Bregente, Suzuki dodge upsets to set up big clash for men’s title

Rolando Bregente and Shinichi Suzuki edged out different foes to seal a title clash in the NGAP’s National Match Play Championship on a rainy Friday that saw Precious Zaragosa put an end to Lisa Sarines’ double title aspirations with an upset win in the ladies’ semifinals. The top-ranked Bregente fended off the upset-conscious Emilio Hernandez,

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Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Grades & Start/Sit Advice (Week 20)

Welcome to our fantasy baseball Quick Grades. Or Start/Sit Grades. Whatever you want to call it. This is our weekly article where we provide rankings and grades for all fantasy baseball-relevant players to help you set your weekly lineups. By leveraging our industry-leading projections and rankings from some of the most accurate fantasy baseball experts, we’re able to provide these custom player grades each week. We continue to tweak our process for this series each season to ensure the grades are as predictive and accurate as possible, and this has become an invaluable resource for fantasy managers who have to make difficult start/sit decisions each and every week. Check back each week for updated grades that take each player’s matchups and projected stats into consideration. Here are the grades for the upcoming Fantasy Baseball Week.

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Fantasy Baseball Weekly Player Rankings & Grades (4/13 – 4/19)

Let’s take a look at our weekly rankings and grades for all fantasy-relevant players.

