It’s no secret that spending is up in a major way in MLB. The 2023 season has seen megadeals and apparent overpays given out like candy. Big and mid-market teams alike threw their weight around with reckless abandon. As we previously discussed, the culmination of this was seemingly Xander Bogaerts‘ ludicrous 11-year, $280 million contract […]
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Money is flowing like a river in MLB following the Winter Meetings. Aaron Judge returned to the Yankees for nine years, $360 million. Trea Turner moved to Philly for $300 million over 11 years. The most consequential deal of all, however, was Xander Bogaerts‘ completely mind-boggling 11-year, $280 million deal with the Padres. It came […]
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Back in 2019, two players shot into the stratosphere as some of the league’s best players. One was Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich coming off a breakout MVP campaign the previous year. The other, of course, was Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger. Since his 2017 NL Rookie of the Year campaign, where he set the NL rookie […]
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Another year, another offseason full of superstar free agent shortstops for MLB. After last year featured Carlos Correa, Trevor Story, Javier Baez, and Corey Seager in its vaunted class, we’re in for another haul this year in the middle infield. Correa is back on the market along with Trea Turner, Xander Bogaerts, and Dansby Swanson […]
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Bryce Harper was already anointed as baseball’s chosen one when he was just a kid in Las Vegas. At 16, he was on the cover of Sports Illustrated, getting compared to another great prodigy in LeBron James. The thing about prodigies is that nobody believes the hype until it’s in front of their eyes. Well, […]
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Step right up and beat the Mets. Despite a 101-win regular season, Queens will be without a deep playoff run this year. It’s a disappointing end to what was otherwise a fantastic step forward for the organization this year. Thanks to gratuitous spending by Steve Cohen on key pieces, the Mets ascended beyond their limits […]
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Nobody disappointed this year like the Chicago White Sox. The Southsiders saw their division hopes crushed over a six-game home stand. After dropping all six to the team ahead of them, the Cleveland Guardians, and the lowly Detroit Tigers, Tony La Russa‘s (and Miguel Cairo‘s) squad was laid at death’s door. Another two losses brought […]
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We’re in the home stretch of the MLB season. The grind is nearly over, and the playoff races are coming down to the wire. There’s still plenty to watch in this last bunch of games, with Aaron Judge going for Roger Maris‘s home run record and Albert Pujols chasing 700 bombs. On top of that, […]
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It’s been 85 years since Joe Medwick hit for the National League’s last Triple Crown. Hitting .374 with 31 home runs and 154 RBIs, he put together a season to remember. Yet, in the span since, an American League player has accomplished the feat six times. The most recent, Miguel Cabrera in a historic MVP […]
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MLB has struggled for years to find a proper face of the league. Where you can easily point out LeBron James and Tom Brady from the NBA and NFL, baseball’s most recognizable name is trickier. More people are likely to point out Alex Rodriguez or Derek Jeter than Mike Trout or Juan Soto. There is […]
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It’s not often when an arguable top-five player in a sport gets traded. Yet, the Washington Nationals are about to make that a reality in MLB. After turning down a gargantuan 15-year, $440 million offer, Juan Soto is on the trade block. Naturally, it immediately became the biggest story for the trade deadline to this […]
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It’s almost that time of the year when baseball takes its annual break to celebrate the best of the best. All-Star week kicked off for fans this Friday with the big game coming Tuesday, July 19. All the picks for the game are in; for the most part, fans did a good job picking the […]
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We’re very near the halfway point of the MLB season and the paths of each division are starting to form. The Yankees and Mets stand as baseball’s head honchos while the Dodgers and Astros control their destinies out West. One dogfight is particularly important for one team looking to get over the hump – the […]
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After making strides towards ending their rebuild last year, the Detroit Tigers are once again in the doldrums. Everything that could’ve gone wrong has blown up in their faces in 2022 and all the momentum they built is slowly dying. There are plenty of reasons it’s all gone wrong. The young talent hasn’t delivered as […]
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