In last year’s edition of The Athletic’s annual MLB Player Poll, almost 60 percent of the players we spoke to predicted Shohei Ohtani would be playing...
Negro League stats officially integrated into MLB records Players’ achievements in the Negro Leagues from 1920-1948 will be recognized by MLB, significantly changing baseball’s record books....
The normal blueprint for MLB front offices is to spend the first two months of the season evaluating their team, the next two months trying to...
MLB experiments with robot umpires at the Class AAA level MLB experimented with electronic strike zones during the 2023 season in all 30 Class AAA ballparks....
Believe it or not, we have played five weeks of the regular season, and already we’ve seen enough to identify reasons for optimism and pessimism for...
Atlanta Braves right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. (13) in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, … [+] June 2, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David...
As Jonah Heim squeezed the final strike of the 2023 postseason and Josh Sborz spiked his mitt on the mound to celebrate the Texas Rangers’ first...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — There were Adrián Beltré and Joe Mauer. This was their first Hall of Fame election. They won’t need a second. On Tuesday, they...
Look, we get it. The Baseball Hall of Fame is a breathtaking idea. It’s a celebration. It’s a history lesson. It’s a pilgrimage. The museum in...
CLEARWATER, Fla. — When Charlie Manuel began to speak again, he could not talk. It had been five days since his stroke. His heart was better....
