National League Wild Card spot and are just half a game back of the New York Mets in the NL East. San Francisco will not be making the postseason in 2022. This game…

Let it be known that the San Francisco Giants did a masterful thing when they signed Alex Cobb over the offseason. You can blame Farhan Zaidi for not doing more to keep a 107-win team above.500 the following year. You can criticize Scott Harris, because that's why we have GMs. You can express disgust at the ownership seemingly having mid-market…

The Atlanta Braves have won three of the four prior contests against the San Francisco Giants in 2022, and they're just 1 1/2 games behind the New York Mets for the top spot in the NL East. The club hopes to bounce back after two straight losses to the Seattle Mariners. Here are our Braves-Giants picks. The Braves and Giants meet for the fifth time…

The Atlanta Braves take their talents to the West Coast to face the Oakland Athletics! It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Braves-Athletics prediction and pick. This interleague matchup should be a good one. This game will be a battle between two elite young starters. Despite both teams heading in opposite directions, the Athletics are…

With a month of regular season baseball left, two players have separated themselves from the pack in the National League Rookie of the Year race … and they both play for the Atlanta Braves. Atlanta is hoping to repeat as World Series Champions and, if they do, Michael Harris II and Spencer Strider will have played a key role in the…

Atlanta Braves vs Oakland Athletics 9/6/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Atlanta Braves will play Game 3 of their season series against the Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, CA on Tuesday evening. Atlanta is on a 5-game winning scourge after its 5th game in a row over the Miami Marlins to a score of 7-1. Atlanta has an…

The Mariners are in Cleveland today to face the Guardians for the second weekend in a row. After taking three of four from said Guardians on Ichiro Weekend and then decisively sweeping the Tigers in Detroit, the Mariners are playing like a team that's postseason bound. In case you missed it, rosters expanded yesterday and the Mariners added…

Who: Atlanta Braves (81-51) vs. Miami Marlins (55-75) When: Friday, Sept. 2 Time: 7:20 p.m. EDT Where: Truist Park (Atlanta, GA) Betting Odds Summary Moneyline: Marlins+150, Braves -178 Runline: Marlins+1.5 (-154), Braves -1.5 (+128) Total: Over/Under 6.5 Runs (-120/-102) The Atlanta Braves play host to the Miami Marlins for a three-part series…

The calendar has turned to September, bringing us to the final month of the MLB regular season. The narratives have already mostly been told from this 2022 campaign, with countless standout performances across the league that deserve recognition. We saw so many prospects from our top 100 make their MLB debuts this season and to great success. Julio…

The Atlanta Braves will host the Miami Marlins in the first game of their series in the American League East versus American League West from Fenway Park on Friday night. The weather is expected to be mildly humid with a 90.5% chance of rain and 5.1 miles per hour winds. The Atlanta Braves are coming off of a 3 run win against the Colorado Rockies…

The Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins are set to collide for Game 1 of a three-game weekend series on Friday, which will be broadcast on Apple TV. Pitching has been a strength of both these clubs, but the difference between these two teams is that the Braves have an offense that can do damage, while the Marlins continue to search for answers with…

If you stayed up late, you watched a+782 same-game parlay hit in the Giants vs. Padres game last night! As I always say, we're looking to hit one Same-Game Parlay of the three. If you can do that, you'll earn a profit. That's what we did last night, and that's what we'll be looking to do today! Colorado Rockies vs. Atlanta Braves Leg 1: Kyle Wright…