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Apr 26, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez (44) hits a double during the fifth inning against the New York Yankees at Daikin Park. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Spencer Arrighetti worked seven strong innings, Christian Walker produced a three-hit game with a home run and the Houston Astros salvaged the finale of their three-game series against the visiting New York Yankees with a 7-4 victory on Sunday.
Arrighetti (3-0) remained unbeaten in three starts after opening the season with Triple-A Sugar Land. He allowed three hits, walked one and posted eight strikeouts on 96 pitches, 64 for strikes.
Walker finished 3-for-4 with four RBIs while Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 with a homer, three runs and three RBIs. Yordan Alvarez also produced a multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with a pair of runs.
Paul Goldschmidt doubled twice and scored for the Yankees, who rallied for three runs with two outs in the ninth but had their eight-game winning streak snapped.
Arrighetti retired the Yankees in order in the top of the first, fourth and fifth innings. He worked around a one-out single from Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the second and stranded two runners after issuing a hit-by-pitch and a two-out walk in the third. Arrighetti retired nine consecutive batters before Aaron Judge clubbed a two-out homer in the sixth. Judge hit his 10th home run on his 34th birthday.
The Astros quickly pounced on Yankees right-hander Luis Gil (1-2), with Walker firing the first salvo on a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the first that plated Paredes. Walker, who homered in his final plate appearance in the ninth inning on Saturday, delivered the Astros a 2-0 lead with his seventh homer this season.
Two innings later, Paredes smacked his third home run off the left field foul pole, plating Alvarez and doubling the Houston lead to 4-0. Alvarez rallied from an 0-2 hole against Gil that extended the inning before Paredes capped the two-out rally by driving a 1-0 sinker 364 feet.
Alvarez chased Gil with a double to right that pushed Carlos Correa, who walked leading off the fifth, to third base. Paredes greeted Yankees reliever Paul Blackburn with an RBI single that scored Correa, and Walker followed with a two-run double to left-center for a 7-0 lead.
Gil allowed six runs on five hits and three walks in four-plus innings.
–Field Level Media
Apr 26, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez (44) hits a double during the fifth inning against the New York Yankees at Daikin Park. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Spencer Arrighetti worked seven strong innings, Christian Walker produced a three-hit game with a home run and the Houston Astros salvaged the finale of their three-game series against the visiting New York Yankees with a 7-4 victory on Sunday.
Arrighetti (3-0) remained unbeaten in three starts after opening the season with Triple-A Sugar Land. He allowed three hits, walked one and posted eight strikeouts on 96 pitches, 64 for strikes.
Walker finished 3-for-4 with four RBIs while Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 with a homer, three runs and three RBIs. Yordan Alvarez also produced a multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with a pair of runs.
Paul Goldschmidt doubled twice and scored for the Yankees, who rallied for three runs with two outs in the ninth but had their eight-game winning streak snapped.
Arrighetti retired the Yankees in order in the top of the first, fourth and fifth innings. He worked around a one-out single from Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the second and stranded two runners after issuing a hit-by-pitch and a two-out walk in the third. Arrighetti retired nine consecutive batters before Aaron Judge clubbed a two-out homer in the sixth. Judge hit his 10th home run on his 34th birthday.
The Astros quickly pounced on Yankees right-hander Luis Gil (1-2), with Walker firing the first salvo on a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the first that plated Paredes. Walker, who homered in his final plate appearance in the ninth inning on Saturday, delivered the Astros a 2-0 lead with his seventh homer this season.
Two innings later, Paredes smacked his third home run off the left field foul pole, plating Alvarez and doubling the Houston lead to 4-0. Alvarez rallied from an 0-2 hole against Gil that extended the inning before Paredes capped the two-out rally by driving a 1-0 sinker 364 feet.
Alvarez chased Gil with a double to right that pushed Carlos Correa, who walked leading off the fifth, to third base. Paredes greeted Yankees reliever Paul Blackburn with an RBI single that scored Correa, and Walker followed with a two-run double to left-center for a 7-0 lead.
Gil allowed six runs on five hits and three walks in four-plus innings.
