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The Good-Player, Bad-Team MLB All-Stars

Major League Baseball’s long-standing policy requiring the All-Star rosters to include a representative from every team has helped to produce some pretty questionable selections over the years. Because let’s be honest: Some teams just don’t have any All-Star-worthy players on the payroll some seasons. But this year, that’s less of an issue than usual. According […]

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The Rockies Have Their Worst Coors Field Hangover Yet

The Colorado Rockies have always played their best baseball at home in Denver. Since joining MLB in 1993, Colorado has a .544 home winning percentage — the 12th-best of any club in baseball. This year, the team is 31-17 at its home park, giving it the sixth-best home record of any club, and it’s outscoring […]

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Marcus Semien Bet On Himself. It’s Paying Off.

Before 2019, Marcus Semien was already a valuable major leaguer. His solid glove and roughly league-average offensive output were more than enough to make him a quality shortstop, if an unspectacular one. He showed his power potential in 2016, blasting 27 home runs en route to career highs to that point in slugging percentage (.435) […]

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Long Before Shohei Ohtani, There Was Bullet Rogan

With a pair of home runs against the New York Yankees in the Bronx on Tuesday night, Shohei Ohtani continued what has been nothing less than a remarkable 2021 season. Ohtani’s homers — Nos. 27 and 28 on the year — vaulted him into the MLB lead ahead of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and gave him […]

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Baseball’s Sticky Situation

First, we check in with MLB after a weekend of chaos, drama and pants. The league’s directive to enforce rules against “sticky stuff” and illegal grip aids has already seen a reduction in pitchers’ spin rates that might solve some of baseball’s bigger problems. Pitchers are not taking it in stride, and for good reason […]

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