With George Springer off to Toronto for the next six years, the best free-agent center fielder is off the market. Actually, his move to Canada cuts the starting-caliber free-agent market for that position in half, because there were only ever two: Springer and Jackie Bradley Jr., who was probably waiting...

In recent years, we've seen Gerrit Cole and Tyler Glasnow reach ace status after being traded away from Pittsburgh. Is Joe Musgrove next? With Tuesday's three-team trade official, the right-hander is the newest member of the Padres, three years after he joined the Pirates in the deal that sent Cole...

The top free-agent reliever came off the board this past week, with Liam Hendriks signing a four-year, $54 million deal with the White Sox. So did Archie Bradley (Phillies) and Pedro Báez (Astros). But a large number of intriguing options remain. While the best available relievers are not without their...

The Cardinals need someone to swoop in and help save their offense in 2021. They might already have the player who can do it. It's Dylan Carlson. St. Louis' No. 1 prospect might have struggled at first when he got called up last year, but if you look a little...

Last October, the White Sox had their season end at the hands of Liam Hendriks. In Game 3 of the American League Wild Card Series, Oakland's stud closer allowed a leadoff single to James McCann, then struck out Yoán Moncada, Luis Robert and Nomar Mazara. The A's advanced. Chicago went...

They say the fastball count is dying. Don't tell Liam Hendriks. The reigning American League Reliever of the Year -- who finalized a four-year deal with the White Sox on Friday -- got to this point with an old-school approach to attacking hitters. Hendriks pumps fastballs until he gets ahead....

It was June 1, 1986, and it was a big day for Reds starter Chris Welsh. The 31-year-old was making his debut for Cincinnati -- the hometown team he grew up cheering for -- and he was excited. "Yeah, I had my family and my friends there," Welsh, now a...

John Means wasn't a high Draft pick (11th round in 2014), and he wasn't a highly regarded prospect (No. 29 in the Orioles' system in 2017), so when he shockingly made the All-Star team as a rookie in '19, it was easy to write it off as a fluke. Someone...

Cleveland starter Shane Bieber is one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball, and we probably don't need to go much beyond "he just won the American League Cy Young unanimously" to back that up. We will anyway, though; he allowed only 14 earned runs in 12 starts in 2020;...

There's no such thing as too much of a nasty pitch. So there are plenty that we want to see a lot more of next season. All of these pitches are fun to watch. But for one reason or another -- whether it's a pitcher who has too many nasty...