–Field Level Media
Apr 26, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez (44) hits a…
India needs to regroup and find a way forward after its disappointing 1-4 series loss to South Africa ahead of the T20 World Cup, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said.
India produced another below-par batting display while chasing a modest 156, falling short by 23 runs to cap a one-sided series defeat.
The loss, coming barely two months before the T20 World Cup in England, will be a significant setback.
“Need to sit together as a group and think how to move forward. Disappointing for us, lots of positives and learnings for us,” Harmanpreet said at the post-match presentation.
India had a poor start in the PowerPlay, losing Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues inside the first four overs, and never really recovered as South Africa kept striking at regular intervals.
“We did well in patches today. In batting, the Powerplay was something that cost us. Didn’t get too many runs and lost two wickets. It’s disappointing, need to keep working hard.”
For South Africa, skipper Laura Wolvaardt once again led from the front with an unbeaten 92 off 56 balls, anchoring the innings despite wickets falling at regular intervals.
Wolvaardt finished the five-match series with 330 runs and has been in the form of her life, registering six fifty-plus scores in her last seven international innings.
“We’ve had massive improvements in all departments in the last couple of months though. It’s been a very good season for that,” she said after being presented with the player-of-the-series award.
On the conditions, Wolvaardt said it was a challenging surface.
“It was a bit of a tough wicket today, but the PowerPlay was awesome. I liked how aggressive we’ve been in the PowerPlay. We thought it might be a flat wicket, but we weren’t surprised it was low and slow. Batting first was the right choice. There’s always things to look at and improve, the catching being one,” she added.
Published on Apr 27, 2026
India needs to regroup and find a way forward after its disappointing 1-4 series loss to South Africa ahead of the T20 World Cup, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said.
India produced another below-par batting display while chasing a modest 156, falling short by 23 runs to cap a one-sided series defeat.
The loss, coming barely two months before the T20 World Cup in England, will be a significant setback.
“Need to sit together as a group and think how to move forward. Disappointing for us, lots of positives and learnings for us,” Harmanpreet said at the post-match presentation.
India had a poor start in the PowerPlay, losing Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues inside the first four overs, and never really recovered as South Africa kept striking at regular intervals.
“We did well in patches today. In batting, the Powerplay was something that cost us. Didn’t get too many runs and lost two wickets. It’s disappointing, need to keep working hard.”
For South Africa, skipper Laura Wolvaardt once again led from the front with an unbeaten 92 off 56 balls, anchoring the innings despite wickets falling at regular intervals.
Wolvaardt finished the five-match series with 330 runs and has been in the form of her life, registering six fifty-plus scores in her last seven international innings.
“We’ve had massive improvements in all departments in the last couple of months though. It’s been a very good season for that,” she said after being presented with the player-of-the-series award.
On the conditions, Wolvaardt said it was a challenging surface.
“It was a bit of a tough wicket today, but the PowerPlay was awesome. I liked how aggressive we’ve been in the PowerPlay. We thought it might be a flat wicket, but we weren’t surprised it was low and slow. Batting first was the right choice. There’s always things to look at and improve, the catching being one,” she added.
Published on Apr 27, 2026
India needs to regroup and find a way forward after its disappointing 1-4 series loss…
Apr 26, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants designated hitter Casey Schmitt (10) slides safely home on an RBI double by Rafael Devers during the sixth inning against the Miami Marlins at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images Casey Schmitt hit a go-ahead home run for the second consecutive day, Landen Roupp ran his personal winning streak to four games and the San Francisco Giants closed out a winning homestand with a 6-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday afternoon.
Jung Hoo Lee had four hits, including a triple, and scored twice for the Giants, who rebounded from a 9-4 loss on Friday to win a second straight series and complete a 4-2 week at Oracle Park.
Roupp (5-1) served up a three-run homer to Graham Pauley, his first of the season, in the second inning before taking a two-hitter and 6-3 lead two outs into the eighth. Erik Miller finished up from there, retiring all four batters he faced to pick up his second save.
Roupp walked two and struck out six in the longest outing of his three-year career.
A throwing error on Marlins shortstop Otto Lopez allowed the Giants to get on the board in the third and RBI hits by Rafael Devers and Drew Gilbert drew the hosts even at 3-3 in the sixth before Schmitt’s difference-making blast in the seventh.
