Japanese star Shohei Otani throws 102 mph and hits homers. Now you have to sign him.
And, somewhere in there, the team that gets him will need to make a crucial decision, one that could impact Otani's own choice: Is he a pitcher, a hitter -...
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When Astros started to get shaky, three veteran leaders steadied them
They were fortunate to have won 101 games and the AL West title during the regular season, a distinction that earned them home-field advantage over the wild-card Yankees and allowed...
The long and short of it: Aaron Judge, Jose Altuve drive their teams in ALCS
There is a mutual admiration between Judge and Altuve, born of the understanding that despite their obvious gifts, neither can do what the other does.
Get used to it: With record number of homers, MLB is in midst of a fundamental shift
Whether it's juiced balls, juiced bats, juiced players or juiced analytics that is behind the explosion in homers, the game has undergone a sudden and fundamental change over the past...
Rhys Hoskins is smashing records and chasing Ted Williams amid historically bad Phillies season
For the last half-dozen or so of his 24 years on Earth, he has been kept from your consciousness by the gatekeepers who think they know what separates the great...
With deadline trade for Sonny Gray, the Yankees are back to being the Yankees again
Now that the switch has been flipped, the Yankees also appear to have staying power, with a window for contending that, having now been thrown open, could stay open for...
Adrian Beltre, chasing his 3,000th hit, would rather help the Rangers chase a playoff spot
Adrian Beltre is different. He is the elder statesman of the Texas Rangers, their undisputed clubhouse leader and, at age 38, still their best hitter by almost any measure.
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As Major League Baseball emerges from the All-Star break, the finish line is starting to come into view. The four-day break affords a chance to reset starting rotations, and in...
With rotation in disarray, Cubs trade four prospects for Jose Quintana
The Chicago Cubs could have waited another couple of weeks, seen if their underachieving team might find its stride in July and evaluated a handful of trade possibilities ahead of...
The Cubs are paying a price for their World Series title
If you're perplexed by the question of what's wrong with the Chicago Cubs this season, as many still are, nearly halfway through the defending World Series champion's middling 2017 season,...