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Monday, 31 August 2026

Jaja says Creamline will get even better

Jaja Santiago-Minowa finished with 19 points in her debut with Creamline in the PVL Invitational Conference on Monday. She scored 17 from 30 attacks and also had a block and an ace. A warning to the rest of the field: She’s still adjusting to her team’s system. “I’d say I’m around 70 percent. It’s really

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Filipinos seek hot start to end Nomura Cup drought

Team Philippines goes into Nomura Cup battle starting Tuesday with a three-man squad that is the most talented that it can assemble, as the Filipinos try to win what is also known as the Asia-Pacific team championship for the first time in its 62-year history. Jet Hernandez and Shinichi Suzuki, who won national titles last

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Sunday, 30 August 2026

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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Saturday, 29 August 2026

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)

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:

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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Friday, 28 August 2026

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

When the Premier Volleyball League was launched in 2017, Myla Pablo instantly became one of its faces together with Alyssa Valdez after they split the first two MVP trophies contested. Pablo brought Pocari Sweat’s success from the Shakey’s V-League—the PVL’s predecessor—and took the country’s first pro league to greater heights with no-nonsense play and charisma

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Thursday, 27 August 2026

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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Wednesday, 26 August 2026

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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Away from the spotlight, this ex-Tigress gladly shows worth as a Foxy

Pierre Abellana may not always get the spotlight, but Farm Fresh knows the value of having a reliable service specialist who can deliver when called upon. Abellana has embraced that role for the Foxies over the past three years, providing steady defense and timely serves whenever she enters the court. In Farm Fresh’s final PVL

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Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Spouses Svitolina, Monfils reach US Open mixed doubles semis

NEW YORK — Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils have both gone far but never all the way to the US Open title. Maybe the married couple can finally win a trophy together. The spouses made quite a pair on the court Tuesday, becoming the first team into the mixed doubles semifinals by edging Katerina Siniakova

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Key injury, looming retirement reveal character of Gilas Pilipinas

June Mar Fajardo is closing in on the end of his stint with the national team. Justin Brownlee is nowhere near good enough shape to reinforce Gilas Pilipinas. When the Philippines opens up its bid in the Fiba World Cup Asian Qualifiers on Friday, it will look very much like a team in transition. Fortunately,

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High Speed Hitters primed for title defense

PLDT will finally be able to defend one of two titles it won last year when the High Speed Hitters come into the week-long PVL Invitational Conference as one of two favorites starting Monday. After the On Tour was deemed just an exhibition and reduced to a mere meet-and-greet, which denied the High Speed Hitters

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Monday, 24 August 2026

Fantasy Baseball Watchlist: Waiver Wire & Trade Targets (2026)

This is ‘The Watchlist.’ This column is designed to help you monitor and pick up fantasy baseball players in the coming weeks and months. Whether they’re waiver wire or trade targets, these are the players you’ll want to add now before they become the next hot waiver commodity or trade target.

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Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire & Trade Targets

Using underlying and advanced metrics, ‘The Watchlist’ will help you get ahead of the competition in your league and reap the rewards later from your waiver wire pickups.

The players could be anyone from a prospect in an ideal situation close to the Majors, a reliever in a saves + holds league or even a starter doing well despite misleading surface-level stats like ERA.

They might even be hitters with quality underlying stats. Or they could be none of those types of players and a different kind of player entirely. The point is, they’ll help you find success in your fantasy league while staying ahead of the curve against your league mates.

Javier Sanoja (2B, 3B, SS, OF – MIA)

Javier Sanoja was mentioned in this column earlier in the season as someone to add ahead of a potential uptick in fantasy production, considering his upcoming schedule at the time.

That’s very much the case once again as late August slowly gives way to September.

Sanoja is batting .279 on the season with a .317 on-base percentage (OBP) with six home runs and six stolen bases. He’s not making much in the way of loud contact, what with just a 2.3% barrel rate, a .276 xwOBA, a .329 xSLG, a 30.7% hard-hit rate and a .276 xwOBAcon.

What Sanoja is doing is making a bunch of contact. Like a lot. The infielder, as of the start of play on Monday, ranked in the 100th percentile with just an 8.4% strikeout rate, and he sits in the 98th percentile in whiff rate (11.6%).

Fortunately for Sanoja and for fantasy managers, the infielder will see a fairly fantasy-friendly slate of upcoming games.

Following the Marlins’ current series against the Boston Red Sox at home, Miami will take on the Washington Nationals (four games) and Kansas City Royals (three games) on a seven-game road trip.

