What to make of Profar's 2024 ... and his free agency case
One of the starting outfielders from the 2024 All-Star Game is out there available in free agency, yet you’ve barely heard a peep about him all winter. In fact, it’s been nearly a month since his last rumor entry on MLBTradeRumors popped up. If not for the obvious name atop...
Jurickson Profar
3 reasons Alonso can be a 40-homer hitter again
Pete Alonso, the biggest bat still on the free-agent market, remains a bit of a conundrum.
He's been one of MLB's top power hitters for his whole career, of course -- Alonso's 226 home runs since he debuted in 2019, an average of 43 per 162 games, rank second only...
Pete Alonso
Is the 6-man rotation a trend or a phase?
The Dodgers in 2025 plan to use a six-man rotation, both because of how many of their pitchers are coming off injuries, and because that’s how Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto operated in Japan.
The Red Sox may do the same – though Lucas Giolito doesn’t sound like he cares...
10 players who could be 2025 versions of '24's breakout stars
It's a great time to watch young stars in baseball. Here's who might be next up in 2025.
Phenoms like Bobby Witt Jr., Gunnar Henderson, Elly De La Cruz and Paul Skenes stole the show last season. And there will be a new wave of rising stars that stand out...
Elly De La Cruz
Jackson Merrill
James Wood
Pete Crow-Armstrong
Roman Anthony
Nick Lodolo
MacKenzie Gore
Taj Bradley
Spencer Schwellenbach
Ben Joyce
The 40 likely Hall of Famers you'll see in 2025
It’s that time of the year again: Which likely Hall of Famers can you expect to see play live and in person in the Major Leagues in 2025?
We’ve been doing this since at least 2016, at which point we noted that some young stars who had been in the...
15 standout Statcast plays from a memorable 2024 season
Just in time for New Year's, let's look back at the top plays of 2024.
We give out Statcast superlatives every season -- for everything from the hardest-hit ball to the longest home run to the fastest pitch to the best catch.
Here are 15 of MLB's best plays of...
Oneil Cruz
Giancarlo Stanton
Jesus Sanchez
Ben Joyce
Dominic Smith
Garrett Stubbs
Walker Buehler
Devin Williams
Pete Crow-Armstrong
Manny Machado
Corbin Carroll
Elly De La Cruz
Patrick Bailey
Nolan Jones
Daulton Varsho
1 stat for every team to marvel at from 2024 season
Part of what makes baseball the best are the feats and amazing stats accruing left and right, every single day. We chronicle them throughout the year, but there’s no better time than before the calendar flips to take a look back.
It’s hard to pick just one per team after...
King to Cooperstown? HOF cases for, and against, Félix
Félix Hernández, eligible for the Hall of Fame for the first time this year, sits in the middle of an inflection point in baseball history.
With 169 wins, a 3.42 ERA, a single Cy Young win, and a career that was essentially finished by age 30, he doesn’t measure up...
Felix Hernandez
5 fun facts about Elly's domination on the basepaths
This story was excerpted from the Reds Beat newsletter, with David Adler filling in for Mark Sheldon. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox....
Elly De La Cruz
Measuring PCA's excellence on bases, in field
This story was excerpted from Jordan Bastian's Cubs Beat newsletter. This edition was written by reporter/researcher David Adler. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox....
Pete Crow-Armstrong
