Signing a contract like this is to a baseball player what building a pyramid was to an ancient pharaoh: You’re going to accumulate tons of treasure and have it — along with everyone in arm’s reach — buried with you.
This system is in pretty good shape, with five Top 100 prospects, an international group that is firing on all cylinders, and a knack for finding quality small-dollar signings.
One of our longest-tenured RosterResource pages has gotten a recent glow-up.
Jason Martinez and Jon Becker answer questions related to rosters, playing time, bullpen usage, minor leaguers, payroll, and more.
Varland took a circuitous route to excellence, but make no mistake, he's excellent now.
The Angels lefty has moved out of the bullpen and into the top of the starting pitcher rankings.
Daulton Varsho has a brand new swing and some concerning defensive metrics.
The Atlanta Braves southpaw is a pronator whose best pitch has unusual characteristics.
Rutschman is no longer hitting like someone who’s either exhausted, playing through a core injury, or both.
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the duality of Jo Adell’s defense (after the FARTBAT low that followed his triple-robbery high), Spencer Arrighetti and MLB’s monthly player honors as the last bastion of old-school-stat-based awards, whether a team with a losing record could make the playoffs this season, Paul Goldschmidt’s pleasing platoon role, how […]
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With a new pitch and improved command and velocity, the 24-year-old righty has begun rewarding the Dodgers' patience.
Different day and time, hopefully same mix of delightfully weird questions and answers.
This is a strong system with a little bit of everything, from projected superstars to high-risk/high-reward position players to near-ready pitching depth.
Pokopia, but make it baseball.
The real breakthrough for Meyer came when he introduced a second slider-type breaking pitch, this one a sweeper.
It's not just your imagination. There's been an unusually high amount of turnover atop the hitting leaderboards this year.
The Diamondbacks outfielder is having the best left-on-left season since Barry Bonds. It's not an accident.
The Reds lose a key cog of their offense at a very bad time.
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Oh, and Goat. Don't forget Goat. The Nationals infielder's slugging woes have him in some interesting company.
Over the moon in June.
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If I'd written about what hasn't gone wrong for the Cubs over the past three weeks, this post would've been much shorter.
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Fernando Tatis Jr.’s first home run of the season, injuries to Munetaka Murakami and Craig Kimbrel, a crotch-related suspension precedent, the mystery of Julio Rodriguez’s defense, Roki Sasaki’s surge, the phenomenon of National Anthem standoffs, Carmen Mlodzinski’s brief relief revolt, whether Victor Wembanyama would be a good pitcher, […]