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OK, let's stir up some arguing and yelling again. Yesterday, I ranked the top five pitching duos. Today, let's do the majors' best hitting duos. Ranking the pitchers was difficult because there were so many excellent pairs to choose. Ranking the h...

The ESPN Fantasy staff has published its mid-May rankings -- their top 250 players for the rest of the season. It's always interesting to see the different opinions. Everybody agrees on guys like Miguel Cabrera and Ryan Braun, but here are some gu...

Albert Pujols, Howie Kendrick, Josh Hamilton and Mike Trout all homered off Jeremy Guthrie, and the Los Angeles Angels handed the right-hander his first loss in 19 starts with a 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.

Earlier Tuesday, we posted a blank cartoon, and readers offered their captions. Our favorite was by The Dutch Room. Check your ESPN.com profile message center for an email. Thanks for participating. Check back Wednesday for another cartoon....

Take a shot at writing a cartoon caption. Playbook cartoonist Kurt Snibbe will offer up a blank cartoon each weekday morning, and he will fill in the blank with our favorite reader submission at the end of the business day. So please, by all means...

Three starters are making the most of their new but difficult situations, writes Scott Spratt. He points to Ryan Dempster's success at Fenway Park, typically a hitter-friendly stadium, as an example of this.

Story | Conversation | May 12, 2013

ESPN Stats & InformationMore payroll hasn't translated to more wins for the Angels.One year ago today, May 8, Josh Hamilton went 5-for-5 with four home runs and eight RBI against the Baltimore Orioles. That seems like a long time ago, especially ...

You cannot lose a game like this if you're the Los Angeles Angels, not when leading 6-2 in the eighth inning, not while coming off losing three of four to Seattle, not when your team is struggling and staring at a second straight disastrous April. ...

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It was another fun and eventful chat session on Tuesday as we discussed expanding rosters to 26 players, the flaws of the current wild-card system, Matt Harvey and Stephen Strasburg, what the Cardinals should be about their outfield, Albert Pujols, J...

• ESPN MLB Insider Jayson Stark tells Greeny and Golic about the health of Albert Pujols, whether the Yankees should be concerned about CC Sabathia's velocity and more. Plus, the guys attempt to answer the weekly trivia question. Stark -Baseb...

The big news Monday was the Los Angeles Angels moving Josh Hamilton down from fourth to fifth in the batting order in an apparent attempt to fix their slumping $125 million slugger. The timing was odd, with the Angels coming off a weekend sweep of...

The focus is off of Josh Hamilton's return to Texas and back on baseball as the Rangers swoop into Anaheim to begin a three-game series against the Angels on Monday night at Angels Stadium. There will still be interest in Hamilton because of his b...

Stephania Bell highlights injury concerns surrounding Albert Pujols, Ryan Zimmerman, Dan Uggla, Chad Billingsley and more players.

Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols, a first-rounder in many fantasy drafts for this season, has a respectable .317 batting average after hitting a double in four at-bats Sunday afternoon. But that's hardly the story. It also came out...

Blog | April 22, 2013

Eric Karabell examines the fantasy-relevant notes from the weekend games, including the news that Albert Pujols is dealing with a sore foot.

Blog | Conversation | April 22, 2013