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Predicting MLB’s Hall of Fame selections through the 2020s
In 2013, the baseball writers simply threw up their arms and elected nobody. Meanwhile, the veterans committee didn’t elect a single living player over a 17-year period. The three men enshrined in 2013 were a catcher who last played in 1890, an umpire who died in 1935 and an owner from the pre-integration era. It […]
Continue readingReds’ Trevor Bauer agrees to $17.5M deal to avoid arbitration
Bauer, acquired from the Indians in July, relished beating Cleveland in arbitration the past two offseasons but complained after last winter’s hearing that Major League Baseball labor relations staff attempted “character assassination” against him. The right-hander was awarded $13 million over the Indians’ $11 million offer in 2019, a year after winning a raise to […]
Continue readingBest team. Best moment. Best brawl? Handing out our MLB end-of-decade awards
Last week, we presented our MLB All-Decade Team. Now, it’s time to hand out individual and team awards. From the player, team, game and moment of the decade to the best brawl, blooper and baseball jargon, Bradford Doolittle and Sam Miller serve up some traditional and outside-of-the-box honors as we bid farewell to the 2010s. […]
Continue readingMLB All-Decade Team: Who made our squad of baseball’s best from 2010-2019?
Picking a 2010s all-decade team is fun, and everyone has been doing that. You know what’s even more fun? Picking an all-decade team for every decade since 1900! What goes into an all-decade team? It’s some amorphous mix of decade-long value, peak-level dominance and iconic status. Some might factor in postseason performance or World Series […]
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