Lee set the stage for Schmitt’s heroics with a leadoff single off Miami’s third pitcher, Andrew Nardi (1-1), after which Matt Chapman drew a walk.
Luis Arraez sacrificed the baserunners to second and third, and with Devers moving on-deck, the Marlins elected to pitch to Schmitt, who launched his fourth homer of the year over the barrier in left-center field for a 6-3 lead.
Schmitt, who also walked, scored twice and Gilbert had two hits for the Giants, who have gone 7-3 since a 6-12 start. Lee’s four hits were half of San Francisco’s total.
The Marlins managed just two hits, both coming in the three-run second. Liam Hicks followed Xavier Edwards’ walk with a single, after which both jogged home on Pauley’s home run.
Miami starter Max Meyer was pulled after five innings, having limited the Giants to just one run, which was unearned. He allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five.
–Field Level Media
Apr 26, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants designated hitter Casey Schmitt (10) slides safely home on an RBI double by Rafael Devers during the sixth inning against the Miami Marlins at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images Casey Schmitt hit a go-ahead home run for the second consecutive day, Landen Roupp ran his personal winning streak to four games and the San Francisco Giants closed out a winning homestand with a 6-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday afternoon.
Jung Hoo Lee had four hits, including a triple, and scored twice for the Giants, who rebounded from a 9-4 loss on Friday to win a second straight series and complete a 4-2 week at Oracle Park.
Roupp (5-1) served up a three-run homer to Graham Pauley, his first of the season, in the second inning before taking a two-hitter and 6-3 lead two outs into the eighth. Erik Miller finished up from there, retiring all four batters he faced to pick up his second save.
Roupp walked two and struck out six in the longest outing of his three-year career.
A throwing error on Marlins shortstop Otto Lopez allowed the Giants to get on the board in the third and RBI hits by Rafael Devers and Drew Gilbert drew the hosts even at 3-3 in the sixth before Schmitt’s difference-making blast in the seventh.
Lee set the stage for Schmitt’s heroics with a leadoff single off Miami’s third pitcher, Andrew Nardi (1-1), after which Matt Chapman drew a walk.
Luis Arraez sacrificed the baserunners to second and third, and with Devers moving on-deck, the Marlins elected to pitch to Schmitt, who launched his fourth homer of the year over the barrier in left-center field for a 6-3 lead.
Schmitt, who also walked, scored twice and Gilbert had two hits for the Giants, who have gone 7-3 since a 6-12 start. Lee’s four hits were half of San Francisco’s total.
The Marlins managed just two hits, both coming in the three-run second. Liam Hicks followed Xavier Edwards’ walk with a single, after which both jogged home on Pauley’s home run.
Miami starter Max Meyer was pulled after five innings, having limited the Giants to just one run, which was unearned. He allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five.
–Field Level Media
Apr 26, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants designated hitter Casey Schmitt (10)…
Nelly Korda won the Chevron Championship on Sunday, her second Chevron title in three years, and now officially has three major championships. While her career continues to become more and more decorated her 2026 season specifically is one to be impressed by as she has yet to finish worse than second at any point.
Nelly’s play has taken her to a place she knows well. On Monday she officially took the top spot within the Rolex Rankings, her first appearance atop the list since August of last year before Jenno Thitikul took the spot.
This marks Nelly’s seventh time sitting atop the Rolex Rankings and collectively she has spent 109 weeks in the position across her career. The record for longest time spent at number one, since the inception of the Rolex Rankings, belongs to Jin Young Ko with 163 weeks. Nelly has tied Yani Tseng for the fourth-most weeks at number one, though.
It is Nelly Korda’s world right now and everyone is just living in it. We will see what else she has in store for 2026 soon enough.
Nelly Korda won the Chevron Championship on Sunday, her second Chevron title in three years, and now officially has three major championships. While her career continues to become more and more decorated her 2026 season specifically is one to be impressed by as she has yet to finish worse than second at any point.
Nelly’s play has taken her to a place she knows well. On Monday she officially took the top spot within the Rolex Rankings, her first appearance atop the list since August of last year before Jenno Thitikul took the spot.