Entering play on Monday, the Nationals’ pitching staff had the league’s fifth-lowest strikeout rate (19.8%). The Royals, meanwhile, have the league’s third-lowest strikeout rate (19.2%).

Sanoja is batting .338 with a .368 OBP, three home runs and a .231 ISO in his last 68 plate appearances since the start of August. Given the Marlins’ upcoming schedule and how often the 23-year-old makes contact, more base hits should be on the way.

If the ISO remains anywhere near what it’s been in the last month, Sanoja could be an instrumental player in plenty of late-season fantasy or fantasy playoff matchups.

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Tim Tawa (1B, 2B, 3B, OF, DH – ARI)

Tim Tawa is hitting just .250 on the season with a .302 OBP, a 94 wRC+, eight home runs and seven stolen bases on the season.

Currently seeing plenty of time at first base, don’t let Tawa’s season-long numbers fool you. He’s been much more productive as of late, especially in terms of fantasy counting stats.

The infielder is batting .298 with a .327 OBP, seven home runs and six stolen bases in his last 152 plate appearances since July 10th, with a .345 xwOBA and a wRC+ that is 22 points above league average.

During that span, well, since July 10th specifically, Arizona has scored the third-most runs in the league, ranking behind only the Red Sox and Cubs. The Diamondbacks are also third in collective wRC+ during that stretch.

Moving forward, the Diamondbacks will close out the season with 19 of their last 30 games from Tuesday onward against teams that rank in the bottom half of the league in collective FIP, including three in the season’s final week against the Rockies in Colorado.

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Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers: Waiver Wire Targets (Week 21)

Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers: Waiver Wire Targets (Week 21)

Another week has come and gone, and it is time to look ahead at upcoming fantasy baseball matchups. I will be here every week this season to suggest which fantasy baseball streaming pitchers you should start to win your matchups.

I will be using the FantasyPros streaming pitchers rankings to help determine my picks. Feel free to sync your league and take a look at your own to find high-potential starters available on your waivers.

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Week 21 Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers

Please keep in mind that starters can get off schedule, and some projected starters can be pushed back due to circumstances such as injury and weather.

Let’s take a look at the best streaming options for the week ahead.

Monday, August 24

George Klassen (SP – LAA) vs. CLE | 14% Rostered

George Klassen is a very intriguing rookie. He has pitched only 21.2 innings, but has 21 strikeouts and has flashed great potential in a small sample size. He has an ERA of 3.74 and has allowed only three runs in 17 innings since being called up again in August. The 24-year-old shows great potential.

Klassen is facing the Guardians, who are last in baseball with a team OPS of .684. Stream the hard-throwing righty against one of the worst offenses in baseball.

Alternative: Jose Urquidy (SP – CWS) vs. TEX | 4% Rostered

Tuesday, August 25

Adrian Houser (SP- SFG) vs. CIN | 1% Rostered

Adrian Houser is having yet another solid season, with an ERA of 4.06 across 108 innings. He has been just about average this season, outside of his last three starts. Since August 7th, the veteran has thrown 16 innings of one-run baseball, with 12 strikeouts.

Tuesday is a day without many great streaming options, but the 33-year-old has the momentum to be a decent option against the 62-69 Reds, who have lost seven of their last 10 games. The Reds also have a team OPS of .699, one of the worst in baseball.

Rely on Houser to continue his hot streak against a struggling team.

Alternative: Jackson Jobe (SP – DET) vs. TBR | 10% Rostered

Wednesday, August 26

Shane Bieber (SP – TOR) vs. KCR | 24% Rostered

Shane Bieber is one of my favorite streamers this week, if not my overall favorite pick. Has he shaken off the rust after returning to baseball in late June? It looks like it.

Bieber has dominated in his last two starts. Across 13 innings against the Rays and Yankees, he struck out 12 and allowed only one run per start. Bieber has easier matchups ahead, especially one versus the 58-74 Royals.

One area for caution is the Royals’ hot streak. They have won nine of their last 10 games, so it is worth hesitating if they continue to surge throughout Monday and Tuesday. Regardless, the 31-year-old righty has rare waiver wire upside for this time of year.

Alternative: Grayson Rodriguez (SP – LAA) vs. CLE | 2% Rostered

Thursday, August 27

Jake Irvin (SP – WSH) vs. COL | 1% Rostered

Jake Irvin is probably my least favorite streamer of the week. Alas, we have to pick someone for Thursday, so here we go.

