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Here’s a look at the 25 biggest contracts in MLB history before the 2019 season and how the players who signed them performed in the first season afterward.
Ranking baseball's pitching rotations for 2019
Outstanding bullpen pitching is all the rage in MLB, but potent starting pitching always has a place.
Ranking baseball's lineups for 2019
Baseball is changing. Pitchers are used differently than ever, and strikeouts continue to climb. That means it's as important as ever to have a potent lineup.
The most underrated player on each MLB team
In every lineup, rotation or bullpen, there is at least one player who deserves more of the spotlight for his accomplishments than he receives. Whether
One prospect from every MLB team who could have an impact on the 2019 season
One of the most watched parts of any spring training is which prospects' performances put them in the best position to crash major league rosters by Opening Day.
MLB players hoping for bounceback seasons in 2019
Can these players put their recent struggles behind to be their best selves again?
Who are the greatest African-American baseball players of all time?
A look at the elite African-American players in Major League Baseball history reads like a who’s who of the upper rungs of Cooperstown. These are pioneering stars not only on the diamond, but also in the advancement of African-American culture in the country.
The biggest first-time vote-getters in baseball Hall of Fame history
In baseball, becoming a first-ballot Hall of Famer is the ultimate tip of the cap to a career’s work, but there is an even more exclusive club within those grounds: the first-ballot 90 percent club.
100 Hall of Famers who spent their entire careers with one franchise
Only a truly select group of all-time greats were able to see the sun rise and set while crafting legacies in just one uniform.
The top 40 sports moments of 2018
2018 was a tremendous year for sports around the globe. From the Winter Olympic Games and the World Cup framing the worldwide game, to Philadelphia and Washington D.C.
The 25 most inspirational sports moments of 2018
From handful of the most significant upsets in sports history, to triumphant comebacks that highlight both the time-honored tradition of the game as well as current times, here's a look at 25 of the most inspirational sports moments of the year.
The 25 teams that ruled 2018
2018 was a banner year for sports; one that was colored as much by longtime underdogs finally getting over the hump as by dynasties continuing about their business.
The athletes who defined 2018
From one-name-only-needed legends in the vein of LeBron, Messi, Federer and Tiger, to those who are still crafting their places in history, such as Shohei Ohtani, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Connor McDavid and Zion Williamson, there is no shortage of greatness spread around the sporting world.
The 25 highest-paid athletes of 2018
A year after Floyd Mayweather ran away as 2017's highest-paid athlete on the heels of his mega fight with Conor McGregor, the field opened up in 2018. While McGregor has remained among the year's top earners with his return to the Mixed Martial Arts world, Canelo Alvarez surpassed Mayweather as the top-earning fighter of the year.
Haves and have nots: Revisiting some of baseball's biggest contracts
Last winter, over $1 billion was spent on free agents and extensions. Baseball continues to raise the financial bar for the cream of its crop. With a handful of elite hitters and hurlers on the open market, could history be about to be made again?
One rookie each MLB team will be counting on in 2019
With Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuna Jr securing their places atop a historically impressive 2018 rookie class, it is no longer too early to look ahead to who is in line to stand as baseball’s top debuting star.
Nine MLB trades we'd like to see this winter
While much of the attention of the MLB offseason has been given to the next destinations for Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, there are plenty of other moves that could be made that would feature some of the game’s most exciting talents — who are still under contract.
One storyline to keep an eye on for every MLB team heading into the offseason
While Bryce Harper's and Manny Machado’s names will be impossible to avoid over the next few months, there is much more business to be tended to this winter, aside from that of two main stars, of the hot stove season.
Who are baseball's most decorated Gold Glove defenders of all time?
There is no shortage of defensive masterminds scattered across the MLB landscape. Some, such as Yadier Molina, Andrelton Simmons, Jason Heyward and Nolan Arenado, are adding to their already impressive reputations with the leather.
Greatest postseason moments for every 2018 MLB playoff team
In the century-plus of Major League Baseball, the postseason has provided many signature moments in sports history. Among the 10 clubs in the 2018 MLB playoffs, some of the greatest lineages in the game’s history are represented.
Touch 'em all: The 2018 MLB postseason primer
After a regular season that was a tale of two very different stories between the National League and American League, respectively, the pursuit of the pennant officially kicks off now.
Final MLB power rankings
The journey from spring training to the final days of September has been a long and winding road, taking the usual exceptional and unexpected twists and turns.
MLB prospects who will be household names by 2019
In the last handful of seasons, baseball has been blessed with an especially talented group of precocious youngsters. Aaron Judge, Corey Seager, Gary Sanchez and Cody Bellinger made massive impacts upon graduating from prospect status over the past two years.
The 2018 Cy Young races are both uniquely crowded
Much as is the case with the Most Valuable Player race in both the National and American Leagues, the top candidates for Cy Young Award honors present a series of interesting parallels this year.
MLB power rankings: Playoff picture begins to take shape
The MLB 2018 slate has reached its decision point for many a team with hopes for their season to continue beyond the final days of September. The stakes are as high as ever in the National League, where an incredible eight teams are still within range of making their way into the postseason.