This marks Nelly’s seventh time sitting atop the Rolex Rankings and collectively she has spent 109 weeks in the position across her career. The record for longest time spent at number one, since the inception of the Rolex Rankings, belongs to Jin Young Ko with 163 weeks. Nelly has tied Yani Tseng for the fourth-most weeks at number one, though.
It is Nelly Korda’s world right now and everyone is just living in it. We will see what else she has in store for 2026 soon enough.
There is a new number one in the world.
Nelly Korda won the Chevron Championship on Sunday, her second Chevron title in three years, and now officially has three major championships. While her career continues to become more and more decorated her 2026 season specifically is one to be impressed by as she has yet to finish worse than second at any point.
Nelly’s play has taken her to a place she knows well. On Monday she officially took the top spot within the Rolex Rankings, her first appearance atop the list since August of last year before Jenno Thitikul took the spot.
This marks Nelly’s seventh time sitting atop the Rolex Rankings and collectively she has spent 109 weeks in the position across her career. The record for longest time spent at number one, since the inception of the Rolex Rankings, belongs to Jin Young Ko with 163 weeks. Nelly has tied Yani Tseng for the fourth-most weeks at number one, though.
It is Nelly Korda’s world right now and everyone is just living in it. We will see what else she has in store for 2026 soon enough.
There is a new number one in the world.Nelly Korda won the Chevron Championship on…
Tamil Nadu paddler I.M. Louis Raj died after collapsing on court during a match at the 32nd National Masters Table Tennis Championships in Pune on Sunday, casting a shadow over the event.
Raj, competing in the 65-plus age group category, was playing his third-round singles match against Andhra Pradesh’s V.V. Ramana at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Mahalunge-Balewadi when the incident took place.
Having taken a 2-0 lead, Raj was ahead 5-4 in the third game when he suddenly collapsed at around 12.15pm.
Paramedics stationed at the venue responded immediately and administered emergency procedures, including CPR and chest compressions.
As he did not respond, Raj was rushed to a nearby hospital, about two kilometres from the venue, within minutes where he was declared dead.
The cause of death was stated to be cardiac arrest.
His family in Chennai was informed soon after by fellow players. A post-mortem examination later confirmed “cardiac tamponade” as the cause of death.
Arrangements are being made to transport his body to Chennai, accompanied by a teammate.
The Pune District Table Tennis Association and the Maharashtra State Table Tennis Association expressed deep condolences, remembering Raj as a committed sportsperson and a soft-spoken individual who brought warmth to the table.
TTFI president Meghana Ahlawat also conveyed her sympathies on behalf of the national body to the Veterans Committee, the Tamil Nadu Table Tennis Association and the wider table tennis fraternity, mourning the loss of a respected member of the community.
The federation also remembered Raj as a gentle personality with a fondness for music and singing at social gatherings.
Published on Apr 27, 2026
Tamil Nadu paddler I.M. Louis Raj died after collapsing on court during a match at the 32nd National Masters Table Tennis Championships in Pune on Sunday, casting a shadow over the event.
Raj, competing in the 65-plus age group category, was playing his third-round singles match against Andhra Pradesh’s V.V. Ramana at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Mahalunge-Balewadi when the incident took place.
Having taken a 2-0 lead, Raj was ahead 5-4 in the third game when he suddenly collapsed at around 12.15pm.
Paramedics stationed at the venue responded immediately and administered emergency procedures, including CPR and chest compressions.
As he did not respond, Raj was rushed to a nearby hospital, about two kilometres from the venue, within minutes where he was declared dead.
The cause of death was stated to be cardiac arrest.
His family in Chennai was informed soon after by fellow players. A post-mortem examination later confirmed “cardiac tamponade” as the cause of death.
Arrangements are being made to transport his body to Chennai, accompanied by a teammate.
The Pune District Table Tennis Association and the Maharashtra State Table Tennis Association expressed deep condolences, remembering Raj as a committed sportsperson and a soft-spoken individual who brought warmth to the table.
