PVL: Gel Cayuna, Nxled look to build chemistry in Invitationals

MANILA, Philippines—Gel Cayuna seeks to strengthen her connection with the Nxled Chameleons as they take on the top three local teams and two guest squads in the PVL Invitationals starting on Monday at Smart Araneta Coliseum. Nxled will be the first team to test the mettle of new-look Creamline, which will parade Jaja Santiago-Minowa in

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No doubt that Creamline is team to beat as Invitational Conference fires off

Jaja Santiago-Minowa’s homecoming isn’t just a big hurdle to the title hopes of the three other PVL teams, as she boosts her former rival and 11-time champion Creamline in the Invitational Conference starting on Monday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The 6-foot-5 middle blocker’s brief stint is a big blessing for the PVL players, as

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Fever guard duo chasing history

INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White spent most of her past 27 years working in the WNBA. She’s rarely seen a backcourt as good as All-Star guards Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell. On Friday, the dynamic duo did it again—each topping the 30-point mark for the fourth time this season to extend their own league record

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Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 24 (2026 Fantasy Baseball)

Each week during the fantasy baseball season, I take a look at two-start pitchers for the week ahead. This week, we’ll focus on pitchers tentatively lined up to make multiple starts for the week of September 7-September 13.

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Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 24

Scheduling Notes

• Teams With Six Games: BAL, BOS, NYY, TBR, TOR, CWS, CLE, DET, KCR, MIN, ATH, HOU, LAA, SEA, TEX, MIA, NYM, WSH, CHC, CIN, MIL, PIT, STL, ARI, COL, LAD, SDP, SFG
• Teams With Seven Games: ATL, PHI

Targeting pitchers who face teams with high strikeout rates and who don’t generate much quality contact can be valuable. Here are the current bottom-five teams in strikeout rate against right- and left-handed pitchers:

Bottom 5	K% vs. RHP
Reds	25.5%
Angels	25.2%
Yankees	24.7%
Orioles	23.7%
Pirates	23.7%
White Sox	23.7%

Bottom 5	K% vs. LHP
Pirates	25.9%
Orioles	25.9%
Angels	25.0%
Rockies	24.9%
Reds	24.9%

The current bottom-five teams in wOBA against right- and left-handed pitchers:

Bottom 5	wOBA vs. RHP
Diamondbacks	.302
Angels	.304
Reds	.304
Mets	.306
Cardinals	.307

Bottom 5	wOBA vs. LHP
Mariners	.285
Blue Jays	.286
Giants	.291
Guardians	.299
Pirates	.300

Two-Start Pitchers

These are the pitchers lined up for two starts and their roster rates:

• Dylan Cease (SP – TOR): 99% | @ ATH; vs. BAL
• Jesus Luzardo (SP – PHI): 98% | vs. ATL; @ ATL
• Eury Perez (SP – MIA): 84% | vs. NYM; vs. LAD
• Eduardo Rodriguez (SP – ARI): 73% | @ KCR; vs. TEX
• Freddy Peralta (SP – TBR): 69% | @ ATL; vs. HOU
• Reid Detmers (SP – LAA): 68% | @ BOS; @ WSH
• Emerson Hancock (SP – SEA): 66% | vs. TEX; @ ATH
• Noah Cameron (SP – KCR): 51% | vs. ARI; @ BOS
• Luis Castillo (SP – CWS): 47% | vs. PIT; @ STL
• Bryce Elder (SP – ATL): 43% | @ PHI; vs. PHI
• Nick Lodolo (SP – CIN): 40% | @ LAD; @ MIL
• Joey Cantillo (SP – CLE): 26% | @ BAL; @ MIN
• Bubba Chandler (SP – PIT): 21% | @ CWS; @ CHC
• Brandon Young (SP – BAL): 17% | vs. CLE; @ TOR
• Jacob Lopez (SP – ATH): 15% | vs TOR; vs. SEA
• Andre Pallante (SP – STL): 14% | @ SFG; vs. CWS
• Andrew Painter (SP – PHI): 13% | vs. HOU; @ ATL
• Sean Manaea (SP – NYM): 11% | @ MIA; @ NYY
• David Peterson (SP – CHC): 8% | @ MIL; vs. PIT
• Hayden Wesneski (SP – HOU): 7% | @ PHI; @ TBR
• Patrick Sandoval (SP – BOS): 2% | vs. LAA; vs. KCR
• Connor Prielipp (SP – MIN): 2% | @ DET; vs. CLE
• Cody Bradford (SP – TEX): 2% | @ SEA; @ ARI
• Jake Irvin (SP – WSH): 2% | @ SDP; vs. LAA
• Blade Tidwell (SP – SFG): 1% | vs. STL; vs. SDP
• Drew Anderson (SP – DET): 1% | vs. MIN; vs. COL
• Gabriel Hughes (SP – COL): 0% | @ NYY; @ DET

Two-Start Pitcher Notes

• Dylan Cease has been outstanding all year and will be looking to add to his Cy Young resume. Through 25 starts, he’s got a 2.33 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 13.0 K/9 and a career-best 25.3% strikeout-minus-walk rate. His two-start week comes against the Athletics (15th) and Orioles (fifth), who are in the bottom half of the league in strikeout rate in August.
• Jesus Luzardo is in the midst of his best season to date — 3.09 ERA, 1.12 WHIP and 11.2 K/9 through 27 starts. He faces the Braves twice in his double start, which is a daunting task. Atlanta has the ninth-best wOBA in the second half and is one of the best teams in the league against left-handed pitching.
• Luis Castillo turned back the clock for one start, but has otherwise been disappointing with his new team. He’s allowed 16 earned runs in 22.1 innings with 20 strikeouts and six walks. He gets two pretty good matchups against the Pirates and Cardinals; both are among the seven worst teams in wOBA in the second half. However, Castillo has completed five innings just once with the White Sox and can’t be trusted.

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Myla Pablo determined to still be a force on her 10th season

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PH women stint ends after twin losses

Twin defeats on Thursday denied the Philippines a chance to extend its debut run in the WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup in Tainan, Taiwan. The Filipino batters were handed an 8-2 loss by Chinese Taipei before being brutally shown the door by Venezuela hours later with a 10-0 rout at the Aspac Secondary Field. That

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No stopping ‘Eala effect’ even after mixed doubles tumble

Alex Eala was looking forward to playing as many doubles matches with Felix Auger-Aliassime in the US Open. “The US Open is a very electric place to play doubles, and I think mixed doubles especially, with the lineups that there are, is going to be very interesting and a really great opportunity for me,” the

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