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Wednesday's viral moment made the Dodgers appreciate one of their most popular employees even more: “He needs an extension, or a raise."
Fabian Ardaya3
Weird & Wild MLB June highlights: Running Red Sox, outrageous Ohtani and a 'clock-off' win
Jayson Stark21
Sliders: In the age of 'Missing Bats,' this slow-throwing Dodgers pitcher is an outlier
Tyler Kepner8
Missing Bats: Strikeouts broke baseball. Now a league grapples with how to fix itself
The Athletic MLB Staff138
How do you get Shohei Ohtani out? Pitchers share their tales of woe
Fabian Ardaya49
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The possible trade deadline pool: We've broken the potentially available players into hitter and pitcher tiers based on their value.
Aaron Gleeman and Eno Sarris87
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
Prior is the pitching coach for arguably the model team in baseball and says he's "grateful for where I'm at."
Jon Greenberg35
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
Three starting pitching targets just hit the injured list. And would Padres GM A.J. Preller deal even more prospects at the deadline?
The Athletic MLB Staff62
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
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
Either because of a crowded field, or because of quirks in the selection process these players are especially vulnerable to being left out.
Chad Jennings123
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
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
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
Batting around trade ideas that could make sense for both sides, including deals for Pete Alonso, Luis Robert Jr., Luis Severino and more.
Jim Bowden376
Losing your MVP candidate infielder and budding 25-year-old ace on the same weekend? Seems bad. But better in mid-June than mid-September.
Andy McCullough141
A 97.9 mph fastball from Royals reliever Dan Altavilla hit Mookie Betts during his at-bat in the seventh inning.
Jenna West179
Yamamoto has a 2.92 ERA over 74 innings (14 starts) so far this season.
Sam Blum44
I can't stop watching the video of Kikuchi romping out of the dugout to flatten a first baseman who was merely trying to play first base.
Jayson Stark48
With the benefit of a decade of hindsight, we re-draft the 2014 class and see Turner go off the board first. Who else would go in the first?
Keith Law104
The No. 1 pick in the 2014 draft didn't sign, and both of the top-two picks never reached the big leagues. They were among the misses.
Keith Law135
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