TTFI president Meghana Ahlawat also conveyed her sympathies on behalf of the national body to the Veterans Committee, the Tamil Nadu Table Tennis Association and the wider table tennis fraternity, mourning the loss of a respected member of the community.
The federation also remembered Raj as a gentle personality with a fondness for music and singing at social gatherings.
Published on Apr 27, 2026
Tamil Nadu paddler I.M. Louis Raj died after collapsing on court during a match at…
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Apr 24, 2026; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Rasmus Andersson (4) skates with the puck against Utah Mammoth center Nick Schmaltz (8) during the third period in game three of the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Delta Center. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Images After an unlikely Game 3 victory, the Utah Mammoth will try to secure their third straight win over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Monday in Salt Lake City during Game 4 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series.
Vegas secured a 4-2 home win in Game 1, but the Mammoth erased the Knights’ home-ice advantage by winning Game 2. Utah then took command of the series with a 4-2 victory Friday in the first-ever NHL playoff game in Salt Lake City.
The Mammoth won Game 3 despite being outshot by a 32-12 margin. Utah became the eighth team since 1974 to win a playoff game with 12 or fewer shots, while the Golden Knights lost despite allowing the second-lowest shots total in any game (regular season or playoffs) in Vegas franchise history.
Sunday’s practice saw the Knights deploy some new line combinations and new power-play units. Vegas has gone 2-for-9 on the power play in the series and 5-for-6 on the penalty kill, though coach John Tortortella felt “we lost the special teams battle in the first three games.”
While the lineup may have some new looks in Game 4, Tortortella said neither his coaching staff or his veteran players have any panic.
“We’ve made some adjustments, as you do in (the) playoffs. Not crazy stuff, but when you get down in a series and you lose a couple in a row, it’s belief,” Tortortella said. “It’s believing in what we’re doing, belief in how we’re preparing. This is mental. This is where I feel very comfortable with this team. … We can draw as much stuff as we can on the board x’s and o’s-wise, this is belief. I think we have that in that room.”
Utah defenseman MacKenzie Weegar said his team also has a few new tricks in mind for Game 4.
“We expect a really good response from a really good opponent over there, so we’re going to need to be focused and prepared,” he said.
As efficient as the Mammoth were with their shots in Game 3, Weegar knows that level of production won’t normally win games.
“We’re definitely going to make some corrections for the next game, which will I think build a little bit more speed and we’ll get a little more offense going.”
Twelve different Mammoth players have at least one point in the series, and five players share the team lead with three points apiece. Weegar, Dylan Guenther, Lawson Crouse, and Logan Cooley each have two goals and an assist, and Kailer Yamamoto has three assists.
Playing in his first career playoff games, Karel Vejmelka has risen to the occasion with a 2.36 goals-against average and .916 save percentage in the series. The numbers are a step beyond Vejmelka’s solid 2.75 GAA and .897 save percentage in the regular season.
Mark Stone, Ivan Barbashev (each with two goals and one assist) and Jack Eichel (one goal, two assists) all have three points in the series, sharing the Vegas team lead.
Though Carter Hart allowed four goals on 12 shots in Game 3, he’ll be back in the Vegas net on Monday. Hart went 7-1-0 with a .932 save percentage over his last eight starts spanning the end of the regular season and first two postseason games.
–Field Level Media
Apr 24, 2026; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Rasmus Andersson (4) skates with the puck against Utah Mammoth center Nick Schmaltz (8) during the third period in game three of the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Delta Center. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Images After an unlikely Game 3 victory, the Utah Mammoth will try to secure their third straight win over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Monday in Salt Lake City during Game 4 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series.
Vegas secured a 4-2 home win in Game 1, but the Mammoth erased the Knights’ home-ice advantage by winning Game 2. Utah then took command of the series with a 4-2 victory Friday in the first-ever NHL playoff game in Salt Lake City.
The Mammoth won Game 3 despite being outshot by a 32-12 margin. Utah became the eighth team since 1974 to win a playoff game with 12 or fewer shots, while the Golden Knights lost despite allowing the second-lowest shots total in any game (regular season or playoffs) in Vegas franchise history.
Sunday’s practice saw the Knights deploy some new line combinations and new power-play units. Vegas has gone 2-for-9 on the power play in the series and 5-for-6 on the penalty kill, though coach John Tortortella felt “we lost the special teams battle in the first three games.”
