The Los Angeles Dodgers possess such a dazzling amount of star power that it can be easy to take the individual components for granted. Can anyone truly stand out on a roster with multiple former MVPs, a handful of future Hall of Famers and an MLB-high 13 players who’ve been named All-Stars at some point […]
After sweeping the San Diego Padres over the weekend, the Los Angeles Dodgers are on pace to win 103 games this season — the fourth time in the past five seasons that they have produced at least 100 wins per 162 games. If that trend holds steady over the next few weeks, L.A. would become […]
The Boston Red Sox were one of baseball’s great disappointments the past two seasons, going a combined 108-114 in 2019 and 2020 after they won the World Series with a 108-54 record in 2018. While everything went right for Boston in that championship run, a combination of regression and injuries to highly paid stars dragged […]
In 2018, then-Boston Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts put on one of the greatest single-season performances in MLB history: En route to an American League MVP award, Betts led the majors in batting with a .346 average, hit 32 home runs, had a .438 on-base percentage, slugged an MLB-best .640, scored 129 runs and […]
The impending return of baseball has fans everywhere excited, but it has also set off a series of more specific, if still tentative, celebrations. Yankees fans hope to get their first look at Gerrit Cole, Angels fans at Anthony Rendon and Joe Maddon, everyone else at the sight of the Astros facing opposing pitchers (if […]