Sports Illustrated- MLB

Nov 08, 2021

Ranking MLB's Top 50 Free Agents

This offseason features the best free-agent class of shortstops in recent memory.

Oct 23, 2021

There’s No Stopping Houston’s Hitters

The only concern for the Astros was whether their pitching would hold up. Their bullpen was overworked, Lance McCullers Jr. was out for the series and the Red Sox’ offense was scoring runs at a historic pace. Then, Boston’s bats went cold. Over the final three games of the series, the Red Sox ...

Oct 23, 2021

How Dusty Baker, Brent Strom and Martín Maldonado Seized the ALCS From the Red Sox

Through the power of observation, the trio figured out how to flip the series from a Red Sox slugfest to an Astros World Series berth.

Oct 13, 2021

The White Sox Embarrassed Themselves Against the Astros

In a scene toward the end of The Wedding Singer (1998), Adam Sandler’s character Robbie is leaving a bar with a few friends. Robbie’s life has been one long cycle of promise and heartbreak. He’s been drinking heavily because he’s hopelessly in love with Julia, who’s engaged to a womanizing Wall ...

Oct 09, 2021

There’s Nothing Like Watching Aces Shove in October

It took until yesterday afternoon—the fourth day of the postseason—before two starting pitchers completed six innings in the same game. Hours later, two other starting pitchers did it again. It was refreshing to see, not because of some old-timey, pitcher-wins-matter romanticism. But simply because ...