Tarik Skubal isn't the only Tigers starter to watch at the Trade Deadline
While the Trade Deadline spotlight shines on Tarik Skubal, another pending free agent in the Tigers’ rotation is quietly becoming an enticing trade option as well....
Casey Mize
Shocker: The Red Sox have another good lefty starter
Jake Bennett has been just what the Red Sox needed.
The rookie left-hander has brought stability to a Boston rotation that has been without ace Garrett Crochet since late April and lost Connelly Early to the injured list on Wednesday. Scheduled to take the ball on Friday against the Angels...
Jake Bennett
Why Bryce Harper looks elite again
Bryce Harper is back to doing what he does best.
The two-time MVP sure looks elite these days, no matter how you slice it. Prefer traditional stats? Harper's .908 OPS is better than all but nine qualified hitters, entering play on Thursday. Want something that properly values extra-base hits? Harper...
Bryce Harper
The mystery behind Vlad Jr.'s career-worst slump
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. just finished off the weakest full month of his career (.498 OPS), which might be written off as a slump, if not for the fact that it followed the third-weakest month of his career (May’s .623 OPS), which might itself be a minor concern if not for...
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
How ace found his groove ... by calling his own pitches
Something obviously clicked for Logan Webb in June.
Not only did Webb lead the Majors with a 0.71 ERA last month, he went at least seven innings in all five of his starts. Workhorse Webb re-emerged for the Giants in full force.
What did the trick? Well, that's the fun...
Logan Webb
One of MLB's best defensive seasons came out of nowhere
For years, Luis Arraez rated as something like the weakest defensive second baseman in the game, an opinion the Padres validated when they moved him off the position to be primarily a first baseman/DH over the last two seasons. Despite that, Arraez bet on himself last winter, taking a one-year...
Luis Arraez
What's behind Goldschmidt's unexpected rebound season?
Paul Goldschmidt is a potential future Hall of Famer, and he’s having a fantastic season for the Yankees. Nothing unusual about that, except that he spent the final four months of last season – at age 38, no less – looking like the end of the road had come.
Take...
Paul Goldschmidt
Back in Reds lineup, Elly De La Cruz is an improved right-handed hitter
The switch-hitting Elly De La Cruz has said in the past that he is a natural right-handed hitter. In his fourth Major League season, he is finally looking like one.
Off the bat, we are writing about De La Cruz because he is healthy again, and that is what matters...
Elly De La Cruz
There's a simple reason why Skubal may not get traded
“The reality of the situation is, we need to play better baseball,” Tigers ace Tarik Skubal told the Detroit News last week, adding that “... or else come the \[Trade\] Deadline, you give the front office an option to reassess where this team is.”
Quite right. The sharks are already...
Tarik Skubal
Meet two young hitting stars who might have even better gloves
Can you name the best infield defender in baseball?
If you guessed Bobby Witt Jr., you'd be correct. The Royals shortstop is the defending Platinum Glove Award winner in the American League, and he's been sublime yet again this season, leading all infielders in outs above average (+16) and fielding...
Colson Montgomery
JJ Wetherholt
