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J.T. Realmuto is the best free agent on the market
In my mind, Realmuto is the best free agent on the market. Here’s why.
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Marty’s musings: Mets have a new owner, and fans rejoice
Changes in New York and Chicago.
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Morning Mound Visit: Hawkeye allows new insight into the physics of pitching
Move over Magnus force; What could Jerry Dipoto do?; Hope for minor leaguers
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Morning Mound Visit: Kevin Gausman has a big decision to make
Should Gausman take the qualifying offer?; Directors of Sleep; MLB’s takeover of MiLB
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Morning Mound Visit: The search for Matt Klentak’s replacement has a roadblock
The Phillies are stuck; the price of a win is going down; Steve Cohen’s opportunity
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Where Baseball Could Line Up In A Time Of Change
Its not about being "woke", but finding were you can start to do the work.
Hey, Ballplayer! You’ve always challenged the norm
Speaking out is always been a part of the National Pastime
When expectations aren’t low enough
Ursula Parson on MLB, Black Lives Matter, and performative activism
A neutral-site World Series is actually a negative
Like the ghost runner rule, the neutral-site World Series should stay in 2020.
Morning Mound Visit: A MLBPA grievance is still on the table
The leverage the union has; a low number of qualifying offers; the Wilpons also screwed up their return on investment
The Dodgers winning the World Series is good for baseball
Every team should try to emulate the Dodgers to put the best roster they can on the field year-in-and-year-out.
Marty’s musings: the Los Angeles Dodgers are the 2020 World Champions
Dodgers take home their first World Series championship since 1988.
The price for a solid player in the COVID-19 offseason
The Cardinals’ decision to decline Kolten Wong’s option is emblematic of what’s to come.
Corey Seager: World Series MVP, and homegrown star
Sure the Dodgers spend a lot of money, but their World Series and NLCS MVP was homegrown star Corey Seager.
Morning Mound Visit: White Sox hire Tony La Russa for manager
It’s a weird choice but Jerry Reinsdorf gets what Jerry Reinsdorf wants.
Bringing in Nick Anderson was a worse decision than pulling Blake Snell
Certainly much of the backlash in response to Cash’s decision is due to what happened next.
MLB’s exceptional stupidity
In the crowning moment of the 2020 season MLB showed just how stupid it could be by allowing a COVID-positive Justin Turner onto the field to celebrate with his teammates.
Morning Mound Visit: Kolten Wong headlines surprising list of declined options
The cost of a win is going down.
Morning Mound Visit: Dodgers win World Series
Sometimes being the best team in baseball pays off.
We’re due for a long, brutal offseason
This will make the 2018-19 offseason look like nothing.
Morning Mound Visit: Dodgers could end 32-year championship drought tonight
Los Angeles has a chance to win its first World Series since 1988.
Marty’s musings: the Rays and Dodgers are putting on a World Series show
Five wild games to the World Series lead us into the last week of this COVID-shortened season.
The Rays need a reignited Brandon Lowe
Lowe was the Rays’ best hitter this year. After slumping to start the postseason, he finally played like it in Game 2.
Morning Mound Visit: Hulu drops several regional sports networks
Marquee and Fox Sports Kansas City were among the cut networks.
Wander Franco: The joy of a fleeting image
When Wander Franco released a photo of his uniform with a 2020 World Series patch on it the baseball world got really excited.
Morning Mound Visit: Blake Snell, Brandon Lowe help Rays even series
Brandon Lowe lives.
Clayton Kershaw, pulled early
Some say Kershaw is left in too long during his postseason starts. But not in Game 1.
Mookie Betts and the Red Sox’ stupidity
The Red Sox traded away Mookie Betts. Let that sink in for a moment, it’s hard to get one’s head around how a team could do something so monumentally stupid.
Morning Mound Visit: Dodgers take Game 1 behind Kershaw, Betts
We were this close to "Kershaw was taken out too soon" takes.
Why the Rays will win the World Series
The Rays have already beaten two great teams this October. The recipe for their first World Championship is right in front of us.
Why the Dodgers will win the World Series
The Rays are a great team. The Dodgers are better.
Morning Mound Visit: The best teams made it to the World Series but the format still stinks
The two number one seeds advanced to the Fall Classic, but this was an unlikely outcome.
Marty’s musings: two awesome LCS game sevens get us ready for the Fall Classic
Two fantastic seven-game League Championship Series lead us into World Series week.
Nick Anderson has looked merely mortal
Anderson certainly hasn’t been bad, but he has gotten into some trouble recently.
The Negro Leagues need help from MLB players
The Negro Leagues are celebrating their centennial and it is has become more clearer than ever that future generations depend on MLB players using their voices to make sure the Negro Leagues are never forgotten.
Rays’ outfield Randy Arozarena is destroying baseballs this October
Randy Arozarena is having a breakout postseason of epic proportions.
Morning Mound Visit: Clayton Kershaw once again left in too long
The Narrative will never die.