Why Ketel Marte’s recent homer felt bigger than a normal Diamondbacks highlight
Ketel Marte demolished a 95.3 mph sinker from Giants reliever Erik Miller on May 26, launching it 452 feet at 113.7 mph off the bat.…
Joe Kiemen
The real reason Chase Burns is fighting an uphill Cy Young race in Cincinnati
Chase Burns did not crack MLB.com’s top five in the latest National League Cy Young poll, and Reds fans treated it as another small-market slight.…
Half of the American League is underachieving, and nobody can take advantage
The backlash to CBS Sports handing out so many failing grades across the American League was immediate, and the reaction may have proved the article’s…
How a two-week collapse turned the Chicago Cubs from contender to mess
Two weeks ago, the Cubs sat on top of the MLB.com power rankings. Now they look like a team trying to survive its own collapse.…
What Abner Uribe did to the Cardinals dugout just lit a fuse in the NL Central
Baseball has changed enough that almost nobody gets angry about emotion anymore. Bat flips are normal, pitchers scream after strikeouts, and dugouts celebrate everything. What…
Logan Allen took the blame, but the Cleveland Guardians’ real issue runs deeper
Logan Allen became the easiest person to blame because he was standing on the mound when things got ugly, but he was not really the…
The strange stat that explains exactly who the Miami Marlins are becoming
The strangest stat attached to the Marlins doubles as a window into who this young team is becoming. Miami has only two series sweeps this…
Colton Cowser got the walk-off, but a Craig Albernaz non-move helped save the Orioles
Colton Cowser gave the Orioles the headline. Craig Albernaz may have given them something just as important. Baltimore beat the Rays 9-7 in 13 innings…
The Seattle Mariners found a smart rotation plan with one growing catch
The Mariners’ piggyback experiment is working on paper, and the growing frustration around it is the part worth watching. Seattle beat the Athletics 9-2 on…
The real reason behind Bryan Reynolds’ strange season for the Pittsburgh Pirates
The simplest explanation for Bryan Reynolds’ unusual start is the one Pirates fans keep returning to: something must be wrong physically. The evidence does not…
