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The NL Is Good, But Its Playoff Races Aren't
17+ hour, 35+ min ago (12+ words) The NL Is Good, But Its Playoff Races Aren’t Baseball Prospectus...
Elly De La Cruz Flips the Script
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (636+ words) It’s hard to say that someone is the worst at something when there are only a few dozen people in the entire world who can do it. It’s like saying someone’s a bad astronaut. When you’re bad among that population,…...
How to Decide
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (706+ words) The All-Star break has become the annual time of stock-taking. Because the draft has been pushed back to coincide (loosely, in an intrusive and ill-conceived counterprogramming sort of way) with All-Star festivities, no team really commits itself to either buying…...
MLU: Letters to a Young Shortstop
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (202+ words) Welcome to the Minor League Update. Every day, we tell you the latest about what happened to the prospects you care about, and maybe a few more you should. Here’s who made waves yesterday: Hitter of the Day Bryce Rainer,…...
2026 MLB Draft Board: Final Edition
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (572+ words) 1.) Roch Cholowsky, SS, UCLA It’s been a prolific few years for Cholowsky, a high-profile Arizona prep shortstop who made it to UCLA and has blossomed into a premier college talent. Entering the season as the 1.1 favorite after a dominant sophomore…...
Where Has Steady Freddie Gone?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (424+ words) I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the New York Mets have been rather disappointing this year. Obviously, that hasn’t happened. Also, there’s a reason I showed you a fastball as the first pitch. As the chart showed, Peralta’s secondaries…...
TA: Life on the Edge of a Roster
2+ week, 17+ hour ago (298+ words) Arizona Diamondbacks recall RHP Brandon Pfaadt. The Snakes demoted Pfaadt last month to give him a bit of a reset, but also to stretch him back out to a starter’s capacity after he lost his spot in the rotation and…...