What we’ve learned in the first half of the MLB season: 10 midsummer takeaways
Wait. The All-Star break is coming up next week? How’d that happen? Didn’t Shohei Ohtani make that home…
All the picks from the 2025 MLB Draft Day 1: Scouting analysis and evaluations
Day 1 of the 2025 MLB Draft got off to a surprising start, with the Washington Nationals taking…
Answering 25 MLB trade deadline questions with 3 weeks to go
Last week, I shared the results of my front office survey on the players and prospects who executives…
How rookie Cam Smith made the Astros believe he’s ‘got something special’
On Feb. 22, shortly after the start of spring training in West Palm Beach, Fla., Astros manager Joe…
MLB trade deadline Big Board 2.0: Top 40 players on market as July 31 approaches
We’re down to 22 days before the trade deadline — 22 days for front offices to decide whether…
Final MLB Mock Draft 2025: Kade Anderson still at 1; where will Ethan Holliday land?
This is my “final” draft mock for 2025, with the scare quotes there because I’ll update this over…
Former Astros exec Jeff Luhnow says teams have reached out about potential MLB roles: ‘I don’t think I’m blackballed’
HOUSTON — Former Houston Astros president of baseball operations Jeff Luhnow does not believe he is “blackballed” from…
MLB midseason awards 2025: MVP and LVP, Cy Young and Cy Yuk, top rookies and more
Hey there. I know you’re busy smoothing out your beach blanket or deciding which frozen drink to order…
Jake Meyers’ apparent injury puts the Astros’ ‘return-to-play process’ into question
HOUSTON — Jake Meyers made “return-to-play process” part of any Houston Astros fan’s vernacular. Three years ago, after…
How have the Blue Jays taken over the AL East? And can they hold off the Yankees in the second half?
Not too long ago, it was supposed to be the Toronto Blue Jays’ time. Their core was young,…