This weekend, we wrote about Julio Franco, who, along with Jamie Moyer, will be known forever as the greatest of all old-guy players. If you’re in your mid-40s, or even your late-40s, those guys will forever give you hope. But every team has had a 40-so
“Fernando pitched well beyond his years, from Day 1,” Scioscia says. “When he came up in 1980, you saw there was a composure that he had, a poise that sometimes players have to work into. He had it right away, and I think it was exemplified in that game, Game 3, against the ...
Alex Kuzoian
Of over 20,000 players that have played professional baseball dating back to 1876, only six, now that Ohtani has done it, have managed to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in a single season.That'show rare it is. Here are the only six players to achieve the feat in baseball history. ...
they have won 40 AL pennants, and 27 World Series championships, all of which are MLB records. The Yankees have won more titles than any other franchise in the four major North American sports leagues. Forty-four Yankees players and eleven Yankees managers have been inducted into the National...
over the offseason and struggled mightily through his first four months. He then got a supportive standing ovation from the home crowd, and went off in August and September. It's probably no coincidence. When Turner is right, he is one of the most dynamic players in the spo...
A 40 FV prospect is not without value but every organization has and has access to (players drafted in Rounds 3 through 5 of the draft are basically all 40 FVs right when they sign) many of these players every year. This year, I've left off the 35-plus FV tier from the ranki...
of MLB free agency in 2025. He’ll only be 26 years old and his production through his first four seasons puts him in historic company. Barring a career-altering injury or unexpected regression, Soto will sign the first $500 million contract to become one of the highest paid players in ...
Joining Vargas in the White Sox’ system will be Albertus and Perez: both 19-year-old infielders who signed with the Dodgers as international free agents in 2022 (Albertus out of Aruba, Perez out of the Dominican Republic). Baseball America ranked both players inside the Dodgers’ top-20 pro...
Nelson Cruz, 40 years old,1.9 WAR Somehow, some way, Cruz just continues to get better every single year. You expect him to drop off, but it just never happens. He will literally hit home runs until there areno more home runs to hit. And this season, the year he turned 40, has ...