Boston's mustachioed rookie has dominated hitters. Here's how
The Red Sox rotation was projected to be one of the best units in baseball entering the season.
With a collection of current or former aces, viable mid-rotation starters and promising young arms, Boston’s starting pitchers were projected as one of the top rotations in baseball by plenty of outlets....
Payton Tolle
How this White Sox pitcher evolved into an ace
Davis Martin is not afraid to make a change.
Or two. Or three....
Davis Martin
How the defending champs fixed their 2 biggest flaws
The Dodgers have won back-to-back World Series titles, but this year's team may be the most well-rounded group they've assembled yet....
Breaking down Gage Jump's MLB debut -- and what comes next
Gage Jump is one of several intriguing pitching prospects in the A’s system.
Jump, MLB Pipeline’s No. 3 A’s prospect and No. 40 in all of baseball, made his debut on Tuesday against the Mariners. The left-hander allowed four runs in five innings and struck out five Seattle hitters....
Gage Jump
Another way Judge excels at the plate? ABS challenges
Aaron Judge was widely expected to be one of the primary beneficiaries of the new ABS system, and we know that because it was all anyone could talk about at Yankees camp this spring. Due to his 6-foot-7 frame, umpires had long struggled to identify the bottom of Judge’s zone,...
Aaron Judge
Guess which Phillies outfielder is up there with Cobb & Hornsby?
Brandon Marsh is a fine baseball player. A second-round Draft pick out of high school by the Angels in 2016, Marsh has spent most of the last five seasons roaming the outfield for a Phillies team that has been one of the most successful in the game over that time....
Brandon Marsh
How Jonah Tong has shuffled the deck in big league return
Jonah Tong is back in the Majors. At least for now, he's sticking around.
"We're going to need him," Mets skipper Carlos Mendoza said of Tong following Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Reds. "We'll continue to get creative."
Tong -- the organization's No. 2 prospect and No. 36 overall, per...
Jonah Tong
How many breaking balls?! The way teams are pitching Cubs is historic
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How Andy Pages went from World Series benching to playing like a star
Andy Pages has been one of the best players in baseball this season.
Entering Wednesday, Pages had a .299/.348/.534 slash line with 12 home runs in 55 games. His 2.7 WAR (per FanGraphs) was tied with Corbin Carroll for the second most among all position players.
If you watched him...
Andy Pages
Pair of castoffs has become baseball's best middle infield
Baseball’s top middle-infield duo this season probably isn’t one that would have come to mind at the start of 2026.
It’s not the D-backs’ Ketel Marte and Geraldo Perdomo. Or the Cubs’ Nico Hoerner and Dansby Swanson. Or the Mets’ Francisco Lindor and Marcus Semien.
Nor is it the Reds’...
Xavier Edwards
Otto Lopez