The 29-year-old righty has the privilege of facing the 50-80 Rockies away from their dangerous Coors Field. He has also struck out 76 batters in 77.1 innings, with a K/9 ratio of almost 9.0. This matchup is less about Irvin being good and more about the Rockies being bad. Irvin is a decent strikeout option with win potential facing the ice-cold Rockies.

Alternative: Hayden Wesneski (SP — HOU) @NYY | 5% Rostered

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Friday, August 28

Grant Holmes (SP – ATL) vs. COL | 11% Rostered

I know, I know. Grant Holmes is always on this list. He is a good pitcher, just not good enough to stay in most fantasy rotations. Similar to Irvin, Holmes becomes a much more enticing stream when facing a bad team like the Rockies.

Unlike Irvin, Holmes is having a pretty good season. He has a 3.64 ERA in 123.2 innings, striking out 100 batters. While strikeouts have been low, run control has been excellent. The 30-year-old is a high-floor, low-ceiling option against the Rockies.

Alternative: Andrew Painter (SP – PHI) @ LAA | 9% Rostered

Saturday, August 29

Cal Quantrill (SP – TEX) @ MIL | 17% Rostered

Depending on how much you favor momentum, Cal Quantrill could be a great option this weekend. He has only allowed one run across his previous three starts in 18 innings, striking out 17 batters.

The Brewers are not an easy opponent. They have a top-10 team OPS and are 81-50. If you believe in Quantrill’s momentum, the 31-year-old righty is a great streamer. If you believe more in the Brewers’ momentum, then Quantrill is not as great.

Quantrill is a high-risk, high-reward option for Saturday.

Alternative: Bailey Ober (SP – MIN) @ CWS | 16% Rostered

Sunday, August 30

Tyler Mahle (SP – ATL) vs. COL | 18% Rostered

Tyler Mahle is a great streamer to end the week. Once again, he is a streamer playing the Rockies, not in Coors Field. Besides that benefit, Mahle has been lights-out since being traded to the Braves at the deadline.

In four starts since joining the Braves, Mahle has a 1.52 ERA in 23.2 innings, with 23 strikeouts. The Braves are unlocking the best from the 31-year-old righty, and he appears to be an excellent streamer for Sunday.

Alternative: Zac Thornton (SP – NYM) vs. HOU | 10% Rostered

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‘Window’ and Asiad squads helping each other get Gilas Pilipinas in fighting form

Gilas Pilipinas spent Monday preparing both the team that will compete in this weekend’s fourth window of the Fiba World Cup Asian Qualifiers and the squad for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games by having them face each other in a tuneup game. The scrimmage was held at the Mall of Asia Arena, where coach Tim Cone

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Alex Eala, Auger-Aliassime begin mixed doubles bid vs husband-wife pair

The moment she crashed the top 20 of the WTA world rankings, Alex Eala knew things would only get tougher from that point. “The gap [between ranking spots] is much wider,” she said. She’ll have to work double time to keep her momentum going, and the US Open will provide her opportunities to do so

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Sunday, 23 August 2026

Ex-NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game

CHICAGO — Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from Sunday night’s Indiana-Chicago WNBA game after Sky guard Natasha Cloud yelled and pointed in his direction late in the third quarter. Freedom was sitting along the baseline. He had on a black shirt that read “WOMAN noun. adult human female.” READ: WNBA denounces ‘bad-faith’

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Don’t expect Alex Eala to change approach, even in rich US Open

No matter how the draw turns out, Alex Eala could be headed for a windfall at the US Open as she participates in two of the events, with a record payout for the tournament at the Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York. That will be the farthest thing in the mind of the Filipino superstar,

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Cool Smashers embrace expectations with Jaja on board

VICTORIAS, Negros Occidental—Jaja Santiago-Minowa is determined to make the most of her limited time with Creamline when the PVL Invitationals fires off next week at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. “The Invitational will be different because we’ll be facing teams from Vietnam and Thailand,” Minowa said in Filipino. “The On Tour has been good preparation for

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Saturday, 22 August 2026

Easy does it: Clark carves out another bogey-free round to set pace

ST. LOUIS—Wyndham Clark made it through another bogey-free round at Bellerive on Friday, posting a second straight 6-under 64 to build a one-shot lead over Gary Woodland going into the weekend at the BMW Championship. He might need to brace for another gallery supporting the other guy. Woodland grew up just under four hours away—one

