JJ Wetherholt gets a jump on the Cardinals’ renaissance, plus more notes from around MLB
When St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Brant Brown compares rookie second baseman JJ Wetherholt’s makeup to that of…
4 young MLB players deserving of a bigger opportunity with their team
Being a young player can be hard in MLB. For some, like Konnor Griffin, you’re given an opportunity…
MLB Draft 2026 ranking 2.0: Roch Cholowsky still at the top, but Vahn Lackey closing in
Once again, the strength of this MLB Draft is in its high school pitching. There’s enough major-conference college…
Is MLB heading for a lockout? Why is Tony Vitello under scrutiny? Jim Bowden mailbag
On Wednesday, the baseball world awoke to the announcement that the Pittsburgh Pirates and Konnor Griffin agreed to…
Miami Marlins end Cincinnati Reds’ 5-game winning streak, beating them 7-4
Griffin Conine and Connor Norby homered to lead the Miami Marlins past the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 on Wednesday…
MLB Power Rankings: Dodgers and Yankees blah blah blah, let’s talk about the Brewers and Pirates(?!)
Often, whenever we write about baseball early in the season, we have to make sure everyone realizes that…
MLB’s robot umps are messing with the math, all hail Ohtani, an epic rookie race?
Here at the old Weird and Wild column, we’re hanging onto those roller-coaster handle bars for dear life,…
Conine hits a 2-run homer, Marlins score 4 runs in 4th inning in 9-2 win over White Sox
MIAMI — – Griffin Conine hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning, and the Miami Marlins…
MLB Power Rankings: What did we learn from each team’s first series? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Every week, we ask a selected group of our baseball writers — local and national — to rank the…
2026 MLB Power Rankings: Who’s Off to a Hot Start After the First Weekend?
Clearly, we can extrapolate a lot from the first few games of a season. Remember last year when…
Has MLB overtaken the NBA as America’s No. 2 league?
As tears dried and champagne flowed in the afterglow of Venezuela’s dramatic defeat of the United States in…
MLB base coaches say new rule to curb pitch tipping has put them in harm’s way
On Opening Day this week, some Major League Baseball coaches are going to take their positions on the…