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On Saturday, the Royals will induct Jackson into their Hall of Fame. The highlights from his time in KC are plenty and worth remembering.
Rustin Dodd58
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
Missing Bats: As MLB arm injuries mount, the rising cost of gas becomes clear
Stephen J. Nesbitt150
MLB execs predict Crochet, Chisholm and 16 other players most likely to be traded at deadline
Jim Bowden307
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Decades before MLB teams became obsessed with strikeouts, a small group of baseball heretics believed that they had figured out the secret.
Cody Stavenhagen77
Plus the Guardians' not-so-secret edge and a handful of the latest trade notes.
Ken Rosenthal106
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
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
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
The biggest names being targeted by teams include Pete Alonso, Luis Robert Jr., Jesús Luzardo and Luis Severino. Here's where things stand.
Jim Bowden263
The Royals — the Royals! — are on track to match the greatest single-season turnaround of all time.
Rustin Dodd and Zack Meisel52
I've been talking, texting and emailing with front-office executives, as well as others in the game, to gauge how the market is shaping up.
Jim Bowden226
We have entered the thick of the season and the sample sizes are large enough that we can start asking some big questions about these teams.
The Athletic MLB Staff178
Perez gave the Mets' youngster advice on coping with a thumb injury: “I think he’s going to be one of the best catchers in the game."
Will Sammon60
Some think a shorter season would be a good idea, while other players don't see a problem with 162 games: "Anyone who complains is soft."
Chad Jennings274
This spring, we interviewed more than 100 MLB players to get their unfiltered takes on who's the best, who's most overrated and more.
The Athletic MLB Staff589
Here is my early look at the NL and AL All-Star teams, with starters and backups for each position, if I had to pick and project them today.
Jim Bowden409
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