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2020 MLB Rank preview: How did we do last year, and what will this year’s list look like?
As we prepare to unveil the 2020 MLB Rank top 100 on Tuesday, we first take a look back at our 2019 rankings to see how we did, and make some predictions for what this year’s list of baseball’s top players will look like. We asked ESPN national baseball writers Bradford Doolittle, Sam Miller and […]
Continue readingESPN’s MLB Rank, 100-1: Baseball’s top players for 2020
Who will be the best players in major league baseball for the 2020 season? To determine this, ESPN polled 40 MLB writers, analysts, contributors and insiders to determine the top 100 and rank them, voting on 200 players. For a basis of comparison, for each player, we’ve looked at where they ranked in 2019 — […]
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 readingBraves sign veteran 1B Yonder Alonso to minor league contract
The 32-year-old gives the Braves depth behind Freddie Freeman, who had right elbow surgery in October. Freeman said last month that he has no pain in the elbow and will be ready when position players report Monday. Alonso hit .199 with 10 home runs and 37 RBIs with the Colorado Rockies and Chicago White Sox […]
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 […]
Continue readingAddition of Kenta Maeda ‘huge,’ says Twins manager Rocco Baldelli
The trade that was made to get him, the team believes, will be well worth the wait and the price. “We made a lot of decisions this offseason to invest in the now,” Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey said. “Now we also get a pitcher here who we think is going to impact […]
Continue readingOne thing to watch for all 30 teams as spring training begins
When spring training kicked off a year ago, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado remained unsigned. The drama this year will center around the Houston Astros: their cheating scandal, reactions from other players about the Astros’ cheating scandal, the possibility of other teams throwing at Astros hitters in spring training, the counter-reaction from Astros pitchers and […]
Continue readingOne stat that will shape 2020 for every American League team
Former manager Bobby Bragan once described baseball statistics like this: “Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you should be perfectly comfortable.” Good one. Nonetheless, baseball is a numbers game. As we peel away from the Astros’ cheating scandal and […]
Continue readingReds get OF Nick Castellanos on $64 million, 4-year deal
The Cincinnati Reds continued their busy offseason, matching the biggest free-agent contract in team history by agreeing to a four-year, $64 million deal with outfielder Nick Castellanos, the team announced Monday. The deal has an opt-out clause after the first season, sources said. Castellanos, who undoubtedly made some money for himself after his midseason trade […]
Continue readingWhy Astros’ penalties are harsh enough, despite calls for much more
“If a man can sin with impunity, he will continue to sin. Especially if he gets paid for it.” — Eliot Asinof, “Eight Men Out” Baseball’s commissioner has spoken. After hours upon hours of investigation and inquiry by MLB’s in-house detectives, Rob Manfred finally dropped the hammer last week on the Houston Astros, all for […]
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