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Friday, 21 August 2026

NBA: Klay Thompson intends to join Heat after Mavericks buyout

DALLAS– The Dallas Mavericks and Klay Thompson have agreed on a contract buyout, ending a two-year NBA tenure that was wrecked by the shocking trade of Luka Doncic. Thompson intends to sign with the Miami Heat once he clears waivers, according to a person familiar with the five-time All-Star’s plans. The person spoke to The

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Foxies try to close out strong against struggling and undermanned Solar Spikers

VICTORIAS, Negros Occidental—Farm Fresh’s Japanese coach, Koji Tsuzurabara, relished his return to this island, 21 years after the Southeast Asian Games in Bacolod where he steered the Myanmar men’s volleyball squad to a respectable fourth place finish. This time, the brilliant tactician tries to sustain Farm Fresh’s sustained emergence as a PVL force as the

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Thursday, 20 August 2026

Tim Cone admits much to work on even as Gilas welcomes Kai Sotto

Coach Tim Cone admitted there are plenty of things that need to be fixed before Gilas Pilipinas can get into its desired form for the fourth window of the Fiba World Cup Asian Qualifiers. Cone made the assessment after the Nationals won a tuneup game on Thursday, beating Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus of the Korean

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Paul, Pegula cap big day For US aces

MASON, Ohio—Tommy Paul and Jessica Pegula notched three-set victories Wednesday, highlighting a big day for Americans at the Cincinnati Open. Paul rallied from a set down to beat French Open champion and top seed Alexander Zverev, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, in a match delayed nearly 90 minutes by rain during the second set. He will face

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Wednesday, 19 August 2026

Canadian hotshot relishes chance to experience ‘Eala effect’ in US Open

The US Open mixed doubles may have drawn some of the biggest names in tennis, but Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is confident he won’t have problems grabbing his share of the spotlight. After all, he will be partnered with who tennis analysts have been calling the most popular figure in the sport right now. “[We have

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Team North pads lead to five, looks to Shin and Lisa for mop-up job

Reigning national champions Shin Suzuki and Lisa Sarines will come out in different segments of the deciding Singles matches on Thursday as they try to put the finishing touches to Team North’s defense of its ICTSI Junior PGT Elite Championship against the South squad in Cagayan de Oro. After scraping past their foes in the

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Tuesday, 18 August 2026

Coco Gauff finds a way into the Cincinnati Open fourth round

Coco Gauff needed to battle following a sizzling first set on Tuesday to complete a 6-1, 7-6 (7/3) victory over Ann Li to reach the fourth round of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters. The 2023 champion had it all her own way in the opening set against her 29th-ranked American compatriot, but it proved more difficult

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Alex Eala heads to Flushing Meadows for US Open

Alex Eala doesn’t have much time to figure out what went wrong in the Cincinnati Masters. In less than a week, whatever adjustments she will make to her game will be severely tested at the crown jewel of the North American hardcourt swing—the US Open at the Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York. The 17th-seeded

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SGA-PH steamrolls Japan selection for third straight win

Strong Group Athletics-Philippines dismantled a Japanese selection with clinical precision on Tuesday to score a 107-86 victory as it geared up for a return bout with opening day tormentor Wonju DB Promy of South Korea in the William Jones Cup eliminations. The defending champion SGA crew, souped up by crack foreigners and Filipino-American Remy Martin,

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Monday, 17 August 2026

LIVE: Alex Eala vs Amanda Anisimova – Cincinnati Open Round of 32

Alex Eala faces another top 10 player in Amanda Anisimova in the Cincinnati Open third round at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. Cincinnati Open second round schedule August 18, Tuesday 8:45 a.m. – Alex Eala vs Amanda Anisimova LIVE UPDATES: Alex Eala vs Amanda Anisimova – Cincinnati Open Round of 32 Fresher Alex

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Alas PH U17 girls cap historic finish with victory over Czechia

SANTIAGO, Chile—Alas Pilipinas Girls capped a breakthrough run in the FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U17 World Championship with a four-set victory over Czechia on Sunday, securing 15th place and the Philippines’ best finish in a volleyball world championship. Caera Celis scored 25 points as the Philippines overcame a slow start to beat Czechia, 21-25, 25-22, 25-14,

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Sunday, 16 August 2026

North sets out to apply pressure in CDO early

CAGAYAN DE ORO–Team North will use a tested approach when it opens defense of its ICTSI Elite Junior PGT title starting on Tuesday at Pueblo de Oro: Apply the pressure from the get-go until host South cracks. “Our main focus is teamwork and keeping the pressure on,” coach Joey Anciano said after his Northerners continued

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Saturday, 15 August 2026

Farm Fresh regains footing with win over Nxled

Farm Fresh needed a strong bounce-back after a loss that exposed how much work it still needs to do before the new season starts. Trisha Tubu and Royse Tubino helped provide one. Tubu scored 16 points and Tubino added 12 as the Foxies swept Nxled, 25-23, 25-13, 25-22, on Saturday at the Mindanao Civic Center

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Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 22 (2026 Fantasy Baseball)

Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 22 (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 August 24-August 30.

