The Baltimore Orioles are one of the best teams in baseball now, and their success looks like it can be sustainable. They are loaded with young stars in their lineup that will lead this team to a lot of wins in the coming years.
I argued at the beginning of this piece that the story of Mike Mussina is one of “almost” and “so close.” Inarguably, he just missed on so many personal and team milestones.
It takes more than one great player to win a championship. These all-time great MLB players had their fair share of personal accomplishments but were never able to win a World Series.
The 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame class is no exception to this, as these six former players have been responsible for many of the most enduring marks in MLB history. Here is a look at five of the defining moments in the careers of Harold Baines, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina, Mariano Rivera and Lee Smith.
CC Sabathia contemporaries Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander are more celebrated. But when it comes to consistency, few can approach Sabathia over the past three decades, Matt Whitener writes.
We've seen our fair share of amazing pitching seasons since the Cy Young Award was introduced in 1956, but those seasons haven't always won the award. Here's a look at the best seasons failed to win the Cy Young since the award started.