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Fantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Sunday's MLB games
Everything you need to know to place your MLB bets and set fantasy baseball lineups for Sunday, May 19.
FANTASY BASEBALL NEWS
PREP YOUR LINEUP
Fantasy Baseball Forecaster: Lineup advice for Week 9
Set your lineups for the week ahead in fantasy baseball with our forecaster preview, which features pitcher rankings, hitter ratings, schedule observations and more.
UP IN ARMS
Pitchers who are defying projections
Real or not? Taking a look at pitchers who are overperforming and underperforming projections and what to make of them.
Which ninth-inning options are on the rise?
Eric Karabell discusses the always-changing reliever landscape, offering his latest input on whose stock is up and whose is down.
FANTASY TOOLS
THE PLAYERS TO PICK UP
Waiver wire report: A lot to love in Minnesota
Who are the players you should be claiming off the fantasy baseball waiver wire this week?
IMPOSTERS ON YOUR ROSTER?
Jose Berrios and eight other players to send elsewhere
Tristan H. Cockcroft takes a look at the current stats and passes judgment on which hot players need to go.
DRAFT INTEL
ESPN+ Cheat Sheet: Sleepers, busts, rookies and closers
You've read their names all preseason long, it'd be a shame to forget them on draft day. The ESPN+ Cheat Sheet is one way to make sure that doesn't happen.
Nolan Arenado, Trea Turner top 'Do Draft' list
Eric Karabell wants these guys on his 2024 fantasy teams. You should too.
Top Headlines
- Gil sets Yanks' rookie record, Soto mashes 2 HRs
- Orioles activate P Rodriguez to start vs. Mariners
- Buxton back from 14-game absence; Twins lose
- Braves activate RHP Johnson (elbow) from IL
- Rays get RHP Lovelady from Cubs for LHP Belge
- Skenes strikes out first seven Cubs, 11 overall
- Heyward homers in Dodgers return; Muncy to IL
- Giants' Lee needs shoulder surgery; season over
- Forecaster: Lineup advice for Week 9
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Fantasy Baseball Rankings
ESPN fantasy baseball rankings: 2024 points leagues
Here are Tristan H. Cockcroft's rankings for ESPN points leagues for the 2024 fantasy baseball season.
ESPN fantasy baseball rankings: 2024 head-to-head category and rotisserie leagues
Here are Eric Karabell's rankings for ESPN head-to-head category and rotisserie leagues for the 2024 fantasy baseball season.
Fantasy baseball dynasty rankings
Fantasy baseball dynasty rankings: Top 300 players for 2024 and beyond
Tristan H. Cockcroft provides his rankings for those playing in dynasty league formats.
Celebrating 40 years of fantasy baseball
30 for 30: Silly Little Game
Fantasy sports is a multi-billion dollar industry. Take a look at the game's inception and its "founding fathers," who never foresaw how their creation would take off and ultimately leave them behind. Stream on ESPN+.