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Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 22

Scheduling Notes

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

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 25.3%
Angels 25.1%
Yankees 24.3%
White Sox 23.7%
Orioles 23.6%
Bottom 5 K% vs. LHP
Orioles 25.7%
Pirates 25.6%
Angels 25.6%
Rockies 24.9%
Athletics 24.9%

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

Bottom 5 wOBA vs. RHP
Diamondbacks .303
Angels .304
Mets .304
Reds .305
Cardinals .306
Bottom 5 wOBA vs. LHP
Blue Jays .277
Mariners .288
Giants .292
Guardians .296
Rays .302
Padres .302

Two-Start Pitchers

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

Two-Start Pitcher Notes

  • Braxton Ashcraft was absolutely dominant in his last start against the Marlins. He threw a complete game while allowing one run and picking up 10 strikeouts on 85 pitches. It was his first quality start since June 24th, which was also the last time he reached double-digit strikeouts. He’s struggled in the second half with home runs, but he used his sinker more in his last start, which seems to have helped. He faces the Padres and the Cardinals on the road in his two-start week. In the second half, the Padres have the best wOBA (.354) in the league, but the Cardinals have the fourth-worst (.286).
  • Robbie Ray has disappointed for his new team. He has yet to complete six innings, with six strikeouts and eight walks in nine innings. He faces two bottom-10 teams in wOBA against lefties, but he’s hard to trust when he’s pitching this poorly.
  • Cade Cavalli has broken out this season with a 3.36 ERA, 1.24 WHIP and 9.9 K/9. He has four starts with double-digit strikeouts and another five starts with eight or more. He’s added a new sweeper/slider this year, and it’s been a great weapon for him. Next to his knuckle curve, it has the highest whiff rate of his six most-used pitches, and it’s actually better than the knuckle curve in terms of expected stats. He gets the Rockies and Marlins at home, which aren’t terribly scary matchups.

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

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 (8/17 – 8/23)

