Maddox Mihalakis delivers Big 12 Championship for Arizona in 2-1 win over TCU
In the top of the 10th inning, Mason White was hit by a pitch with one out and took third on a single by Adonys Guzman. Mihalakis drove the first pitch into center field for the go-ahead run.
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Fantasy Football Roundtable: Here's the player we're fading at every position going into drafts in 2025
In preparation for your fantasy football draft, you're going to want to compile a list of players you want to target and players to avoid. It always feels tough figuring out which players you want to fade because there's always a chance you make the wrong decision. [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season] Fortunately, the Yahoo fantasy football staff has you covered. We're joined by Scott Pianowski, Ray Garvin, Justin Boone and Matt Harmon, who will provide a player at each position that they think you should be fading in your fantasy football draft this season. Quarterback Scott: Baker Mayfield just had the season of his life, setting new personal marks in a slew of key categories. But the architect of that breakout, Liam Coen, has departed to Jacksonville. We try to be careful when a career season arrives late — Mayfield played his age-29 campaign last year — and he might not have Chris Godwin for a while. Given how deep the QB pool is this year, I'll nod to Mayfield in that second tier but leave him alone. Ray: Drake Maye has all the talent in the world and long term he's going to be really good. But for 2025, we need to pump the brakes. He's stepping into a new system with Josh McDaniels and Mike Vrabel, and everything about this offense suggests a run-first identity with Rhamondre Stevenson, second-rounder TreVeyon Henderson, and fresh investment in the offensive line. Maye averaged just 14 fantasy points per game as a rookie with only two top-10 weekly finishes. People pointing to 2020 Ryan Tannehill as the blueprint forget that was the best fantasy season any quarterback has had under Vrabel, finishing as QB9 at 22 points per game. Expecting Maye to make that kind of eight point per game leap in Year 2 feels ambitious. Justin: Jared Goff. Goff had a career year in 2024, throwing for 37 touchdowns and finishing as the eighth highest scoring fantasy quarterback on a per game basis. However, that was his best fantasy result in a long time. Over the previous four seasons, Goff was the QB15, QB16, QB25, QB22 and QB21. His lack of rushing production puts an increased emphasis on big yardage and TD totals, which will be harder to come by this season with offensive coordinator Ben Johnson leaving for Chicago and significant losses on the interior of the line (Frank Ragnow, Kevin Zeitler). The Lions QB also faces the fifth hardest fantasy schedule among passers this year and will have to play more games outside, where his numbers have taken a hit in the past. There are too many quarterbacks with higher ceilings to pay up for a guy like Goff. Matt: Patrick Mahomes. So, 99 times out of 100, if you're fading a player, it doesn't mean that you hate the player or even think that they're destined for a bad year. Usually, it's for structural or ADP-based reasons. That's the exact case with Mahomes, who is the best player at his position and could well be MVP and/or Super Bowl champ once again in 2025. My third tier of quarterbacks goes all the way from QB6 to QB17. It's super flat. Since Mahomes is the first name in that tier, there's just about no chance I click his name at his 50th overall ADP. I can buy that the Chiefs offense gets more high-flying this season but I just won't pay that opportunity cost to find out. Running back Justin: Joe Mixon. I'll take the low hanging fruit on this one and remind people to be very cautious about drafting Mixon, who remains on the non-football injury list. The Texans have been evasive when asked about Mixon's foot injury and there's been no update on his projected return from what's being called a 'complicated medical issue.' His status for Week 1 is definitely in doubt. Injury analyst Jeff Mueller said multiple sources have provided information that made him take Mixon off his draft board entirely. The other layer to consider is that even when Mixon returns, he'll have more competition with Woody Marks, Nick Chubb and Dameon Pierce all vying for touches. Count me among those who are staying away from Mixon this season. Matt: Ashton Jeanty. Let's hunt a big fish on this one. Typically, the best running backs in fantasy football play for the best teams and great offenses. I think the Raiders will be competent