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Can the Brewers stay in the fight to finish?
No matter how the last few weeks of the 2017 season shake out, the Milwaukee Brewers exceeded even the most optimistic of preseason expectations. Just a year ago, the team was one of the most rapidly deconstructing teams in the game, looking to sell off any and everything from its high-priced former core.
The best rookie seasons in the last 25 years
Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger spent last summer rewriting the rookie record books, putting together a pair of prodigious power displays, and this year we've already seen the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Christian Villanueva, Miguel Andujar, Brian Anderson, Caleb Smith and Walker Buehler, among others, impress.
How the Diamondbacks rallied to become baseball's most dangerous team
It is said that in baseball, it is not always about being the best for the entire season, but getting hot at the right time. And when it is all said and
Getaway Day: Streaking to the finish
The Major League Baseball schedule is behemoth to behold. Spread out over six months, it proves both why winning early (hello Astros), late (hey there, Cubs) and regularly throughout (salute to you, Dodgers) all carry their own varied importance.
Giancarlo Stanton's very real pursuit of 60 — and beyond
It has been quite the year Giancarlo Stanton has put together, particularl since the All-Star break. The tear the Miami Marlins slugger has gone on is more reminiscent of the work of Frank Castle than that of a mere Major League Baseball player.
Sorting out a complicated American League MVP scene
Early in the year, the American League MVP race appeared like it would follow a familiar script: look at what Mike Trout is doing, see if anybody else is having an out-of-his-mind enough season to keep up with him, and then decide whether or not to give it to that fortunate soul or hand it back to Trout, again.
Sorting out a crowded National League MVP scene
When Bryce Harper fell on the rain-soaked bases of Nationals Park late in a game against the San Francisco Giants, it did more than just put a streak of collective terror through the nation’s capital.
Nationals' biggest challenge right now is survival
It should seem self-evident what type of shape a team that is approaching 30 games over .500 in late August is in. The easy answer should be that they are putting the finishing touches on what has been a spectacular season, and should be counted among the very best in the game.
Getaway Day: Players Weekend adds needed lightness to toughest part of the season
All the rage around baseball was the Players Weekend, which walked the line between the game's latest mass marketing strategy and an engaging way to show the individual personalities around the game, something that is admittedly is needed to be showcased around the game.
Coming through in the clutch takes on new meaning for Derek Jeter in Miami
No team is headed in more directions than the Miami Marlins right now. Despite the nightly heroics of Giancarlo Stanton and the honor of hosting this year’s All-Star Game, it has been a hazy season in the all-encompassing purgatory that is the majority of the National League East.
The Indians are on a mission to make you pay attention whether you want to or not
Baseball has always been a game driven by big markets. Aaron Judge and New York Yankees; Cody Bellinger, Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers; the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals all check in among the most visible teams in the game from a national broadcast, merchandise sales and visibility standpoint.
Getaway Day: The playing field is leveling off as the wild-card chase takes shape
In a week that may be best remembered for Giancarlo Stanton's one-man war on the seats over outfield walls of Marlins Park or Aaron Judge's monogamous relationship with striking out, there was a much more important story line that developed around Major League Baseball – parity is spreading.
The top 20 left-handed pitchers of all-time
Left-handers have a special place in society as a whole, but in baseball, they are an exclusive fraternity among the upper rungs of the game’s history.
The Cardinals have their season back by the unlikeliest of means
Inspiration comes from all variety of places. Sometimes it is a breakthrough year from players already in place and sometimes it is a big-name offseason addition that makes good upon arrival.
Getaway Day: It's an all-inclusive Wild Card party
It was quite the week all around the collective MLB diamond. Giancarlo Stanton declared one-man war on everything thrown his way, the Red Sox and Cardinals went streaking, the Astros turned very mortal, and the Dodgers kept on keeping on.
The era of the super team is upon Major League Baseball
The Los Angeles Dodgers are on a collision course with immortality this year, flirting with a pace that could see them reach rarefied air in Major League Baseball history.
Making up for past an ever-present issue for the Mariners
On Tuesday, Major League Baseball released its forthcoming postseason schedule. Beginning Oct. 3 and concluding as late as Nov. 1, the tracks are set for another postseason path.
Getaway Day: August baseball gets off to an unpredictable start
August is in full swing now, and with the much-discussed trade deadline (mostly) in the rear view, we finally have an idea of how each team will look headed down the stretch of the final two months of the season.
Top 10 MLB storylines to watch down the homestretch
With the All-Star Game done and the trade deadline past, what's left to be excited about between now and the playoffs? There has been no shortage of fascinating storylines developing around an above-average season of MLB action.
How balancing the books revitalized the Yankees
How did the New York Yankees, of all teams, become the hottest young team rising through the ranks of baseball? Yet while still capable of making the big splash, they have instead largely turned away from cannonballing into the big-name acquisition pool with the type of reckless abandon that was synonymous with "The Yankee Way" for so long.
Trade deadline survivors who could still be moved this winter
After much deliberation and a staggering race to the finish line, the Major League Baseball trade deadline has come and gone. While many of the rumors
Getaway Day: Trade deadline edition – In, out or in-between?
A new week is upon us, and has brought the final torturous moments of the trade deadline along with it. As the Monday, 4:00 P.M. Eastern cut off time for open market trades draws nearer and nearer, the reality check that is the self-evaluation of where the year can really end up for many teams around the game is at a fever pitch.
The MLB managerial hot seat index: Who's next to go?
In the high-demand, ever-changing world of coaching in professional sports, it's a fair assessment that every head coaching job is a temporary one. The window to show and prove is quick and short, and in the wide-open terrain of Major League Baseball, that is especially true.
For the revitalized Pirates, trade deadline has newfound meaning
The Pittsburgh Pirates come into play on Wednesday with 66/1 odds on becoming World Series champions. Admittedly, that is still a rather far-fetched figure, one that still puts them behind 13 other teams in a playoff field that only qualifies 10 teams in whole.
The most memorable moments from the class of 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
This weekend, baseball royalty will make its annual convergence on Cooperstown, N.Y., to welcome the newest inductees to the game's most exclusive fraternity.
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