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The Angels need to do everyone a favor and free Shohei OhtaniI’m probably the last person to discover that Shohei Ohtani is a Skrull. How else can anyone explain the Angels’ shapeshifting MVP? He’s simultaneously leading the league in smashing balls into orbit and the next he’s striking out batters at a more prolific pace than all but three pitchers while kee...

Great news — Rob Manfred has more ideas on how to 'fix' the gameMajor League Baseball has certainly gotten its plaudits for the rule changes for the 2023 season, mostly because it’s sped up the game to well under three hours. Strikeouts and walks are still about where they’ve always been, but more grounders are getting through (strangely from right-handed hitter...

Can someone please explain how Josh Bell won a Silver Slugger award?At the end of October, MLB announced their finalists for the Gold Glove awards. Every MLB fan collectively put palm to face at the sight of Juan Soto being named a finalist for the NL right field Gold Glove. Thankfully, he didn’t win the award. MLB coaches and managers dodged a huge bullet with that...

Time to take this Sho’ on the road

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani’s days in red are numbered....

Who would win? Pitchers or position players?

Baseball is wacky nowadays. Just a few nights ago we watched Tampa Bay outfielder Brett Phillips pitch to reigning AL MVP Shohei Ohtani. The very next day, Ohtani was on the mound pitching to Phillips. When was the last time something like that happened? We’ve got a universal DH now. This stuff shou...

Baseball is back, but the DH is everywhere, and that’s awful

There’s only one bad thing about the MLB lockout being over: The game is changing forever....

Shohei Ohtani is on the cover of MLB the Show 22, much to the chagrin of Stephen A. Smith

When you talk about an audience gravitating to the tube, or to the ballpark, to actually watch you, I don’t think it helps that the number one face is a dude that needs an interpreter so you can understand what the hell he’s saying....

MLB continues dragging feet on universal DH, hurting the game for greedy reasons

It’s two months until pitchers and catchers are supposed to report to spring training, if all goes according to plan (yeah, right), and Major League Baseball still hasn’t determined whether or not the universal designated hitter will remain in effect for the 2021 season....