under their new coaching staff and with Geno Smith at quarterback, but they still may struggle to rank in the top-15 in points per game as an offense. The line is middling and even if the scoring unit shows out, they don't have the secondary or overall defensive talent to keep the team in run-first situations. That's troubling when volume of carries is the primary variable in Jeanty's fantasy appeal, besides the fact that he's good at the game. I'm not predicting some mega-bust season for Jeanty but I have him ranked between 14th and 16th overall and his ADP is 11th or 12th. So, I'll just have to enjoy his rookie season without having him on many teams. Ray: Kenneth Walker is a dog! I mean that in a good way. He's explosive, he's violent, and when he's on the field he can flip a game with one run. But that's the problem he hasn't stayed on the field. He's yet to play a full 17 game season and was limited to just 11 contests in 2024, posting career lows in yardage and yards per carry. Meanwhile, Zach Charbonnet, a tank in his own right, has been the steady one, suiting up for 33 of 34 games across his first two years while flashing three-down ability. Seattle is going back to a run first identity under Mike Macdonald, but this looks like a committee, not a Walker feature show. At cost, Walker is being drafted like a high-end RB2, but you're paying for production he hasn't delivered. I'd rather wait and take Charbonnet later. He's the one who's always available and in fantasy that matters just as much as talent. Scott: When I say I'm fading Saquon Barkley, understand what that means — I still see him as a first-round pick, but I'm a bit nervous after the 482-touch workload last year. Barkley also needs to score his touchdowns from distance — he didn't have a single one-yard plunge last year, and his average spike came from 29.4 yards away. In other words, his touchdown count could easily regress, too. If I select a running back in the first pass, it will be an ascending, up-escaltor talent like Bijan Robinson or Jahmyr Gibbs. Wide receiver Matt: D.J. Moore. I think that Moore can have a bounce-back, real-life season under Ben Johnson. I'm excited to hear he's being used across the formation and even taking reps from the backfield. This is the exact style of deployment I've been wanting to see for him to get into space for years now and it's certainly quite the opposite from what we saw last year in a boundary X-heavy role. However, I think the odds that Rome Odunze emerges as the top target on this team are 50/50 as the new staff completely re-evaluates the old in-house options. Since Odunze goes 32 picks later overall and there's a whopping 15-player gap in their positional spots in consensus rankings, I'll just take Odunze, who I thought was a terrific prospect and played better than credited in isolation last year. Justin: Zay Flowers. Flowers is an exciting young receiver playing in one of the league's most potent offenses and yet his fantasy outlook doesn't paint a picture of someone who's going to propel you towards a title. Last year, Flowers went over 1,000 yards for the first time, but was held outside the top-30 fantasy receivers in 10 different weeks — with just three WR1 finishes and three WR2 results. If you're hoping for increased touchdown scoring to help Flowers break out, just know that Mark Andrews will enter the season healthy (unlike last year) and the Ravens signed veteran DeAndre Hopkins, whose biggest contribution will likely come around the red zone. Flowers is a solid wideout in real life, he's just not someone worth his fifth-round price tag as the WR25. Scott: Puka Nacua is a star receiver, but the Rams haven't figured out how to use him around the goal line. Last year, Nacua saw just three targets and one catch inside the 10, a big reason why he stalled at three touchdowns. The news out of Rams camp isn't very Nacua friendly — Davante Adams is around to soak up goal-line opportunities, Kyren Williams was signed to an extension (he's a red-zone monster, too), and Matthew Stafford is dealing with a cranky back on the eve of his age-37 season. Nacua also might bring on some injury risk himself, given his checkered health resume from college. I respect the player, but I haven't been close to drafting Nacua yet this season. Ray: Garrett Wilson has been one of the most heavily utilized receivers in football, averaging 156 targets, 93 catches, and over 1,080 yards per season across his first three years. Yet despite all that volume, his fantasy production has been capped just 13.3 points per game on average, with finishes of WR18, WR30, and WR32. Now the Jets