The Golden At-Bat rule could give MLB a new shine. But is it worth it?
When the commissioner of baseball speaks, we listen. So we were listening a few weeks ago when Rob Manfred stopped by the podcast of Puck’s John Ourand and dropped this …
When the commissioner of baseball speaks, we listen. So we were listening a few weeks ago when Rob Manfred stopped by the podcast of Puck’s John Ourand and dropped this …
December is almost upon us. The final month on the calendar is the most transactional time of the baseball year. In nine days, the industry will gather in Dallas for …
It’s Thanksgiving, so I wanted to give thanks for the 2024 MLB season, which saw the best team in the regular season — the Los Angeles Dodgers — go on …
Woohoo. It’s that time again. Hall of Fame election time. Baseball’s 2025 Hall ballot was announced Monday — featuring one guy destined for an all-time landslide (Ichiro Suzuki) and 27 …
Roki Sasaki, a premier pitcher in Japan and the No. 3 ranked player in The Athletic’s top 40 MLB free agent big board, is on the precipice of making his …
When Michael Bluth charged his own brother, Gob, for a Bluth frozen banana in a season one episode of “Arrested Development,” his mother Lucille chided him. “I mean it’s one …
MLB free agency is almost here so it’s time for my annual ranking of the top free agents with contract predictions and the best team fits for each player. Eligible players technically become …
There are 18 teams that didn’t make the MLB postseason, so while we all enjoy October baseball, I thought I’d power-rank the non-playoff teams based on who is best-positioned to …
Three down, how many more to go? Over the past seven weeks, the Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds have all fired their managers. If history is any …
I actually have the NL Manager of the Year ballot this year, an award on which I think I’ve only voted once previously in my 15ish years in the Baseball …