Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up
Odds by
Ranking all 30 MLB teams leading into the start of the 2026 season.

Top Clips

Mahomes posts new throwing video after injury
Chris Simms and Mike Florio react to a recent video of Patrick Mahomes throwing in the offseason, questioning when the star quarterback could return for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Editor’s Picks

NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes and Pittsburgh visit Citi Field to face four-time All-Star Juan Soto and New York.
An appreciation for Shohei Ohtani’s run-scoring prowess.
It’s rare to have this many high draft picks still playing in the NCAA Tournament.
The Sweet 16 tips off today at 7:10 PM ET with No. 2 Purdue vs No. 11 Texas.

Rotoworld Player News

All Player News
  • MIL Center Fielder #11
    Personalize your Rotoworld feed by favoriting players
    Well, that’s a brutal blow on Opening Day. Chourio apparently suffered the injury during the World Baseball Classic. The Brewers claim he will be out anywhere between two and four weeks, but considering how important he is to the team and that the season is just starting, we would expect him to be out closer to a month. Blake Perkins was called up to take his spot on the roster, but Jake Bauers, who is fresh off a tremendous spring, could get the first look in the starting lineup.
  • NYM 2nd Baseman #11
    Polanco is going to play most days for the Mets, switching between first base and DH, so his hitting in this spot in the order, behind Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, and Bo Bichette, is tremendous for his RBI potential. Polanco slashed .265/.326/.495 in 524 plate appearances with Seattle last year, while adding 26 home runs and six steals. Considering he will also add first base eligibility soon, he is looking like a great value in fantasy leagues.
  • NYY Starting Pitcher #54
    It was just poor luck for the Giants that they never had the guys on base to employ their huge advantage over the rest of the league in situational hitting. Fried’s velocity crept back up some tonight; he averaged 95.4 mph with his fastball in the first two innings and 94.6 mph overall, up from 94.0 mph last time out. This is actually the first time ever that Fried has earned a win in his first outing of the season. Last year, the Yankees won 20-9 in his debut, but Fried gave up six runs — two earned — and was pulled one out shy of qualifying for the win. In 2024 with Atlanta, he didn’t even make it out of the first inning while facing the Phillies. Fried will pitch in Seattle next time out.
  • SF Starting Pitcher #62
    It’s the first time since July 10, 2024 against the Blue Jays that Webb has given up seven runs in a game. Five came in the second, when Webb gave up five hits and hit a batter. The remaining two, including the unearned run, came after three straight singles in the fifth. Webb struck out seven, so that wasn’t an issue. He just got beaten by a good offense, and while it didn’t have a huge effect tonight, it doesn’t help that he has a subpar defense behind him; Webb finished with a .346 BABIP last year and though the Giants have since upgraded in the outfield, that might not make as much difference to Webb as their downgrade at second base. Webb will face the Padres next time out.
  • NYY Right Fielder #99
    He saw Logan Webb pitching and thought it was still the World Baseball Classic? Judge went without a four-strikeout game last year, though this is the 15th of his career. Three of those were five-strikeout games. Judge was the only member of the Yankees lineup to go hitless in the 7-0 win tonight.
  • NYY 1st Baseman #22
    Rice steps into the heart of New York’s loaded lineup behind Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger following last year’s 26-homer breakthrough campaign. The 27-year-old slugger’s realistic 30-homer ceiling makes him an upper-echelon fantasy catcher heading into the regular season. Here’s the full lineup set to face Giants ace Logan Webb at Oracle Park in primetime: Trent Grisham (CF), Judge (RF), Bellinger (LF), Rice (1B), Giancarlo Stanton (DH), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (2B), José Caballero (SS), Ryan McMahon (3B) and Austin Wells (C).
  • SF Left Fielder #17
    San Francisco kicks off a new era under first-year skipper Tony Vitello — the first collegiate coach to jump directly to the majors with no previous big-league experience — with Ramos becoming the first Giants player to make consecutive Opening Days starts in left field since Barry Bonds in 2007. The other notable fantasy development is free agent acquisition Luis Arraez in the leadoff spot. Here’s the full lineup set to face Yankees ace Max Fried in primetime on at Oracle Park: Arraez (2B), Matt Chapman (3B), Rafael Devers (DH), Willy Adames (SS), Jung Hoo Lee (RF), Ramos (LF), Casey Schmitt (1B), Patrick Bailey (C) and Harrison Bader (CF).
  • STL Left Fielder #21
    That’s unexpected. It’d been clear for a couple of weeks that Nootbaar would open up on the IL following his heel surgeries, but it was supposed to be the 10-day. Nootbaar has been hitting and throwing since the beginning of the spring and recently resumed running, but we take it that didn’t go as well as hoped. Nathan Church, Thomas Saggese and José Fermín will divvy up his at-bats for at least the first two months.
  • HOU Shortstop #3
    The biggest concern for Peña, which could’ve led to a brief trip to the injured list to open the regular season, was the lack of live at-bats resulting from a fractured finger he suffered earlier this month. The 28-year-old shortstop homered in Tuesday’s exhibition contest and figures to be in Houston’s lineup for Thursday’s opener against the Angels. It might take him a few games to knock off the rust and get back to full speed.
  • NYY Starting Pitcher #45
    This is another procedural move from the Yankees before Opening Day, though it’s obviously a good sign he’s on the 15-day IL as opposed to the 60-day IL. Cole looked good in his last start, and is still on track to return to the Yankees rotation by May.

