Baseball continues to be impossible to predict. The Astros and Rays, the two winningest teams in the American League over the past five years, are both in last place. The Mariners are in first, despite their anemic offense. The Mets…
Perhaps some of our attention was misplaced this winter. While Shohei Ohtani’s free agency warped into plane-tracking madness, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto received a visit in Japan from Mets owner Steve Cohen, there was 30-year-old Shōta Imanaga, who was Nippon Professional…
Three weeks into the season, the Dodgers and Mets are side by side in the National League standings. Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani are one-upping each other daily, despite the Dodgers dropping five of their past seven games. Pete Alonso…
NEW YORK — When top baseball executive David Stearns builds a roster, he tries to look for players who are spark plugs — guys who promote strong team chemistry. But it’s not always a winning formula. Chemistry, Stearns believes, is…
A curious occurrence happened after Shohei Ohtani appeared in front of the media on Opening Day. There was Ohtani, answering a few questions in front of a sponsored backdrop in the middle of the Dodgers clubhouse at Chavez Ravine, surrounded…
From being relegated to the nine-hole in his rookie year, to batting leadoff in his sophomore season, Anthony Volpe is showing us why he just might be the real deal. The promising shortstop has hit safely in 13 of 16…
The bad news was expected this past weekend, but Spencer Strider’s elbow injury will sting the Atlanta Braves for the rest of the year. Strider’s season — one built on promise and prestige with the young right-hander dubbed by many…
Two weeks into the season, the Texas Rangers lead the American League West and the Houston Astros are in the cellar. But their tight four-game series last weekend reminded us all why their meetings are among the most interesting in…
Two weeks into the season, the Texas Rangers lead the American League West and the Houston Astros are in the cellar. But their tight four-game series last weekend reminded why their meetings are among the most interesting in baseball. From…
The Astros are only a winter removed from their seventh consecutive American League Championship Series appearance. But less than two weeks into the 2024 regular season, they already look like a club that could struggle to even make the playoffs.…
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