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This may upset Rob Manfred, but starting pitchers are not ever going to be what they used to beIt’s easy to say that MLB gets too caught up in its past and tries too hard to be the game it once was. A major part of baseball’s charm is its connection to its past. While the other sports don’t look anything like they did even 20 or 30 years ago, baseball doesn’t ever move too far from what it’s ...

50 things to be excited about 50 days before MLB Opening DayWe are 50 days away from the MLB’s opening day, so let’s take a look at 50 things of note for the 2024 season....

Why has MLB free agency ground to a halt?We were told that once Shohei Ohtani signed, or promised to the Dodgers that he can take all his money after the ocean reclaims Los Angeles as a whole, the rest of the free agents would start to fly off the shelves. It’s now Jan. 3, spring training is about six weeks away, and most of the free agent...

Shohei Ohtani's most likely landing spot is the NL West

We’ve come to the end of our tour of the islands of every MLB team’s offseason outlook. We wrap up in the NL West, still the favorite landing place for Shohei Ohtani, as two of the rivals here are going to duke it out to bring him either slightly up the coast or six hours up it. One more time…...

2023 MLB NL saves leaders

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Someone should look into this agreement Justin Verlander has with Father Time

If you’ve watched enough Justin Verlander starts, there’s always a feeling he has one last card to play when he absolutely needs it. That mostly comes from his habit of keeping his fastball velocity just low enough to be a tease early in his starts, and then somewhere later when he really needs it h...

2023 MLB saves leaders

This article is based on data from Sportradar. Text was compiled by an AI engine that was then reviewed and edited by the editorial staff....

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...