Name	Team	Position	Score	Grade
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	OF,DH	100	A
Bryce Harper	PHI	1B,DH	100	A
Shohei Ohtani	LAD	DH	100	A
Seiya Suzuki	CHC	OF,DH	100	A
Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	OF	100	A
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	OF,DH	100	A
CJ Abrams	WSH	SS	100	A
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	2B,OF	100	A
Pete Alonso	BAL	1B,DH	100	A
Ben Rice	NYY	1B,DH,C	100	A
Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	OF,DH	99	A
Wyatt Langford	TEX	OF,DH	98	A
David Hamilton	MIL	2B,3B,SS	97	A
Mickey Moniak	COL	OF,DH	97	A
Sal Stewart	CIN	1B,2B,3B,DH	97	A
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	95	A
Jake McCarthy	COL	OF	94	A
Brandon Lowe	PIT	2B,DH	93	A
Jackson Chourio	MIL	OF	93	A
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	91	A
Christian Yelich	MIL	OF,DH	91	A
Garrett Mitchell	MIL	OF	91	A
Drake Baldwin	ATL	DH,C	91	A
Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS	90	A
Corbin Carroll	ARI	OF	90	A
Brice Turang	MIL	2B	89	B
JJ Bleday	CIN	OF,DH	89	B
Brandon Marsh	PHI	OF	88	B
Daylen Lile	WSH	OF,DH	88	B
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS,DH	88	B
Jake Mangum	PIT	OF	87	B
Jonathan Aranda	TB	1B,DH	87	B
Alec Burleson	STL	1B,OF,DH	86	B
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	OF,DH	86	B
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS	86	B
Manny Machado	SD	3B,DH	86	B
Luis Rengifo	SD	2B,3B,OF,DH	85	B
Junior Caminero	TB	3B	85	B
Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,DH	84	B
Esmerlyn Valdez	PIT	1B,OF	83	B
Ivan Herrera	STL	DH,C	83	B
Jeremy Pena	HOU	SS	83	B
Randy Arozarena	SEA	OF	83	B
Kyle Tucker	LAD	OF,DH	83	B
Dominic Canzone	SEA	OF,DH	82	B
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	OF,DH	82	B
Michael Harris II	ATL	OF	82	B
Luis Garcia	NYY	1B,2B,DH	81	B
Kyle Stowers	MIA	1B,OF,DH	81	B
JJ Wetherholt	STL	2B,3B,SS	81	B
Jackson Merrill	SD	OF	81	B
Tim Tawa	ARI	1B,2B,3B,OF,DH	80	B
Endy Rodriguez	PIT	1B,C	80	B
Nasim Nunez	WSH	2B,SS	80	B
Carter Jensen	KC	DH,C	80	B
Chandler Simpson	TB	OF	80	B
George Springer	TOR	OF,DH	80	B
Jake Bauers	MIL	1B,OF	80	B
Munetaka Murakami	CWS	1B,3B,DH	80	B
Rafael Devers	SF	1B,DH	79	C
Kazuma Okamoto	TOR	1B,3B	79	C
Dansby Swanson	CHC	SS	78	C
Jordan Walker	STL	OF	78	C
Jarren Duran	BOS	OF,DH	78	C
Griffin Conine	MIA	OF,DH	78	C
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	78	C
Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	2B,OF	77	C
Jac Caglianone	KC	1B,OF,DH	77	C
Cole Carrigg	COL	OF	77	C
Keibert Ruiz	WSH	C	76	C
Jose Altuve	HOU	2B,OF,DH	76	C
Joc Pederson	TEX	1B,DH	76	C
Luis Arraez	PHI	1B,2B,DH	76	C
Dylan Beavers	BAL	OF,DH	76	C
Victor Mesa Jr.	TB	OF	75	C
Yainer Diaz	HOU	DH,C	75	C
Cedric Mullins II	TB	OF	75	C
Bryson Stott	PHI	2B,SS	75	C
Hunter Goodman	COL	DH,C	75	C
Alex Bregman	CHC	3B,DH	75	C
Dylan Crews	WSH	OF	74	C
Riley Greene	DET	OF,DH	74	C
Henry Bolte	ATH	OF	74	C
Dane Myers	CIN	OF,DH	74	C
Tyler Soderstrom	ATH	1B,OF	74	C
Jesus Sanchez	TOR	OF,DH	73	C
Gabriel Moreno	ARI	DH,C	73	C
Mike Trout	LAA	OF,DH	73	C
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B,3B	73	C
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	DH,C	73	C
Heriberto Hernandez	MIA	OF,DH	73	C
Isaac Paredes	HOU	1B,3B,DH	73	C
Ezequiel Duran	TEX	1B,2B,3B,SS,OF	73	C
William Contreras	MIL	DH,C	72	C
Jacob Young	WSH	OF	72	C
Owen Caissie	MIA	OF,DH	72	C
Chase DeLauter	CLE	OF,DH	72	C
Jo Adell	CLE	OF,DH	72	C
Yandy Diaz	TB	1B,DH	71	C
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	SS	71	C
Miguel Vargas	CWS	1B,3B	71	C
Wilyer Abreu	BOS	OF	71	C
Dillon Dingler	DET	DH,C	71	C
Evan Carter	TEX	OF	70	C
Jose Tena	WSH	2B,3B,OF,DH	70	C
Brandon Nimmo	TEX	OF,DH	70	C
Jackson Holliday	BAL	2B,SS	70	C
Ketel Marte	ARI	2B,DH	70	C
Josh Naylor	SEA	1B,DH	70	C
Andy Pages	LAD	OF	70	C
Moises Ballesteros	LAA	DH,C	70	C
Carson Kelly	CHC	DH,C	69	D
TJ Rumfield	COL	1B,DH	69	D
Carson Benge	NYM	OF	69	D
Otto Lopez	MIA	2B,SS	69	D
Josh Bell	MIN	1B,DH	69	D
Kody Clemens	MIN	1B,2B,OF	69	D
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B,DH	69	D
A.J. Ewing	NYM	2B,OF	69	D
Jonah Heim	ATH	1B,DH,C	68	D
Eugenio Suarez	CIN	3B,DH	68	D
Colton Cowser	BAL	OF	68	D
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	68	D
Nathan Lukes	TOR	OF	68	D
Salvador Perez	KC	1B,DH,C	68	D
Lawrence Butler	ATH	OF	67	D
Zach Neto	LAA	SS	67	D
Jung Hoo Lee	SF	OF	67	D
Spencer Jones	NYY	OF,DH	67	D
Royce Lewis	MIN	1B,2B,3B	67	D
Connor Wong	BOS	C	66	D
Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	66	D
Justin Crawford	PHI	OF	66	D
Alec Bohm	PHI	1B,3B	66	D
Liam Hicks	TB	1B,DH,C	66	D
Abimelec Ortiz	WSH	1B,OF	66	D
Daniel Susac	SF	C	66	D
Colt Keith	DET	1B,2B,3B,DH	66	D
Tommy Edman	LAD	2B,3B,OF	66	D
Jared Young	NYM	1B,OF,DH	66	D
