The Boston Red Sox’s strangest stat explains their entire season
The strangest number attached to the 2026 Red Sox is also the one that explains them best. Boston leads Major League Baseball in ninth inning…
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The Phillies are a perfect Byron Buxton fit, which is exactly why a trade feels unlikely
The problem with the Byron Buxton trade idea is that it makes too much sense. The Phillies need just about everything Buxton provides. They need…
The Los Angeles Dodgers are protecting Shohei Ohtani like the investment he is
Shohei Ohtani leaving Thursday night’s game against the Pirates looked alarming for about five minutes. Then Dave Roberts explained what happened, and the story got…
Red Sox make Craig Breslow’s job status clear while also raising the stakes on him
Sam Kennedy answered the question that has hung over the Red Sox for weeks. The more interesting one is what his answer set up. During…
Max Scherzer reached a milestone in Toronto and left the Blue Jays with a harder question
Max Scherzer got the milestone. The Toronto Blue Jays still went home needing answers. Scherzer became just the 11th pitcher in MLB history to record…
Glaring issues for New York Yankees offense highlighted with position OBP stat
The New York Yankees remain near the top of the American League, but one stat has made their offensive issues impossible to ignore. New York…
‘Scary’ incident sees Kansas City Royals pitcher get hit in the head by 106mph batted bal
Kansas City Royals pitcher Seth Lugo was hit in the head by a 106.6 mph line drive from Brandon Nimmo during Wednesday’s game against the…
Jackson Chourio hits camera man with huge 445ft home-run at hitter-friendly Vegas ballpark
Jackson Chourio delivered one of the most eye-catching MLB moments of the week when he smashed a home run into the centre-field camera at Las…
Ken Rosenthal says we could see trades in June and the calendar says believe him
The trade deadline is still nearly two months away, but one of the most plugged-in reporters in the sport thinks the action might start early.…