pivot to Justin Fields, a quarterback whose legs are his best weapon, paired with a coaching staff that wants to lean on the run behind a rebuilt offensive line. That screams less passing volume, not more. People are expecting Wilson to ascend in 2025. I see the opposite. If he hasn't cracked the WR1 tier with 150-plus targets annually, what happens when that dips? I'd be looking to spend my third-round draft capital elsewhere. Tight end Ray: Let me be clear, my real answer to the biggest tight end fade is anyone after the big three. George Kittle, Brock Bowers, and Trey McBride are the only guys I see with true league-winning upside. Everyone else is replaceable, and the gap between TE6 and TE18 is razor thin. For the sake of the greater good, I'll plant my flag on Tucker Kraft. He's a solid player, but Jordan Love is already dealing with a thumb injury, and we saw him miss time last season. If Malik Willis has to step in, that doesn't give me more confidence in Kraft's consistency. He averaged nine fantasy points per game last year, yet Yahoo drafters are taking him as a top-10 tight end. That's too rich when you can stream similar production rounds later. Scott: Some respected pundits in the industry disagree with me on the Evan Engram fade, and I get it. Whenever a name player joins a Sean Payton offense, the ears perk up. But Engram's last four seasons have been defined by a lack of explosiveness (a modest 8.9 yards per catch), and he's never been dynamic in the red zone — only 19 of his last 619 targets have gone for touchdowns, and he hasn't made it past four spikes since 2017. Maybe Bo Nix and Payton can give Engram a bump with the better offensive infrastructure, but I'm going to keep expectations modest as Engram enters his age-31 season. Matt: Sam LaPorta. I have nothing against the Lions tight end and have no reason to think he will have a bad season. However, he goes around the 49th overall pick and I am just not hunting tight ends in that range. He's at the top of my second tier of tight ends but there's a massive gap between him and some of the other options in that group, who all fall between pick 60 and 87. Frankly, I just don't take many tight ends inside the top-70 picks at all this year. It's a boring, structural justification, but that's fantasy football for you. Justin: Travis Kelce. Kelce will turn 36 during the season and is coming off arguably his worst statistical season in over a decade. His 823 receiving yards and 8.5 yards per reception were career lows — with the latter being over two yards under his previous low, which he set the year before. In addition to declining physical abilities, he's also surrounded by a much improved young receiving corps with Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, Hollywood Brown and Jalen Royals. Kelce will still be the safety net for Patrick Mahomes, but he's not the engine that drives this offense anymore. This doesn't mean Kelce can't be a stable mid- to low-end TE1 on your roster, you just have to recalibrate your expectations because he's no longer a difference-making fantasy starter.
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Cardinals at Marlins prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends, and stats for August 18
Its Monday, August 18 and the Cardinals (61-64) are in Miami to open a series against the Marlins (59-65). Matthew Liberatore is slated to take the mound for St. Louis against Eury Pérez for Miami. The Cardinals limp into South Beach having lost five in a row after being swept over the weekend by the Yankees. Miles Mikolas allowed three runs over five innings Sunday but the game was lost late as Jojo Romero allowed four unearned runs in the top of the ninth inning in an 8-4 loss. A throwing error by second baseman Thomas Saggese opened the floodgates in the final frame. Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two. We've got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch the first pitch, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts. Follow Rotoworld Player News for the latest fantasy and betting player news and analysis all season long. Game details & how to watch Cardinals at Marlins Date: Monday, August 18, 2025 Time: 10:40PM EST Site: LoanDepot Park City: Miami, FL Network/Streaming: FDSNMW, FDSNFL Never miss a second of the action and stay up-to-date with all the latest team stats and player news. Check out our day-by-day MLB schedule page, along with detailed matchup pages that update live in-game with every out. Odds for the Cardinals at the Marlins The latest odds as of Monday: Moneyline: Cardinals (+113), Marlins (-135) Spread: