Arraez, barring any unforeseen complications, has all but locked up the NL batting title, which hasn't been settled by more than 16 points since 2002 -- four have been settled by one point or less. As baseball fans, when presented with a season like the one Arraez is having, we're ...
but he is still one of the best baseball players of all time. In his career, Gibson posted a batting average that rivaled the best hitters in MLB history (Ty Cobb, .366) and many of his peers believed hewas just as good as Babe Ruth. While Gibson’s numbers in the Negro Leagues a...
Tampa Bay Rays ownership invests about as much into the stadium as it does the roster, which is to say not very much. Despite being one of the best teams in baseball for years, the Rays have consistently had some of the lowest attendance in MLB. Players don’t like the artificial turf,...
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From Babe Ruth to Willie Mays to Ken Griffey Jr., virtually every baseball star has suited up for the Midsummer Classic and dazzled with their talent against the absolute best competition in the world. Nearly a century's worth of All-Star Games have brought us a little bit of everything:...
This has been a different Dodgers team in the postseason, struggling to take walks against all Padres not named Dylan Cease -- who's exhibited some of the worst control in baseball in his career. This should be another friendly matchup for Senga, whose forkball is rarely seen by opponents ...
Breaking down the best prop bets to consider for the Major League Baseball action on Monday, July 8.
That's because David Peterson, one of my least favorite pitchers in all of baseball, is taking the ball for New York. The left-hander continues to amaze, pitching around a .267 Expected Batting Average to a tidy 2.85 ERA. He's not striking guys out, he's walked almost 10% of the ...
He racked up 493 home runs in his relatively short career in baseball, boasting a .340 batting average, a .447 on-base average, and a .632 slugging average. 29 of those home runs were scored in his final season in the stadium, where he hit a .295 batting average and a .523 sluggin...
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