All posts tagged "MLB"
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/ 2 months agoMLB All-Under-25 Team: Bobby Witt Jr., Elly De La Cruz, Paul Skenes and more
If you ask FanGraphs for the greatest seasons by WAR for hitters aged 24 or younger, the stats machine spits out...
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/ 2 months agoOstriches, butt cheeks and relentless energy: How Austin Hedges became an indispensable MLB teammate
After the Texas Rangers acquired Max Scherzer at the 2023 deadline, a number of their players were unsure of how to...
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/ 2 months agoThe 25 MLB rookies most likely to have an impact in 2025 regular season
When I rank prospects every offseason here at The Athletic, I’m considering the players’ eventual peaks and their long-term values, which...
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/ 2 months agoAnthony Rizzo remains without a team after battling injuries: ‘I want to play’
Anthony Rizzo is only 35. But with spring training games underway, he continues to linger on the free-agent market. Rizzo wants...
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/ 2 months agoMarchand: With ESPN opt-out, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred creates another TV mess
Either Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has close to a $550 million per year alternative to ESPN or he has...
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/ 2 months agoRobot umps are here: What MLB players need to know to navigate ABS this spring
It was pitchers and catchers who reported to spring training last week. Been there, done that. But you know who reports...
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/ 2 months agoBlue Jays never should have reached this point with Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
The Toronto Blue Jays’ failure to sign first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to a contract extension should come as no surprise....
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/ 2 months agoMLB offseason grades for all 30 teams, from the Dodgers (A) to the Cardinals (F)
By Chad Jennings, Aaron Gleeman and Tim Britton The semester was about to end, and too many of our students still...
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/ 3 months agoMLB commissioner Rob Manfred reflects on decade spent putting ‘my mark on the game’
NEW YORK — The passage of time is an unavoidable conversation these days for Rob Manfred, the 66-year-old commissioner of Major...
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/ 3 months agoTop 100 MLB prospects 2025: Keith Law’s rankings, with Roman Anthony at No. 1
Welcome to this year’s ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball. I’ve been compiling and writing such rankings for 18...
