jeff passan, tim brown, gordon edes and steve henson
Here at Yahoo! Sports Major League baseball preview central, it's standing room only. Check that. It's room for standings only. Our four MLB writers predicted the won-loss records of every team as well as the playoffs and World Series. And you can compare our picks with those from AccuScore (American League, National League), a company that runs thousands of computer simulations of the season to project standings.
As opening day draws closer, we'll continue to trot out content, including our picks for every award from MVP to the first manager fired to the date or A-Rod's return. Next will be the results from our Build-A-Ballclup Workshop, where our writers each choose the owner, general manager, scouting director, field manager, position player, pitcher and prospect they would hire if creating a team from scratch. Look for that story Sunday evening.
And don't miss Jeff Passan's daylong opening day blog Monday as well as continual Big League Stew posts throughout the day, week and season.
Play ball!
As for the projected standings, the Boston Red Sox are picked to reach the World Series by all four experts, and only Tim Brown picks them to lose once they get there. Passan has the Red Sox winning their third championship in six years by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, Gordon Edes has them besting the New York Mets and Steve Henson has them knocking off the Arizona Diamondbacks. Brown, for his part, has the Chicago Cubs celebrating their first World Series title in 101 years at the expense of the Red Sox.
"We're not always going to agree, and there's certain things that he said that I don't necessarily agree with, but I understand the person that he is," Mahomes said.
Less than 24 hours after the conclusion of the 2024 NFL Draft, Charles McDonald and Nate Tice give their thoughts and key takeaways, including Charles' reaction to the Atlanta Falcons taking Michael Penix Jr, the Denver Broncos overdrafting Bo Nix, Spencer Rattler to the New Orleans Saints and Charles and Nate's favorite running back and offensive line landing spots.
Charles and Nate finish off the show with a dueling draft of day three selections, where they each draft a pick from rounds four through seven (and a kicker in round six) so they can track how their picks do throughout their rookie seasons.
Teams have made their big splashes in free agency and made their draft picks, it's time for you to do the same. It's fantasy football mock draft time. Some call this time of year best ball season, others know it's an opportunity to get a leg up on your competition for when you have to draft in August. The staff at Yahoo Fantasy did their first mock draft of the 2024 season to help you with the latter. Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens are here to break it all down by each round and crush some staff members in the process.
The NFL Draft is officially in the books. We no longer need to speculate on where guys will go. Now it's time to see how they fit. Matt Harmon and Charles McDonald look at the rookie fantasy fits they love, the ones they question and the group of picks that are great real life picks but rather 'meh' for fantasy purposes.
Charles McDonald is joined by Derrik Klassen of Bleacher Report and Reception Perception to give their final thoughts ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft on storylines to watch and this fascinating quarterback class. The duo start off with the news that Zach Wilson has been traded to the Denver Broncos. Both agree this doesn't mean a lot for anyone except Ben DiNucci, but Charles asks if the New York Jets should consider drafting Aaron Rodgers' replacement at tenth overall (or later in the draft).
There are 4-5 first round picks at quarterback this year, and Derrik has charted all of them. Charles and Derrik do a final deep dive on each of the top QBs, breaking down the strengths and weaknesses of Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels, Michael Penix Jr. and J.J. McCarthy.
Later, Charles presents his four storylines to watch this Thursday as the 2024 NFL Draft kicks off. Charles thinks the ideal landing spot for Drake Maye is the Minnesota Vikings, and that Denver trading up is irresponsible. Meanwhile, the Jacksonville Jaguars are an ideal candidate to make a move and trade up for a wide receiver or cornerback. Finally Charles presents his take that this defensive tackle class is underrated, which sparks a conversation around how college linebackers are letting the NFL down.