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MLB Power Rankings: Every team’s biggest surprise so far

As the Major League Baseball season heads into a third week of action, we’re seeing plenty of drama on the diamond. That’s reflected in our rankings, as our panel of voters took stock of whose hot starts to take seriously — hello, Colorado Rockies — and which teams doing better than expected might be discounted. […]

Braves place Matt Adams, Ozzie Albies on IL, reinstate Nick Markakis

In another move on Wednesday, outfielder Nick Markakis was reinstated from the restricted list. Markakis announced on July 29 that he was returning to the team, three weeks after opting out because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. Albies is batting only .159 after he was held without a hit in Tuesday night’s 10-1 win […]

2020 MLB season preview: Power Rankings and everything you need to know for 60-game sprint

The 2020 major league baseball season will be like none that has ever come before it. MLB’s 30 teams will have just 60 games to try to streak into the postseason. Players and coaches will need to focus on the field while maintaining strict health and safety protocols off of it. There will be limited […]

Source: Braves signing free-agent outfielder Yasiel Puig

The agreement comes after Braves outfielder Nick Markakis opted out of the 2020 season earlier this month. A major league All-Star in 2014, Puig, 29, batted .267 in 149 games last season with the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians. He hit .297 with Cleveland after being acquired on July 30 and gave the Indians an […]

Nationals resume training camp after receiving results from COVID-19 tests

General manager Mike Rizzo said the team felt confident about getting back to Nationals Park for practices after receiving all player and staff test results from Friday. The American League champion Houston Astros also canceled workouts Monday and resumed Tuesday. “They’re still trying to iron out the bugs,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “No one’s […]

Braves’ Nick Markakis opts out after ‘eye-opening’ Freddie Freeman talk

Atlanta Braves outfielder Nick Markakis has opted out of the 2020 MLB season. The 36-year-old said he was uneasy about playing the season without fans and then was swayed by his telephone conversation with teammate Freddie Freeman, who has tested positive for the coronavirus and has a fever and other symptoms. “Just hearing him, the […]

Freddie Freeman among four Braves players to test positive for coronavirus

ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves four-time All-Star Freddie Freeman, premier reliever Will Smith and two teammates have tested positive for the coronavirus, a jarring hit to the NL East champions less than three weeks before the start of the pandemic-delayed season. “It will be a while before we can get him back,” manager Brian Snitker said […]

Eight amazing MLB seasons that could only happen in the 1980s

One of my favorite movies is “Midnight in Paris.” Owen Wilson plays Gil, a writer who transports back in time every night to what he considers the golden era — 1920s Paris, where he encounters the Lost Generation and hangs out with Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Picasso, among others. He meets a woman named Adriana, and […]

The best MLB games we ever saw: Twists and turns, heroes and zeros

This was supposed to be Opening Week, the time when MLB fans everywhere look forward to making a season’s worth of memories. Since we won’t have games to get excited about for a while, we thought it’d be fun to take a walk down memory lane by reliving some of our personal favorite baseball moments. […]

Why MLB players are speaking up about sign stealing like nothing else ever

TEMPE, Ariz. — Mike Trout — exemplary athlete, polished face of baseball, as uncontroversial as they come — stood in front of an Angels-themed backdrop Monday morning and joined the swelling list of star players taking pointed shots at the Houston Astros. Trout stated that he “lost respect” for peers he once considered friends, called […]

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