Despite being widely recognized as one of the best defenders in modern basketball, Bam Adebayo has yet to receive the ultimate praise from the NBA: Defensive Player of the Year. Former All-Star Caron Butler recently criticized this oversight, calling it a “crime” that Adebayo has not been honored with the prestigious award after consistently strong…
(Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) This year’s MLB All-Star Game uniforms featured National Leaguers wearing a navy base with light blue lettering while the American League donned a sandy base with red sleeves and lettering. For players and fans alike, they were an eyesore. Some All-Stars expressed their desire for participants to return to the…
(Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images) There are sports phenoms who take the world by storm, and then there’s Paul Skenes. Not only is the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher one of the three top must-see players in MLB, but he was selected to start for the National League in the All-Star Game after only 11 big…
(Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) When Paul Skenes takes the mound for the National League All-Stars in Arlington, it will not just be the eyes of the baseball world watching the Pittsburgh Pirates’ young pitching ace. Some stars transcend sports boundaries, and their performances are must-see events from across the spectrum. Skenes is already one…
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Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Last Thursday, a Q&A titled “Chris Bassitt Embraces the Art of Pitching” ran here at FanGraphs. In it, the 35-year-old Toronto Blue Jays right-hander discussed his diverse repertoire — “eight or nine pitches,” he told me — and how he uses them to attack hitters. Both stylistically and variety-wise, Bassitt is…
As is the case each MLB season, there are a handful of teams that are already out of the running at the All-Star break. The Athletics, Rockies, and Marlins have all suffered tough starts that have them each 15+ games out of Wild Card position, but there is one team that has been head and…
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