By Tim Britton, Chad Jennings and Kaitlyn McGrath Every week, we ask a selected group of our baseball writers — local and national — to rank the teams from first to …
After five months of slow and steady, baseball is about to shift into fast and furious mode. It’s almost September, which means the annual all-out sprint to the postseason is …
By Grant Brisbee, Kaitlyn McGrath and Stephen J. Nesbitt Every week, we ask a selected group of our baseball writers — local and national — to rank the teams from first …
By Grant Brisbee, Tim Britton and Chad Jennings Every week, we ask a selected group of our baseball writers — local and national — to rank the teams from first to …
The trade deadline is when teams tell you what they really think. The optimistic palaver of the offseason has faded, replaced by real talk: Are we in or are we …
With a week to go until the MLB trade deadline, we asked our writers to make a prediction about every team in the league. Some were bolder than others. Prediction: …
St. Louis Cardinals designated hitter Matt Carpenter addressed online speculation regarding his team’s recent celebration, stating multiple times that the gestures were in no way a political statement. The team …
This week serves as a sort of pause for the sport of baseball. The amateur draft, followed by the All-Star Game, followed by the Hall of Fame induction ceremony feels …
We interrupt your mid-July search for your favorite tube of sunscreen for this important announcement: Somehow or other, the All-Star break is going to arrive in like 15 minutes. So …
Missing Bats, a special series this week in The Athletic, explores how baseball’s profound metamorphosis over the last two decades traces back to one simple idea — maximizing strikeouts at …