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On Friday night, the two friends and first-year managers will lead their clubs into a critical series at Citi Field.
Will Sammon and Chandler Rome19
Missing Bats: Strikeouts broke baseball. Now a league grapples with how to fix itself
The Athletic MLB Staff138
MLB trade target tiers: Ranking 92 hitters, starters and relievers who could be available
Aaron Gleeman and Eno Sarris87
The Astros are finally .500 but there's 'no sense of relief'
Chandler Rome35
Astros' J.P. France to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery
Chandler Rome18
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Here are the starters, relievers and position players who are most likely to be traded, based on a survey of front office executives.
Jim Bowden307
Decades before MLB teams became obsessed with strikeouts, a small group of baseball heretics believed that they had figured out the secret.
Cody Stavenhagen77
“Our whole offense needs to take more pitches,” third baseman Alex Bregman said. “We swing too much.”
Chandler Rome19
With five weeks until the trade deadline, here's what we've learned and the storylines we're watching in the days ahead.
Levi Weaver136
Who is the player that best encapsulates, explains, or defines his team's season as a whole? This week, we take a look at the league's MDPs.
The Athletic MLB Staff203
Go deep inside the Cleveland pitching factory, where strikeout arms were manufactured with assembly-line efficiency.
Zack Meisel119
Plus, how losing Framber Valdez's personal catcher for an extended period will affect the team.
Chandler Rome21
Baseball in 2024 looks vastly different than it did two decades ago, and one clear root cause is behind it all. First in a five-part series.
Andy McCullough380
Bloss, who made his major-league debut Friday, exited after 79 pitches with what the club called right shoulder "discomfort."
Chandler Rome44
Bloss, a third-round selection in last July’s draft, has made just eight starts at Double A and will bypass Triple A entirely.
Chandler Rome and Ken Rosenthal20
Dive into all the latest and greatest happenings with the Astros in our weekly segment.
The Athletic MLB Staff7
Pinning underperformance on anyone but the players themselves seems misguided, but sports is full of figures who’ve taken the fall for it.
Chandler Rome22
We are less than a month out from the MLB draft and more information is available on who teams are most interested in taking in Round 1.
Keith Law171
Another blow to Houston's rotation also casts doubt about whether Verlander will reach the innings threshold for his 2025 vesting option.
Plus: A big-league debut 10 years in the making.
Levi Weaver and Ken Rosenthal32
The Astros cut ties with José Abreu, though that doesn't solve all of their problems.
Chandler Rome60
Every team has a player who’s not getting nearly enough credit. For this week’s edition, we celebrate an unsung hero for each team.
The Athletic MLB Staff218
The Astros don't have an obvious solution at first base, while rookie Joey Loperfido seems better suited as an outfielder at this point.
Chandler Rome40
Our panel of writers made a case for their favorites, discussing the good, the bad and the ugly of the complete MLB City Connect slate.
The Athletic MLB and Culture Staff938
Verlander is one of five healthy starters with meaningful major-league experience on Houston’s 40-man roster.
Chandler Rome42
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