While the lineup may have some new looks in Game 4, Tortortella said neither his coaching staff or his veteran players have any panic.
“We’ve made some adjustments, as you do in (the) playoffs. Not crazy stuff, but when you get down in a series and you lose a couple in a row, it’s belief,” Tortortella said. “It’s believing in what we’re doing, belief in how we’re preparing. This is mental. This is where I feel very comfortable with this team. … We can draw as much stuff as we can on the board x’s and o’s-wise, this is belief. I think we have that in that room.”
Utah defenseman MacKenzie Weegar said his team also has a few new tricks in mind for Game 4.
“We expect a really good response from a really good opponent over there, so we’re going to need to be focused and prepared,” he said.
As efficient as the Mammoth were with their shots in Game 3, Weegar knows that level of production won’t normally win games.
“We’re definitely going to make some corrections for the next game, which will I think build a little bit more speed and we’ll get a little more offense going.”
Twelve different Mammoth players have at least one point in the series, and five players share the team lead with three points apiece. Weegar, Dylan Guenther, Lawson Crouse, and Logan Cooley each have two goals and an assist, and Kailer Yamamoto has three assists.
Playing in his first career playoff games, Karel Vejmelka has risen to the occasion with a 2.36 goals-against average and .916 save percentage in the series. The numbers are a step beyond Vejmelka’s solid 2.75 GAA and .897 save percentage in the regular season.
Mark Stone, Ivan Barbashev (each with two goals and one assist) and Jack Eichel (one goal, two assists) all have three points in the series, sharing the Vegas team lead.
Though Carter Hart allowed four goals on 12 shots in Game 3, he’ll be back in the Vegas net on Monday. Hart went 7-1-0 with a .932 save percentage over his last eight starts spanning the end of the regular season and first two postseason games.
–Field Level Media
Apr 24, 2026; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Rasmus Andersson (4)…
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A quartet of top-10 picks are the main players to watch in this season’s Rookie of the Year race. The opening leader is Arizona Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love (+320). The electric Notre Dame star should get immediate touches as a centerpiece of Arizona’s overhauled offense.
Working against Love’s candidacy is an uncertain Cardinals quarterback situation coupled with a re-worked Arizona offensive line. A running back hasn’t won Rookie of the Year since Saquon Barkley captured it in 2018 despite seven rookie running backs eclipsing 1,000 rushing yards for the season post-Barkley. Recent history shows Love will likely need monster numbers to get the attention of AP voters to win.
Fernando Mendoza (+380) is unsurprisingly right behind Love in the opening Rookie of the Year market. In a weak draft for QBs, the top overall pick to the Las Vegas Raiders could be the only rookie starting quarterback to play the full season.
Although the Indiana product will play right away, Mendoza still needs to put up good numbers. Last season, Tennessee Titans top overall pick Cam Ward played almost the full season and didn’t finish top five in AP voting thanks to a shaky supporting cast that limited his offensive upside. Four of the last seven Rookie of the Year awards have gone to quarterbacks, however, so Mendoza still possesses a real opportunity to win if he thrives right away.
Titans wide receiver Carnell Tate (+650) and New Orleans Saints wideout Jordyn Tyson (+750) are both credible secondary candidates. Wide receivers have won three of the last seven seasons, including Carolina Panthers standout Tatairoa McMillan last season despite opening as the clear No. 4 candidate.
Both Tate and Tyson have opportunities for significant early targets in their respective offenses — particularly Tate as a potential No. 1 option to Ward in Tennessee.
Seattle Seahawks running back Jadarian Price (+1000) presents an intriguing case by replacing departed Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III. After backing up Love at Notre Dame, it’s a credible concern whether Price gets enough touches to keep pace with the leading candidates.
The case for Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Makai Lemon (+1200) could come down to the team trading disgruntled star A.J. Brown. Even if Brown is dealt, a crowded Philadelphia receiver situation could hamper Lemon’s early targets.
A quartet of top-10 picks are the main players to watch in this season’s Rookie of the Year race. The opening leader is Arizona Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love (+320). The electric Notre Dame star should get immediate touches as a centerpiece of Arizona’s overhauled offense.