Colson Montgomery	CWS	3B,SS	66	D
Trent Grisham	NYY	OF	65	D
Richie Palacios	TB	2B,OF	65	D
Max Muncy	LAD	3B	65	D
Daulton Varsho	HOU	OF	65	D
Joe Mack	MIA	C	65	D
John Rave	KC	OF	65	D
Coby Mayo	BAL	1B,3B,DH	65	D
Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B,SS	65	D
Christian Walker	HOU	1B	65	D
Christian Encarnacion-Strand	BAL	1B,3B	65	D
Luis Campusano	SD	DH,C	64	D
Nathan Church	STL	OF	64	D
Nick Gonzales	PIT	2B,3B,SS	64	D
Myles Straw	TOR	OF	64	D
Andruw Monasterio	BOS	1B,2B,3B,SS,DH	64	D
Masataka Yoshida	BOS	OF,DH	64	D
Caleb Durbin	BOS	2B,3B	64	D
Leody Taveras	BAL	OF	64	D
Francisco Alvarez	NYM	DH,C	64	D
Bryce Eldridge	SF	1B,DH	64	D
Gavin Sheets	SD	1B,OF,DH	64	D
Pedro Ramirez	CHC	2B,3B,DH	64	D
Luis Lara	MIL	OF	63	D
Cooper Pratt	MIL	SS	63	D
Michael Massey	KC	2B,OF	63	D
Trevor Larnach	MIN	OF,DH	63	D
Jose Fermin	STL	2B,3B,OF	63	D
James Wood	WSH	OF,DH	63	D
Wade Meckler	LAA	OF	63	D
Grant McCray	SF	OF	63	D
Corey Seager	TEX	SS	63	D
Luis Robert Jr.	NYM	OF	63	D
Henry Davis	PIT	C	63	D
Cal Raleigh	SEA	DH,C	63	D
Max Kepler	ARI	OF	63	D
Noelvi Marte	CIN	3B,OF	62	D
Dominic Smith	ATL	1B,DH	62	D
Willi Castro	COL	1B,2B,3B,SS,OF	62	D
Andres Gimenez	TOR	2B,SS	62	D
Ryan Waldschmidt	ARI	OF	62	D
Lars Nootbaar	ARI	OF	62	D
Brady House	WSH	3B,DH	62	D
Isaac Collins	KC	OF	62	D
Willy Adames	SF	SS	62	D
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C	62	D
Nick Loftin	KC	2B,3B,OF	62	D
Josh Lowe	LAA	OF	61	D
Troy Johnston	COL	1B,OF,DH	61	D
Tyler Tolbert	KC	SS,OF	61	D
Jimmy Crooks III	STL	DH,C	61	D
Jorge Polanco	NYM	2B,3B,DH	61	D
Cam Smith	HOU	OF	61	D
James McCann	ARI	C	61	D
Xander Bogaerts	SD	SS	61	D
Bryan Torres	STL	2B,OF	61	D
Ian Happ	CHC	OF	61	D
Andrew Benintendi	CWS	OF,DH	61	D
Ty France	SD	1B	61	D
Justin Foscue	TEX	1B,2B,DH	61	D
Heliot Ramos	NYY	OF	61	D
Luke Keaschall	MIN	2B,OF	61	D
Kevin McGonigle	DET	3B,SS	61	D
Max Clark	DET	OF	61	D
Randal Grichuk	CWS	OF,DH	61	D
Taylor Walls	TB	SS	61	D
Teoscar Hernandez	LAD	OF	60	D
Andres Chaparro	WSH	1B,DH	60	D
Paul Goldschmidt	NYY	1B,DH	60	D
Jakob Marsee	MIA	OF	60	D
Willson Contreras	BOS	1B	60	D
Nolan Arenado	ARI	3B	60	D
Nathaniel Lowe	CLE	1B,DH	60	D
Javier Sanoja	MIA	2B,3B,SS,OF	60	D
Jake Cronenworth	SD	1B,2B,SS	60	D
Taylor Trammell	HOU	OF	60	D
Angel Martinez	CLE	2B,OF	60	D
Rhys Hoskins	CLE	1B,DH	60	D
Tyler Stephenson	CIN	C	60	D
Nelson Velazquez	STL	OF,DH	60	D
Taylor Ward	SEA	OF	60	D
Jordan Beck	COL	OF	60	D
Tyler Freeman	COL	2B,OF,DH	60	D
Miguel Amaya	CHC	DH,C	59	F
Victor Caratini	MIN	1B,DH,C	59	F
Elias Diaz	TEX	C	59	F
Michael Conforto	CHC	OF,DH	59	F
Mauricio Dubon	ATL	2B,3B,SS,OF	59	F
Jose Caballero	NYY	2B,3B,SS,OF	59	F
Brayan Rocchio	CLE	2B,SS	59	F
Hector Rodriguez	CIN	OF	59	F
Austin Wells	NYY	C	59	F
Kyle Isbel	KC	OF	59	F
Carlos Cortes	ATH	OF,DH	59	F
Yohel Pozo	BAL	DH,C	59	F
Edouard Julien	COL	1B,2B,DH	59	F
Gary Sanchez	MIL	1B,DH,C	59	F
Ryan Kreidler	MIN	3B,SS,OF	59	F
Masyn Winn	STL	SS	59	F
Starling Marte	KC	OF,DH	59	F
Mike Yastrzemski	ATL	OF	59	F
Harry Ford	WSH	C	59	F
Michael Busch	CHC	1B	59	F
Kyle Karros	COL	3B	58	F
Luisangel Acuna	CWS	2B,SS,OF	58	F
Braden Montgomery	CWS	OF	58	F
Javier Baez	DET	2B,3B,SS,OF	58	F
Eduardo Valencia	DET	1B,DH,C	58	F
Carlos Narvaez	BAL	C	58	F
Jeremiah Jackson	BAL	2B,3B,OF	58	F
Vaughn Grissom	LAA	1B,2B,3B	58	F
Sam Antonacci	CWS	2B,3B,OF	58	F
Cole Young	SEA	2B	58	F
Steven Kwan	CLE	OF	58	F
Jose Siri	LAA	OF	58	F
Austin Hedges	CLE	C	58	F
Mookie Betts	LAD	SS	58	F
Drew Gilbert	SF	OF	58	F
Amed Rosario	NYY	2B,3B,OF,DH	58	F
Tyler O’Neill	BAL	OF,DH	58	F
Jeff McNeil	ATH	1B,2B,OF	58	F
Leo Jimenez	MIA	2B,3B,DH	58	F
Petey Halpin	CLE	OF	58	F
Agustin Ramirez	MIA	DH,C	58	F
Joey Bart	CWS	C	57	F
Zach McKinstry	DET	2B,3B,SS,OF	57	F
Garrett Stubbs	PHI	DH,C	57	F
Matt McLain	CIN	2B,SS	57	F
Bryan De La Cruz	PHI	OF	57	F
Max Muncy	ATH	2B,3B,SS,DH	57	F
Brendan Donovan	SEA	2B,3B,SS,OF	57	F
Tyrone Taylor	CHC	OF	57	F
Jasson Dominguez	NYY	OF,DH	57	F
Bo Bichette	NYM	3B,SS	57	F
Brett Baty	NYM	1B,2B,3B,OF	57	F
Brandon Valenzuela	TOR	1B,C	57	F
Brenton Doyle	CWS	OF	57	F
Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	57	F
Jahmai Jones	BOS	OF,DH	57	F
Weston Wilson	SEA	2B,3B,OF	57	F
Ernie Clement	TOR	1B,2B,3B,SS	57	F
Jake Burger	TEX	1B	57	F
Edmundo Sosa	PHI	2B,3B,SS,OF	57	F
Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B,SS	57	F
Adrian Del Castillo	ARI	DH,C	56	F
Tyler Heineman	LAA	C	56	F
Austin Martin	MIN	2B,OF	56	F
Nick Sogard	BOS	1B,2B,3B	56	F
Ronny Simon	PIT	2B,OF	56	F
Chase Meidroth	CWS	2B,3B,SS	56	F
Tristan Peters	CWS	OF	56	F
Jonny DeLuca	TB	OF	56	F
Hunter Feduccia	LAD	C	56	F
Gleyber Torres	DET	2B	56	F
Marcell Ozuna	FA	DH	56	F
Cam Cauley	TEX	2B,SS,OF	56	F
Brooks Lee	MIN	2B,3B,SS	56	F
Nick Fortes	TB	C	56	F
Alan Roden	MIN	OF	56	F
Kevin Alcantara	CHC	OF,DH	56	F

