2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (228+ words) But while you were (potentially) looking away, Crow-Armstrong is still on a tear. He’s not just the best player in the majors this year; he’s also been the best player in the majors over the past month. Where last year…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1242+ words) This year, the first-place Astros’ pitching WAR leader is 29-year-old Peter Lambert. It’s not a classic Astros rotation by any means — Brown and Cristian Javier have both spent a big chunk of the season on the IL — but Lambert is…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (784+ words) Mike Trout has been one of the best hitters of his generation, if not one of the best in baseball annals. Now 35 years old and in his 16th major league season — all with the Los Angeles Angels — the pride of Millville,…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (487+ words) I’ll walk through the other races in a moment, but once again, here’s a reminder of how MLB unties these ties: If more than two teams are involved and they do not have identical records against one another, but one…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (803+ words) FanGraphs Going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts is not typically a line in a boxscore that is hailed as a grand success for the batter or the team. In this case, however, it represented Aaron Judge’s return to the Yankees’ lineup,…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (643+ words) As special and precious as Shohei Ohtani is, it makes sense that he’s delicate. Both the Dodgers and the Angels before them have handled Ohtani with padded tongs: six-man rotations, pitch counts, a full-time DH role. Ohtani has played just…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1183+ words) blogs.fangraphs.com Every September, there are three different versions of baseball being played in the majors. For a number of teams, the year is all but over, and the last month is about hitting some personal milestones, playing spoiler,…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (147+ words) Eric Longenhagen is from Catasauqua, PA and currently lives in Tempe, AZ. He spent four years working for the Phillies Triple-A affiliate, two with Baseball Info Solutions and two contributing to prospect coverage at ESPN.com. Previous work can also…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1459+ words) FanGraphs The long weekend was a particularly rough one for center fielders in the AL East. On Saturday, the Yankees’ Trent Grisham landed on the injured list with a Grade 2 strain of his right hamstring, and then on Sunday, both…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1800+ words) Sal Stewart is a frontrunner for NL Rookie of the Year honors. A formidable presence in the middle of the Cincinnati Reds lineup, the 22-year-old corner infielder has bashed 31 home runs and put up a 121 wRC+. Moreover, he leads all…...