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Texas Rangers could (eventually) have two top-of-the-line starters in their rotationFinally, the Texas Rangers’ front office is attempting to position the franchise out of American League irrelevance. The team hasn’t won a postseason game since 2015 and, in the seven years since, Texas has tried to revamp its roster multiple times with players like Ian Desmond, Mike Napoli — eligib...

Max Scherzer out for Game 6, which the Dodgers will definitely win anyway because AtlantaThe Dodgers aren’t going to have Max Scherzer start Game 6 of the NLCS due to arm fatigue, after the ace lasted only 4.1 innings in Game 2 and clearly wasn’t his regular self in the wake of his dramatic save in Game 5 of the division series in San Francisco....

Nationals’ Bob Boone is the latest to pick ‘principle’ over science and safetyBob Boone isn’t the first and won’t be the last....

It may be incremental, but it’s progress

Vaccinations were the news of the night, as they tend to be these days. But at least it was news on the side of people being rational about it to the people being irrational morons. That was something of a gear change from most of the time....

Deadspin predicts: Teams that will improve, or regress, in the second half

The All-Star Game has come and gone. The American League continues to wreck the Senior Circuit year-in, year-out, and it’s abundantly clear that Vladdy Jr., Shohei Ohtani, and Liam Hendriks are the coolest dudes in the sport. Now, the attention turns to the second half of the season. Will the teams ...

No, armchair Twitter goofs, you can’t hit top-tier pitching

I’m not a professional athlete. I’m not even an athlete. I used to be, back in my youth. You’ll hear a cornucopia of opinions on sports from me, from strategy to execution. When a player does something fantastic, I’ll say it. When a player does something awful, I’ll say it. What you will never hear ...

Jack Leiter nearly twirls second no-no in a row, but (rightly) pulled on pitch count

Tim Corbin is the only person in college baseball who can stop Jack Leiter right now, and on Friday night, he did....

Al Leiter’s kid Jack is a chip off the old ‘no-no’ block

The Yankees knew what they were doing when they drafted Jack Leiter in the 20th round two years ago. But they also couldn’t convince Al Leiter’s son to forego college. Pretty much everyone in college baseball outside of Vanderbilt wishes they had....