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

Name Team Position Score Grade
Shohei Ohtani LAD DH 100 A
Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC OF 100 A
CJ Abrams WSH SS,DH 100 A
Yordan Alvarez HOU OF,DH 100 A
Pete Alonso BAL 1B,DH 100 A
Jose Ramirez CLE 3B,DH 100 A
Jackson Chourio MIL OF 100 A
Jake McCarthy COL OF,DH 100 A
Wyatt Langford TEX OF,DH 100 A
Bobby Witt Jr. KC SS 100 A
Seiya Suzuki CHC OF,DH 100 A
Esteury Ruiz MIA OF 100 A
Ben Rice NYY 1B,DH,C 100 A
Ceddanne Rafaela BOS 2B,OF 99 A
Jarren Duran BOS OF,DH 98 A
Junior Caminero TB 3B 97 A
Sal Stewart CIN 1B,2B,3B,DH 97 A
Luis Garcia NYY 1B,2B,DH 95 A
Jake Bauers MIL 1B,OF 94 A
Mike Trout LAA OF,DH 94 A
Andy Pages LAD OF 93 A
Yandy Diaz TB 1B,DH 92 A
Hunter Goodman COL DH,C 91 A
Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL OF,DH 91 A
Jac Caglianone KC 1B,OF,DH 90 A
Jeremy Pena HOU SS 90 A
Bryce Harper PHI 1B,OF,DH 89 B
Dominic Canzone SEA OF,DH 88 B
Munetaka Murakami CWS 1B,3B,DH 88 B
Brandon Lowe PIT 2B,DH 87 B
Corbin Carroll ARI OF 87 B
Gunnar Henderson BAL SS,DH 87 B
Ezequiel Duran TEX 1B,2B,3B,SS,OF 87 B
Julio Rodriguez SEA OF,DH 87 B
Drake Baldwin ATL DH,C 87 B
Mickey Moniak COL OF,DH 86 B
Randy Arozarena SEA OF 86 B
Brandon Nimmo TEX OF,DH 86 B
Jazz Chisholm Jr. NYY 2B,3B 85 B
Kyle Schwarber PHI OF,DH 85 B
Griffin Conine MIA OF,DH 84 B
Jordan Walker STL OF 83 B
Carter Jensen KC DH,C 83 B
Tyler O’Neill BAL OF,DH 83 B
Elly De La Cruz CIN SS 83 B
Ryan Jeffers MIN DH,C 83 B
Jake Mangum PIT OF 83 B
Rafael Devers SF 1B,DH 83 B
JJ Bleday CIN OF,DH 82 B
Jonathan Aranda TB 1B,DH 81 B
Wilyer Abreu BOS OF 81 B
Dansby Swanson CHC SS 80 B
Manny Machado SD 3B,DH 80 B
Michael Harris II ATL OF 80 B
Salvador Perez KC 1B,DH,C 79 C
Colson Montgomery CWS 3B,SS,DH 79 C
Alec Burleson STL 1B,OF,DH 78 C
Corey Seager TEX SS 78 C
Ivan Herrera STL DH,C 78 C
Bryan Reynolds PIT OF,DH 78 C
Fernando Tatis Jr. SD 2B,OF 78 C
Josh Bell MIN 1B,DH 78 C
Alex Bregman CHC 3B,DH 78 C
Tim Tawa ARI 1B,2B,3B,OF,DH 78 C
Willson Contreras BOS 1B 78 C
Cole Carrigg COL SS,OF 77 C
Caleb Durbin BOS 2B,3B 77 C
William Contreras MIL DH,C 76 C
Zach Neto LAA SS 76 C
Gabriel Moreno ARI DH,C 76 C
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B,DH 76 C
Chase DeLauter CLE OF,DH 76 C
Ketel Marte ARI 2B,DH 76 C
Dylan Crews WSH OF 75 C
Moises Ballesteros LAA DH,C 75 C
Otto Lopez MIA 2B,SS 75 C
David Hamilton MIL 2B,3B,SS 75 C
Kyle Tucker LAD OF,DH 75 C
A.J. Ewing NYM 2B,OF 75 C
Zack Gelof ATH 2B,3B,OF 74 C
Daylen Lile WSH OF,DH 74 C
Heriberto Hernandez MIA OF,DH 73 C
Jung Hoo Lee SF OF 73 C
Isaac Paredes HOU 1B,3B,DH 73 C
Bryce Eldridge SF 1B,DH 73 C
Byron Buxton MIN OF,DH 73 C
Jackson Merrill SD OF 72 C
Oswald Peraza LAA 1B,2B,3B,SS,DH 72 C
Jackson Holliday BAL 2B,SS 72 C
Josh Naylor SEA 1B,DH 72 C
Carson Benge NYM OF 72 C
Masataka Yoshida BOS OF,DH 72 C
Sam Antonacci CWS 2B,3B,OF 72 C
Tyler Soderstrom ATH 1B,OF,DH 72 C
Owen Caissie MIA OF,DH 72 C