Working against Love’s candidacy is an uncertain Cardinals quarterback situation coupled with a re-worked Arizona offensive line. A running back hasn’t won Rookie of the Year since Saquon Barkley captured it in 2018 despite seven rookie running backs eclipsing 1,000 rushing yards for the season post-Barkley. Recent history shows Love will likely need monster numbers to get the attention of AP voters to win.
Fernando Mendoza (+380) is unsurprisingly right behind Love in the opening Rookie of the Year market. In a weak draft for QBs, the top overall pick to the Las Vegas Raiders could be the only rookie starting quarterback to play the full season.
Although the Indiana product will play right away, Mendoza still needs to put up good numbers. Last season, Tennessee Titans top overall pick Cam Ward played almost the full season and didn’t finish top five in AP voting thanks to a shaky supporting cast that limited his offensive upside. Four of the last seven Rookie of the Year awards have gone to quarterbacks, however, so Mendoza still possesses a real opportunity to win if he thrives right away.
Titans wide receiver Carnell Tate (+650) and New Orleans Saints wideout Jordyn Tyson (+750) are both credible secondary candidates. Wide receivers have won three of the last seven seasons, including Carolina Panthers standout Tatairoa McMillan last season despite opening as the clear No. 4 candidate.
Both Tate and Tyson have opportunities for significant early targets in their respective offenses — particularly Tate as a potential No. 1 option to Ward in Tennessee.
Seattle Seahawks running back Jadarian Price (+1000) presents an intriguing case by replacing departed Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III. After backing up Love at Notre Dame, it’s a credible concern whether Price gets enough touches to keep pace with the leading candidates.
The case for Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Makai Lemon (+1200) could come down to the team trading disgruntled star A.J. Brown. Even if Brown is dealt, a crowded Philadelphia receiver situation could hamper Lemon’s early targets.
Only 10 offensive skill players were even selected during the first round. That includes Los Angeles Rams quarterback Ty Simpson, who is likely sitting this season behind reigning MVP Matthew Stafford.
A quartet of top-10 picks are the main players to watch in this season’s Rookie of the Year race. The opening leader is Arizona Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love (+320). The electric Notre Dame star should get immediate touches as a centerpiece of Arizona’s overhauled offense.
Working against Love’s candidacy is an uncertain Cardinals quarterback situation coupled with a re-worked Arizona offensive line. A running back hasn’t won Rookie of the Year since Saquon Barkley captured it in 2018 despite seven rookie running backs eclipsing 1,000 rushing yards for the season post-Barkley. Recent history shows Love will likely need monster numbers to get the attention of AP voters to win.
Fernando Mendoza (+380) is unsurprisingly right behind Love in the opening Rookie of the Year market. In a weak draft for QBs, the top overall pick to the Las Vegas Raiders could be the only rookie starting quarterback to play the full season.
Although the Indiana product will play right away, Mendoza still needs to put up good numbers. Last season, Tennessee Titans top overall pick Cam Ward played almost the full season and didn’t finish top five in AP voting thanks to a shaky supporting cast that limited his offensive upside. Four of the last seven Rookie of the Year awards have gone to quarterbacks, however, so Mendoza still possesses a real opportunity to win if he thrives right away.
Titans wide receiver Carnell Tate (+650) and New Orleans Saints wideout Jordyn Tyson (+750) are both credible secondary candidates. Wide receivers have won three of the last seven seasons, including Carolina Panthers standout Tatairoa McMillan last season despite opening as the clear No. 4 candidate.
Both Tate and Tyson have opportunities for significant early targets in their respective offenses — particularly Tate as a potential No. 1 option to Ward in Tennessee.
Seattle Seahawks running back Jadarian Price (+1000) presents an intriguing case by replacing departed Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III. After backing up Love at Notre Dame, it’s a credible concern whether Price gets enough touches to keep pace with the leading candidates.
The case for Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Makai Lemon (+1200) could come down to the team trading disgruntled star A.J. Brown. Even if Brown is dealt, a crowded Philadelphia receiver situation could hamper Lemon’s early targets.
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