10+ hour, 5+ min ago  (402+ words) We're just days away from the All-Star break, also known as the unofficial point at which the MLB season flips from a marathon to a two and a half-month sprint to the finish. Appeals to patience are out the window;…...

4+ hour, 48+ min ago  (479+ words) The Pittsburgh Pirates spent the offseason being buyers, and it worked. General Manager Ben Cherington was aggressive in the winter, his biggest moves trading for Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe and signing outfielder/first baseman Ryan O'Hearn to…...

2+ hour, 30+ min ago  (412+ words) The All-Star break is almost here, which means that front offices are in the middle of the most grueling stretch of their calendar year, with the MLB Draft taking place on July 11 and the trade deadline scheduled for Aug. 3. The…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (453+ words) You might actually be surprised just how much money is on the line in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest with the purses for both the women's and men's competitions. More than that, there are some interesting details and history…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (567+ words) Against all odds, the St. Louis Cardinals entered July 4 as a playoff team. The external expectations were uncharacteristically low for the Cardinals franchise amid its rebuild, but they're right in the thick of things. Led by JJ Wetherholt and Jordan…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (714+ words) Unsurprisingly, the Los Angeles Dodgers run the National League West, though few would have imagined the rest of the division being this ugly." None of the NL West's other four teams enter July 4 weekend with a winning record. The Giants…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (541+ words) Three months in, that prediction has aged badly. The pitchers it targeted are having the best season of any group in baseball, and the pitchers it ignored are the ones getting wrecked. First up is Dylan Cease. He has faced…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (648+ words) July 4 is still a day away, and the All-Star break doesn't start for another 10 days. Conventional baseball wisdom says it is too early to talk about must-win games or scoreboard watching; the time for those fun activities usually doesn't start…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (586+ words) With a month to go, the Red Sox will need to evaluate their roster carefully and decide if this is a full tear-down or a more minor sell-off. Whichever Craig Breslow decides, these five Red Sox players need to be…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (565+ words) Excitement and optimism are already mounting that the New York Mets will hire Carlos Beltr'n to replace since-fired manager Carlos Mendoza." Unsurprisingly, another former member of the 2009 Mets sounds interested in returning home." Former Red Sox manager Alex Cora is…...