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…
Who’s got the best alternate fit in MLB? Ranking new 2026 City Connect uniforms
For at least a portion of the remaining MLB season, phrases like “Wisco” and “BMore” will be as…
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…
Cubs hope to regain Seiya Suzuki ahead of divisional series
Cubs hope to regain Seiya Suzuki ahead of divisional series originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The…
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…
Jets earn disappointing distinction no NFL team wants to hold
The New York Jets earned sole claim to an unwanted achievement this week. The team’s upstate counterpart in…
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,…
2026 MLB ace rankings: Baseball’s best starting pitchers
Even as baseball evolves, the power of the starting pitcher remains clear. So as the 2026 season heats…
Is MLB witnessing the arrival of another Golden Generation of shortstops?
Kevin McGonigle opened last season in A ball, then skipped Triple A altogether to make the Detroit Tigers’…
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…