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Finally, one of Scott Boras’ strays finds a homeEven though spring training is now in full swing, games are being played and every player is hanging dong unintentionally, the major story in MLB remained the four Scott Boras clients that had yet to sign a contract. That number dropped to three, as Cody Bellinger will be fostered by the Cubs, who t...

The NL Central is looking like it's Chicago and then everyone elsePicking up our tour through the winter plans for all MLB teams, and today we land in the NL Central, where the only monster within might actually be starting to act like it. ...

The New York Mets get their guy, now what?David Stearns coming back to New York to become president of baseball operations for the Mets was about one of the worst-kept secrets in baseball. The Mets asked to talk to him after he stepped down from his post in Milwaukee and were denied access after last season, but it didn’t take a cocaine-add...

MLB pushing long overdue rule changes for 2023

So far in 2022, the batting average across MLB is .243 — the lowest mark for the entire league since 1968. On-base percentage sits at .312 — the lowest mark since 1972. Slugging percentage is currently at .395 — the lowest since 2014. OPS is at .707, once again, the lowest since 2014. It’s no secret...

Deadspin’s 2022 MLB predictions: The good, the bad, the frustrating

You don’t need sportswriters to tell you that the Dodgers are going to be better than the Diamondbacks this year. You already know that. At the same time, it feels wrong to go into the baseball season without looking ahead at it, without trying to gaze into a crystal ball to make some kind of picks....

Devin Williams to miss postseason for dumbest of reasons

In the dumbest injury at the worst time department, we’d like to announce Brewers reliever Devin Williams as this year’s recipient....

So, Mariners' phenom Jarred Kelenic is having some trouble adjusting

About a month ago, the Jarred Kelenic era officially began in Seattle. In his second game in the big leagues, Kelenic went 3-for-4 with three extra-base hits including a dinger, and the baseball world — including myself — went wild...like Bear Grylls wild. However, perhaps declaring Kelenic the next...

Joe Girardi and his Little League gaffe

Joe Girardi will probably have to double, triple, maybe even quadruple check his lineup cards from here on out....