The Baseball Writers’ Association of America haselected the three newest Hall of Famers, with Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer officially getting the call on Tuesday and joining manager Jim Leyland -- previously elected by the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee -- in the Class ...
MLB.com is taking a club-by-club look at the best players who are currently not in the Hall of Fame. For this exercise, we focused only on retired players who are eligible but have not yet been voted in, or were eligible and did not stay on the ballot. Here are five of the best...
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There's sure to be plenty of debate around the best current MLB players. Who are the best baseball players right now? Which of the best Major League Baseball players right now do you love? When it comes to the best current player in the MLB today, Mike Trout and Bryce Harper, two of...
Not only was Roberto Clemente one of the best MLB players ever, he was an even better person away from the field. The accomplishments at the plate – .834 OPS, 240 home runs, 1,305 RBI – speak for themselves, but there’s also a reason the MLB player who is most involved in his...
But to say he is “fast for a catcher” is underrating him. His sprint speed is faster than middle-of-the-diamond players such as Marcus Semien, Jazz Chisholm, Brandon Nimmo, Nick Madrigal and Victor Robles. Realmuto is an excellent baserunner who takes good secondary leads. He took an...
Brazil has one of the richest soccer legacies in the world. The country has produced many of the greatest players of all time including Pele, a man in the top three of this list. However, if not for his countryman’s massive influence on the sport, Ronaldo would be viewed as the great...
The Mets’ computer outlook is dimmer in part because FiveThirtyEight’s model bakes in injuries to starting pitchers (though not to relievers or position players), and the Mets are heavy on injured starters. Verlander went on the 15-day injured list on March 30 and has yet to make his ...
of its players more or less extensively (or not at all) during October. Finally, note that some of these measures are descriptive or value-neutral, and they might not necessarily equate to effectiveness. We use the catchall word "best," but feel free to sub in the word "most" or "...
Says Sword, “We’re pleased that today has looked just like the last two years in the minors and this year’s spring training. We think we’re ready to go.” The players deserve massive credit for buying into the changes so quickly. They realized quickly in spring training that getting...