 

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Alex Eala finds comfort in the embrace of loyal fans everywhere

On the day that second seed Elena Rybakina, third seed Jessica Pegula and fourth-seeded Coco Gauff all advanced to the third round, people were talking about Alex Eala at the National Bank Open—a WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto—on Wednesday. And as usual, much of the discussion centered on how the Filipino superstar was such a

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Sarines ousts sis, but Hernandez gets boot in quarters

Lisa Sarines was all business against twin sister Mona, but the other half of the double title-seeking tandem in the NGAP’s Philippine Match Play Championship wasn’t as fortunate. In the men’s division, Jet Hernandez’s exit was the biggest surprise on Day 1 of the knockout stage at rain-dampened Luisita in Tarlac. “I wish we could

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Sarines twins clash early; Hernandez in as men’s No. 3

Grace Quintanilla closed out with a two-under-par 70 and topped ladies qualifying for the NGAP’s Match Play Championship, but the most interesting clash when the KO stages start on Thursday is the one between twin sisters Mona and Lisa Sarines. The Sarines sisters battle it out after Mona fired a second-round 73 at tree-lined Luisita

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Big rally has Bossing thinking of big payback in clash with Gin Kings

Sedrick Barefield and Blackwater are hoping that Wednesday’s upset win over Group B leader Phoenix would spark some life back into their campaign in the PBA Governors’ Cup. After rallying past the Fuel Masters for a 106-100 victory, the Bossing look to carry that momentum into their next game, which is a chance for payback

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Bolick keeps Road Warriors’ impressive run in perspective

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