4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (226+ words) About two years ago to the day, the Boston Red Sox traded former ace Chris Sale, who at the time was unpredictable and oft-injured, to the Atlanta Braves in return for promising young infielder Vaughn Grissom. Sale has since won…...

12+ hour, 42+ min ago  (545+ words) While it makes sense to make young players prove themselves, it's hard for them to do so without regular reps. With that in mind, these four young players deserve more of an opportunity to prove themselves with their respective teams....

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (585+ words) Spring training is fun and all, but the real fun starts now. Opening Day is upon us, meaning that games for the next six-ish months count. The games counting for something means that even casual MLB fans will now be…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (459+ words) Giants 3/25 Arraez 2 BChapman 3 BDevers DHAdames SSLee RFRamos LFSchmitt 1 BBailey CBader CFWebb SP Devers is hitting third, which is where he should be, but he's the DH. Yes, he's playing the position he was vehemently against playing with the Red Sox…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (424+ words) Sure, Opening Day is but the start of a 162-game marathon, but where's the fun in prudence when we've been waiting five months for baseball to come back? It's time to start some narratives, baby " and luckily for us, Thursday…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (476+ words) The Milwaukee Brewers won 97 games and claimed first place in the National League last season, only to turn around this winter and trade ace Freddy Peralta " the fifth-place Cy Young finisher " to the New York Mets for a couple prospects,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1320+ words) With Opening Day around the corner, trade possibilities are " to put it lightly " unlikely this time of year. MLB teams would rather work the evil they know than a player who's either been playing in the World Baseball Classic, or…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (543+ words) But while Garcia might not move the needle much on his own, this move could have an outsized impact on one of the biggest names on the market: Cody Bellinger. Is Philly, such a perfect fit on paper, still in…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (473+ words) As the automated ball-strike challenge system settles in and becomes a routine part of Major League Baseball games, umpires are trying to make themselves out to be the victims. The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal wrote on Wednesday that some umpires are…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (280+ words) There's no better time to watch top prospects perform than in spring training. Based on how the brightest young talents in the sport perform, it's either a time for dreaming of going north with their respective big-league clubs. Unfortunately, though,…...