Teoscar Hernandez LAD OF 72 C
Cal Raleigh SEA DH,C 71 C
Coby Mayo BAL 1B,3B,DH 71 C
Royce Lewis MIN 1B,2B,3B 71 C
Nick Loftin KC 2B,3B,OF 71 C
Luis Rengifo SD 2B,3B,OF,DH 71 C
Esmerlyn Valdez PIT 1B,OF 70 C
Eugenio Suarez CIN 3B,DH 70 C
Jakob Marsee MIA OF 70 C
Joc Pederson TEX 1B,DH 70 C
Henry Davis PIT C 70 C
Jo Adell CLE OF,DH 70 C
Miguel Vargas CWS 1B,3B 70 C
Trent Grisham NYY OF 70 C
Luis Arraez PHI 1B,2B,DH 70 C
Travis Bazzana CLE 2B,DH 69 D
Wade Meckler LAA OF 69 D
Spencer Jones NYY OF,DH 69 D
Brady House WSH 3B,DH 69 D
Carson Kelly CHC DH,C 69 D
Willy Adames SF SS 69 D
Kody Clemens MIN 1B,2B,OF 69 D
George Springer TOR OF,DH 69 D
Jose Altuve HOU 2B,OF,DH 69 D
Brice Turang MIL 2B 69 D
Henry Bolte ATH OF 69 D
Bryson Stott PHI 2B,3B,SS 69 D
Dillon Dingler DET DH,C 69 D
Luke Keaschall MIN 2B,OF 68 D
J.T. Realmuto PHI C 68 D
Francisco Lindor NYM SS 68 D
Matt Olson ATL 1B 68 D
Brandon Marsh PHI OF 68 D
Gary Sanchez MIL 1B,DH,C 68 D
Willi Castro COL 1B,2B,3B,SS,OF 68 D
Garrett Mitchell MIL OF 67 D
Trevor Larnach MIN OF,DH 67 D
Dane Myers CIN OF,DH 67 D
Michael Massey KC 2B,OF 67 D
Francisco Alvarez NYM DH,C 67 D
Lawrence Butler ATH OF 67 D
TJ Rumfield COL 1B,DH 67 D
Drew Cavanaugh SF C 66 D
Chandler Simpson TB OF 66 D
Andres Chaparro WSH 1B,DH 66 D
Jonny DeLuca TB OF 66 D
Christian Yelich MIL OF,DH 66 D
Andrew Benintendi CWS OF,DH 66 D
Xavier Edwards MIA 2B,SS 66 D
Cedric Mullins II TB OF 65 D
Lars Nootbaar ARI OF,DH 65 D
Adley Rutschman BOS DH,C 65 D
Taylor Trammell HOU OF 65 D
Andruw Monasterio BOS 1B,2B,3B,SS,DH 65 D
Jared Young NYM 1B,OF,DH 65 D
Cam Smith HOU OF 65 D
Pedro Ramirez CHC 2B,3B,DH 65 D
Trea Turner PHI SS 65 D
Jonah Heim ATH 1B,DH,C 65 D
Tommy Edman LAD 2B,3B,OF 65 D
Daulton Varsho HOU OF 65 D
Justin Foscue TEX 1B,2B,DH 65 D
Tyler Stephenson CIN C 64 D
Ronny Simon PIT 2B,OF 64 D
Nathaniel Lowe CLE 1B,DH 64 D
Mookie Betts LAD SS 64 D
Tyler Tolbert KC SS,OF 64 D
Liam Hicks TB 1B,DH,C 64 D
Ian Happ CHC OF 64 D
Gavin Sheets SD 1B,OF,DH 64 D
Jose Siri LAA OF 64 D
Jake Burger TEX 1B 64 D
Hector Rodriguez CIN OF 63 D
JJ Wetherholt STL 2B,3B,SS 63 D
Yainer Diaz HOU DH,C 63 D
Max Muncy LAD 3B 63 D
Luis Campusano SD DH,C 63 D
Joe Mack MIA C 63 D
Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 63 D
Taylor Ward SEA OF 63 D
Brooks Lee MIN 2B,3B,SS 63 D
Osleivis Basabe SF 2B,3B,SS 63 D
Victor Bericoto SF 1B,OF 63 D
Jesus Sanchez TOR OF,DH 63 D
Victor Mesa Jr. TB OF 63 D
Max Clark DET OF 62 D
Leody Taveras BAL OF 62 D
Luis Robert Jr. NYM OF 62 D
Jorge Polanco NYM 2B,3B,DH 62 D
Braden Montgomery CWS OF 62 D
Nathan Church STL OF 62 D
Austin Wells NYY C 62 D
Heliot Ramos NYY OF 62 D
Michael Conforto CHC OF,DH 61 D
Jacob Young WSH OF 61 D
Connor Norby COL 1B,3B,DH 61 D
Michael Busch CHC 1B 61 D
Jose Fermin STL 2B,3B,OF 61 D
Carlos Narvaez BAL C 61 D
Geraldo Perdomo ARI SS 61 D
Javier Baez DET 2B,3B,SS,OF 61 D
Steven Kwan CLE OF 61 D
Dylan Beavers BAL OF,DH 61 D
Carlos Cortes ATH OF,DH 61 D
