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Christian Yelich stakes future to Brewers with $215M, 9-year deal
MARYVALE, Ariz. — Making sure Christian Yelich was a Brewer for life while allowing the team some payroll flexibility were two factors in negotiations as Milwaukee officially announced its new nine-year deal for the former MVP on Friday. The extension will almost assuredly keep Yelich, 28, from ever reaching free agency in his career. “I […]
Continue readingRemember when tanking ruled MLB? Those days might be over
Back then, “banging the trash can” might have meant what the Marlins had just done over the 2017-18 offseason: They traded four of their best players (Christian Yelich, Giancarlo Stanton, Marcell Ozuna and Dee Gordon) in one winter, turning a second-place team into a nearly certain last-place team. They tore it down. They tanked. Baseball’s […]
Continue readingOur MLB over/unders for 2020: Ronald Acuna, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and others
First, a warning: Don’t print out this article and take it to Vegas. Our 2020 MLB O/U’s aren’t bookie-approved — they’re just some debates we’ve been having this spring as we eagerly await baseball games that count. Still, the answers could tell us a lot about how the upcoming season will play out. From Astros […]
Continue readingWho could be this year’s Nationals? How all 30 MLB teams stack up
Only one World Series favorite entering the season actually won the World Series in the decade we just completed. Wait, let’s put that another way: A team that was one of the top five favorites entering the season won the World Series only once over the past decade. The 2019 Washington Nationals didn’t necessarily feel […]
Continue readingWhat if Mike Trout had been on the 2017 Houston Astros? It could have happened
In 2009, before he was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels, Mike Trout had committed to play baseball at East Carolina University. Because Trout has gone on to have the most historically significant career of his generation, that alternative history has always been delicious: What if he’d gone to college? How would it have changed […]
Continue readingWhy Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette and Cavan Biggio are ready for the next step
After the infamous bat flip from Jose Bautista in the 2015 AL Division Series put an exclamation point on a previous era of Major League Baseball in Canada, Blue Jays baseball turned the page following the introduction of Mark Shapiro as team president in 2016. As they began rising up through the minor leagues together, […]
Continue readingPhillies’ Joe Girardi says arbitration won’t impact J.T. Realmuto’s focus
“I think he has the right attitude. And I think he understands that it’s a business,” Girardi said. “I always worry about players when they go to the hearing because one side is arguing everything great about the player and the other side is trying to keep it down. If it gets to that, I’ll […]
Continue readingPhillies’ Andrew McCutchen upbeat about recovery from knee injury
He tore his ACL last year — and it wasn’t the first time. “I had an ACL injury when I was in high school, so to kind of compare the two, as far as the process goes and the rehab, it’s a lot quicker,” the Philadelphia outfielder said Monday. “You’re doing things a lot faster […]
Continue readingAndy MacPhail says Phillies expect to pay luxury tax this season
The Phillies have made several high-profile free-agent signings over the past few seasons, including a $330 million, 13-year deal for outfielder Bryce Harper last year. Philadelphia signed right-hander Zack Wheeler to a $118 million, five-year contract this offseason and are viewed as a potential trade destination for Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, who has […]
Continue readingOne stat that will shape 2020 for each National League team
Last week, we looked at one key statistic for each American League team. Let’s do the same now for the National League — a key number from the 2019 MLB season and how that will shape what happens in 2020. NL East | Central | West The number: 4.18. The Braves finished 11th in the […]
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