NBC Sports Podcasts

NFL

The Raiders’ minority owner would have to sell his stake in the team if he wanted to play again.
Two years ago, the NFL seized on a quirk in the calendar that allowed the league to televise a Friday night game, Friday Night Lights be damned.
Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier did not have the 2025 season he had envisioned after suffering a significant abdominal injury at the beginning of training camp.
Chris Simms breaks downs his top linebackers of the 2026 NFL Draft, explaining why Ohio State’s Arvell Reese and Sonny Styles are at the top of the list.

NBA

The Rockets and Timberwolves engage in a seesaw affair, with Minnesota coming out on top in overtime.
Jamal Murray could hardly miss against Dallas, scoring 53 points to help secure a needed win for Denver.
Luka Doncic puts in 43 points worth of work and dished out seven assists as Los Angeles closed out a win in Indianapolis.
Grant Liffmann joins Chris Mannix to discuss the potential changes the NBA could make to help disincentivize tanking.

Premier League

Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool at the end of the current season, bringing an end to one of the greatest individual careers in Premier League history.
Everything you ever wanted to know about Americans in the Premier League, from total PL appearances to the five U.S. born players to play in the PL and not (yet) represent the full United States men’s national team.
The Generation xG crew examines how the Toffees “pounced” on Chelsea’s defensive vulnerabilities at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Leon Osman catches up with Everton manager David Moyes to take a trip down memory lane with his former gaffer.

March Madness 2026

Each team left has at least two games under their belt to show us how they perform on the NCAA Tournament stage.
Now that we have two full rounds under our belts, let’s assess how each remaining team looks.
Iowa head coach Ben McCollum chats with John Fanta about his team’s run in the NCAA Tournament, the next matchup against Nebraska and the music he listens to while breaking down film.
Just because there’s a No. 11 next to the Texas Longhorns does not mean we are talking about some plucky underdog making the Sweet 16.
The Sweet 16 will have a definite SEC feel with six teams advancing from that conference to the second weekend of March Madness.
The 2026 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament tips off in all its glory on Wednesday, March 18.
March Madness 2026 is finally here! Find out how to watch every single game of the tournament and more.

Sign up for The Sports Desk newsletter

Catch up with the top athletes and day’s recaps by signing up for NBC News’ The Sports Desk newsletter

Motor Sports

Eli Tomac won four of five rounds in Detroit from 2015 through 2022. He needs another this week to stall Hunter Lawrence’s momentum.
Pierce Brown entered the Birmingham Supercross race two points out of the championship lead.
Dylan Ferrandis said on Race Day Live at Birmingham that he would test again this week, and he is ready to return to action.
Hunter Lawrence won three of the last four races and finished second in the other.

Rotoworld

Rivers McCown looks at the dynasty value of a few quarterbacks, including Lamar Jackson after a down (and injury-riddled) 2025 season.
A look at the 26 best fantasy baseball prospects who can help rosters during the 2026 MLB season.
While the Bucks reportedly want to shut down their star forward, neither he nor the NBPA is on board with that idea.
Patrick Daugherty and Denny Carter analyze the reports of Alabama’s Ty Simpson being evaluated as a first round pick ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft, discussing if he has what it takes to be a starter in the pros.
Patrick Daugherty and Denny Carter unpack Travis Kelce re-signing with the Kansas City Chiefs, detailing if the veteran can remain a top tight end option for fantasy football in 2026.

Betting

Golf

Tiger Woods returned to some form of competition in the TGL final. He couldn’t do anything about Los Angeles making three straight eagles to close out Match 2 and win the best-of-3 series to capture the SoFi Cup.
Scheffler will miss the one of the last tournaments before the Masters in April.
Tiger Woods will make his first TGL appearance in Jupiter Links’ final against Los Angeles.
Fitzpatrick managed to play bogey-free on a sunbaked Copperhead course at Innisbrook.
Watch highlights of the final round of the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship at Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Florida.
Sungjae Im was in position for a wire-to-wire victory in the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook after a slow start in his return from a wrist injury.

Latest

Arkansas freshmen Darius Acuff Jr. and Meleek Thomas were plotting their on-court relationship in chats while they still were recruits.
Running back Ronnie Rivers will be back with the Rams in 2026.
Athletic director Scott Stricklin said “we’re going to do everything in our power to make sure he always knows that he’s really valuable.”