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MLB Power Rankings Week 10: Which AL team is our new No. 1?

Ten weeks into the MLB season, we have the fourth No. 1 team of the 2021 campaign atop our MLB Power Rankings. Which American League team is playing well enough to bump the San Diego Padres from the top spot? Which National League club managed to pass the Padres in the Senior Circuit? Which National […]

From drawing to coffee to jigsaw puzzles — What MLB players picked up with so much free time

Baseball players, like the rest of us, have had lots of spare time during the pandemic and in quarantine. “I’ve learned to be alone,” said Padres pitcher Blake Snell. There has been lots of learning, trapped in a hotel room or sequestered at home. There has been time to think, to experiment, time to develop […]

First baseman Matt Olson receives $5 million, 1-year deal from Oakland Athletics

The deal includes award bonuses. Olson, 26, batted .195 with 14 home runs and 42 RBIs playing all 60 games for the AL West champion A’s in 2020. Olson was eligible for arbitration for the first time. He earned $223,519 in prorated pay last season from a $603,500 salary. Second baseman Tony Kemp to a […]

MLB playoffs 2020: Ranking 35 trades that shaped the Rays, Astros, Dodgers and Braves

You can sign a great player, but that’s just about writing a bigger check than anybody else. You can draft a great player, but that’s just about your pick coming before somebody else’s pick. The true connoisseurs know that the fun is in trades. In a trade, it isn’t enough to spot the talent or […]

MLB names 30 team nominees for Roberto Clemente Award

The Clemente Award, considered by MLB “the most prestigious individual honor for major leaguers,” honors the late Pittsburgh Pirates star’s legacy as a humanitarian. The award is given to the player who best represents the game through “extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.” The Puerto Rican-born Clemente […]

Angels trade Tommy La Stella to Athletics for Franklin Barreto

The A’s needed an upgrade at second base and got one in La Stella, a pending free agent who is batting .273/.371/.475. The Angels, who are 11-22, get more years of control with Barreto, a key piece of the Josh Donaldson trade six years ago who hasn’t panned out in the major leagues. Barreto, a […]

Inside the A’s first-half dominance and how they plan to make it last all season

By then, Forst had disappeared. He walked out of the Kansas City Royals’ home ballpark and made his way to neighboring Arrowhead Stadium, where the NFL’s Chiefs play, far enough to no longer hear the crowd. Forst kept up with the rest of that game — the Royals’ game-tying sac fly in the ninth, Oakland’s […]

Los Angeles Dodgers’ defense could be among the best in recent memory

For all the accolades L.A.’s offense and rotation receive, the Dodgers’ defense often gets overlooked, but this is a tremendous defensive unit beyond the flexibility that allows manager Dave Roberts to move players all over the field. The Dodgers led the majors in defensive runs saved in 2019, then added one of the game’s elite […]

A’s beat Angels on walk-off grand slam as extra-inning rule debuts

OAKLAND, Calif. — The first big league game with an automatic runner in extra innings was decided with a blast rather than a bunt. Marcus Semien began the bottom of the 10th on second base under the new, unpopular rule and scored on Matt Olson‘s grand slam, sending the Oakland Athletics over the Los Angeles […]

Carlos Correa says Astros won World Series ‘fair and square’

After days of hearing his team and teammates be criticized across the majors, Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa spoke out Saturday, telling The Athletic that players on other teams — particularly the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger — are not informed enough when they address the sign-stealing scandal or 2017 American League MVP Jose Altuve. […]

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