Jose Tena WSH 2B,3B,OF,DH 61 D
Connor Wong BOS C 61 D
Brendan Donovan SEA 2B,3B,SS,OF 61 D
Nasim Nunez WSH 2B,SS 61 D
Ryan Waldschmidt ARI OF 60 D
Leo Jimenez MIA 2B,3B,DH 60 D
Drew Gilbert SF OF 60 D
Starling Marte KC OF,DH 60 D
Agustin Ramirez MIA DH,C 60 D
Nolan Arenado ARI 3B 60 D
Miguel Amaya CHC DH,C 60 D
Brett Bateman TOR OF 60 D
Nico Hoerner CHC 2B,SS 60 D
Evan Carter TEX OF 60 D
Eduardo Valencia DET 1B,DH,C 60 D
Vaughn Grissom LAA 1B,2B,3B 60 D
Isaac Collins KC OF 60 D
Victor Caratini MIN 1B,DH,C 60 D
Javier Sanoja MIA 2B,3B,SS,OF 60 D
Bo Bichette NYM 3B,SS 60 D
Mauricio Dubon ATL 2B,3B,SS,OF 60 D
Austin Hays SD OF,DH 60 D
Richie Palacios TB 2B,OF 59 F
Troy Johnston COL 1B,OF,DH 59 F
Colt Keith DET 1B,2B,3B,DH 59 F
Zac Veen COL OF 59 F
Randal Grichuk CWS OF,DH 59 F
Taylor Walls TB SS 59 F
Josh Lowe LAA OF 59 F
Brenton Doyle CWS OF 59 F
Keibert Ruiz WSH C 59 F
Nathan Lukes TOR OF 59 F
Ty France SD 1B 59 F
John Rave KC OF 59 F
Justin Crawford PHI OF 59 F
Kyle Isbel KC OF 59 F
Elias Diaz TEX C 59 F
Tristan Peters CWS OF 58 F
Max Muncy ATH 2B,3B,SS,DH 58 F
Cam Cauley TEX 2B,SS,OF 58 F
Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 58 F
Nelson Velazquez HOU OF,DH 58 F
Everson Pereira STL OF,DH 58 F
Nolan Schanuel LAA 1B 58 F
Riley Greene DET OF,DH 58 F
Kevin McGonigle DET 3B,SS 58 F
Alejandro Kirk TOR C 58 F
Jeff McNeil ATH 1B,2B,OF 58 F
Andrew Pinckney WSH OF 58 F
Abimelec Ortiz WSH 1B,OF 58 F
Brett Baty NYM 1B,2B,3B,OF 58 F
Jimmy Crooks III STL DH,C 58 F
Harry Ford WSH C 58 F
George Lombard NYY 2B,3B,SS 58 F
Myles Straw TOR OF 58 F
Derek Hill PHI OF 58 F
Max Kepler ARI OF 58 F
Edgar Quero CWS DH,C 57 F
Patrick Bailey CLE C 57 F
Dominic Smith ATL 1B,DH 57 F
Angel Martinez CLE 2B,OF 57 F
Yohel Pozo BAL DH,C 57 F
Nick Sogard BOS 1B,2B,3B 57 F
Nick Gonzales PIT 2B,3B,SS 57 F
Luisangel Acuna CWS 2B,SS,OF 57 F
Rhys Hoskins CLE 1B,DH 57 F
Ryan Kreidler MIN 3B,SS,OF 57 F
Ryan Vilade TB 1B,2B,OF 57 F
James McCann ARI C 57 F
Cole Young SEA 2B 57 F
Luis Lara MIL OF 57 F
Grant McCray SF OF 57 F
Jahmai Jones BOS OF,DH 57 F
Drew Romo CWS C 57 F
Amed Rosario NYY 2B,3B,OF,DH 57 F
Tyrone Taylor CHC OF 57 F
Jorge Mateo TB 2B,SS,OF,DH 57 F
Christian Walker HOU 1B 57 F
Kaelen Culpepper MIN SS 57 F
Mike Yastrzemski ATL OF 56 F
Brett Sullivan COL C 56 F
Ben Malgeri DET OF 56 F
Garrett Stubbs PHI DH,C 56 F
Colton Cowser BAL OF 56 F
Christian Encarnacion-Strand BAL 1B,3B 56 F
Paul Goldschmidt NYY 1B,DH 56 F
Andres Gimenez TOR 2B,SS 56 F
Jeremiah Jackson BAL 2B,3B,OF 56 F
Kyle Stowers MIA 1B,OF,DH 56 F
Austin Martin MIN 2B,OF 56 F
Christian Franklin BAL OF 56 F
Alan Roden MIN OF 56 F
Edouard Julien COL 1B,2B,DH 56 F
Brayan Rocchio CLE 2B,SS 56 F
Nick Fortes TB C 56 F
Jordan Beck COL OF 56 F
Zach McKinstry DET 2B,3B,SS,OF 55 F
Masyn Winn STL SS 55 F
Petey Halpin CLE OF 55 F
Ryan McMahon NYY 3B 55 F
Edmundo Sosa PHI 2B,3B,SS,OF 55 F

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