Major League Baseball has announced its plan to crack down on pitchers who are applying foreign substances to baseballs beginning on Monday. The goal of the move is to improve offensive numbers throughout the sport, as batting averages are near all-time lows while pitchers are striking out more batters than […]
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What’s Wrong with the Dodgers? World Series Champions Reeling, Still Favored in 2021
The Los Angeles Dodgers went 13-2 to start the 2021 MLB campaign, leading to talk that the defending World Series champions might threaten the record of 116 wins in a season. Twenty games later, the Dodgers stand just one game over .500 and are in third place in the NL […]
Jacob deGrom Bringing the Heat in Quest for Third NL Cy Young Award in Four Years
New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom is throwing harder than ever heading into the 2021 season, a sign that he could make a strong run at the National League Cy Young Award this year. PointsBet lists deGrom as a +400 pick to win the trophy, which would be his third […]
Trevor Bauer Signs Three-Year Deal with Dodgers, Cementing LA as World Series Favorite
Trevor Bauer has signed a three-year, $102 million with the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, further strengthening what may already have been the strongest roster in Major League Baseball. The Dodgers beat the New York Mets for Bauer’s services, with many outlets reporting that the two teams were […]
MLB Free Agency: Bauer, Ozuna, Turner Still on the Market as Spring Training Nears
After a historically short 2020 campaign, Major League Baseball teams moved back to the business of hot stove season. While some of the biggest names are off the market, several prominent MLB free agents are still looking for teams just three weeks before pitchers and catchers are due to report […]
Trevor Bauer Traded for Yasiel Puig in Three-Team Trade with Padres, Reds, and Indians
On a night he was involved in a bench-clearing brawl between the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates, the Reds traded outfielder Yasiel Puig to the Cleveland Indians for pitcher Trevor Bauer in a three-team trade that also involves the San Diego Padres. Cleveland decided to punt on Trevor Bauer, who […]