Marlins -1.5 Total: 8.0 runs Probable starting pitchers for Cardinals at Marlins Pitching matchup for August 18, 2025: Matthew Liberatore vs. Eury Pérez Cardinals: Matthew Liberatore (6-10, 4.08 ERA)Last outing: August 12 vs. Colorado - 6.75 ERA, 3 Earned Runs Allowed, 4 Hits Allowed, 1 Walks, and 3 Strikeouts Marlins: Eury Pérez (5-3, 3.58 ERA)Last outing: August 13 at Cleveland - 7.20 ERA, 4 Earned Runs Allowed, 3 Hits Allowed, 0 Walks, and 8 Strikeouts Rotoworld still has you covered with all the latest MLB player news for all 30 teams. Check out the feed page right here on NBC Sports for headlines, injuries and transactions where you can filter by league, team, positions and news type! Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Cardinals at Marlins The Over is 7-3 in the Cardinals' last 5 games on the road and the Marlins' last 5 at home combined The Marlins have covered the Run Line in 6 of their last 7 games against the Cardinals The Marlins have won outright 5 of their last 7 games against the Cardinals Eury Perez has struck out 5 or more in 7 of his last 8 starts Masyn Winn was 3-13 (.231) in the 3-game series against the Yankees If you're looking for more key trends and stats around the spread, moneyline and total for every single game on the schedule today, check out our MLB Top Trends tool on NBC Sports! Expert picks & predictions for tonight's game between the Cardinals and the Marlins Rotoworld Best Bet Please bet responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700. Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts. Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager. Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Monday's game between the Cardinals and the Marlins: Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the Miami Marlins on the Moneyline. Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the St. Louis Cardinals at +1.5. Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0. Want even more MLB best bets and predictions from our expert staff & tools? Check out the Expert MLB Predictions page fromNBC Follow our experts on socials to keep up with all the latest content from the staff: Jay Croucher (@croucherJD) Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper) Vaughn Dalzell (@VmoneySports) Brad Thomas (@MrBradThomas)
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O'Reilly Auto Parts will take over as title sponsor for NASCAR's second-tier series
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — O'Reilly Auto Parts will take over as the title sponsor for NASCAR's second-tier national series when the Xfinity Series is renamed next season. The multiyear partnership announced Monday is a sponsorship package that includes promotional opportunities and brand integrations with The CW Network, which is the exclusive broadcast partner for that series. The renaming will take effect on Jan. 1. 'Partnering with NASCAR and The CW at this level enables us to further deepen our connection to one of the most loyal fanbases in all of sports,' said Hugo Sanchez, O'Reilly Auto Parts vice president of advertising and marketing. 'This agreement builds on our long-term involvement in NASCAR and our dedication to the fans who love cars as much as we do.' O'Reilly Auto Parts becomes the fourth title sponsor in the series' history. It was launched as the Busch Series in 1982, had a seven-year run with Nationwide Insurance and Xfinity has been the title sponsor the last 11 years. 'Like the great sport of NASCAR, O'Reilly Auto Parts was born in America and built on the hard work and drive of passionate people,' NASCAR President Steve O'Donnell said. 'This new partnership allows us to continue to fuel that passion for the next generation of NASCAR's stars and fans while celebrating the journey we've been on together for decades.' O'Reilly Auto Parts was founded in Springfield, Missouri, in 1957 as a single store and today is an automotive parts powerhouse with more than 6,400 locations across 48 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada. For several years it was the title sponsor of NASCAR races at Daytona, Texas and Mid-Ohio. 'Our company is rooted in the same values that define NASCAR — teamwork, enthusiasm and dedication,' O'Reilly Auto Parts President Brent Kirby said. 'You'll see those in action when our customers walk through our doors. We know they need fast service, and Team O'Reilly will get them the parts they need quickly, with excellent customer service. We welcome all fans to stop by our stores and see how our team can help keep them running.' ___ AP auto racing: Jenna Fryer, The Associated Press
