(Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) As MLB gets set to start the second half of the season, fans have had a few days to reflect on the first half as well as the All-Star Break, which served as a good showcase for all the league’s incredible young talent that has come up through the…
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Have you ever had a friend enthusiastically recommend that you watch a TV show and then say, “It takes a few episodes to get going, and the timeline gets weird at the end, and one or two of the main characters can be kind of annoying, but other than that…
Tim Vizer-USA TODAY Sports At last we reach the end of my annual series spotlighting the weakest positions on contenders. While still focusing upon teams that meet that loose definition of contenders (Playoff Odds of at least 9.5%), I have also incorporated our Depth Charts’ rest-of-season WAR projections into the equation for an additional perspective….
Welcome to another edition of Five Things I Liked (Or Didn’t Like) this week This is a strange week for the column. The All-Star break cut into the number of games available to watch; mathematically speaking, fewer games means fewer chances for weird things to happen. I took a weekend trip and didn’t watch any…
Welcome back to Top of the Order, where every Tuesday and Friday I’ll be starting your baseball day with some news, notes, and thoughts about the game we love. It’s amusing that we consider this morning the start of the second half of the Major League Baseball season, considering 1,449 games have been played, with…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the highlights of the All-Star Game, a hypothetical scenario where Evan Longoria comes out of retirement, the newly announced 2025 regular-season schedule (including Tokyo contests and a “Rivalry Weekend”), a conspiracy theory about baseball movies, players influenced by Gameday 3D, the timing of Martín Maldonado’s DFA, and the potential…
(Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire) If Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg is not the worst venue in Major League Baseball, it occupies a spot near the bottom of the list. For many years, fans and players complained about the substandard structure even as showcases sprang up in other cities across the MLB landscape. And there’s…
(Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images) The Philadelphia Phillies have been MLB’s best and most consistent organization in 2024. They have been flirting with a World Series title for years, but this group looks strong, close, and determined to reach the ultimate objective. If the regular season is any indication, Philadelphia is the favorite to…
(Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) The two brightest stars in Major League Baseball are Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani, of that there is little debate. Both currently have the inside track to the highest honor bestowed by their respective leagues. According to ESPN BET, Judge (-300) is the American League MVP favorite against the field…
(Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes has taken the baseball world by storm, and the young flamethrower is quickly becoming the must-see player in Major League Baseball. It has been just over two months since Skenes first stepped on the big league diamond, and he has already made a giant imprint…
