
1 reason to be excited about each of MLB's top 3 prospects
The best prospects in baseball have already given us a glimpse of what they can do in the Majors. And it was an exciting glimpse.
MLB Pipeline unveiled its Top 100 prospects for 2023 last week, and the three players on top of the list are Orioles third baseman/shortstop Gunnar...
Gunnar Henderson
Corbin Carroll
Francisco Alvarez

How Comerica's new fences will affect Tigers
At long last, the Tigers are bringing in and lowering the fences at massive Comerica Park, which would have been a great joy to long-time outfielder Bobby Higginson, who once referred to it as “Comerica National Park” thanks to the enormous size of its outfield. It seems like it’s going...

Craftier Williams enters '23 with closer role his alone
MILWAUKEE -- Barring a shakeup in the coming weeks, Devin Williams will be the last line of defense for a Brewers club being built around the concept of run prevention.
Williams went into the last handful of years as the sensational setup man to closer Josh Hader before sliding into...
Devin Williams

Here are the top candidates for a 40-40 season
Baseball is the best for a litany of reasons, one of which is the extreme athleticism on display on the field every day. One of its most captivating forms is the dynamic combination of power and speed.
There have been four individual seasons in MLB history where a player had...

Every move of the 2022-23 offseason, tracked
The Major League Baseball offseason is here, and MLB.com's team of writers will have quick-hit analysis of each major trade or multi-year signing in a running list here....

Why Greene is the young ace to watch in '23
It's time to get excited about Hunter Greene … again.
There should be as much hype for Greene's 2023 debut as there was surrounding his big league debut in 2022, when he came out ripping 100 mph fastballs against the reigning World Series champion Braves and then set a pitch-tracking...
Hunter Greene

Can these September '22 hitting stars keep it up in '23?
While it’s important not to put too much stock into any one month on the baseball calendar, it’s hard not to pay closer attention when a player ends a season on a high note.
This is especially true when it’s a young player looking to establish himself or a previously...

They improved in '22. What's next?
There’s still more than a month to go before spring camps open, and that means offseason training is continuing for players across the Majors. Everyone has something they want to improve upon in 2023, whether this past season was a disappointment, a rousing triumph or something in between.
Turning winter...
Shohei Ohtani
Gleyber Torres
Yordan Alvarez
Nate Lowe
Shane McClanahan
Ryan Helsley
Alex Cobb
Jesus Luzardo
Emmanuel Clase

J-Rod's eye-popping projections for 2023
How good do you think Julio Rodríguez can be? And how fast can he get there?
If you answered "an MVP front-runner" and "right now," well, you agree with one of baseball's biggest projection models: Steamer.
The Steamer projections for 2023, which are available on FanGraphs here, see the 22-year-old...
Julio Rodriguez

Will shift ban help these 6 hitters? Not so fast ...
As we move closer to the start of 2023, we’re nearer than ever to the end of the full infield shift, given that the new positioning rules will, for the first time, be in effect when Opening Day arrives. We’ve looked into how we might estimate the effects of that...
Joey Gallo
Max Kepler
Anthony Rizzo
Jeff McNeil
Freddie Freeman
Matt Olson