Even with the wild-card round, nearly half of MLB's 30 teams had a 10 percent or less chance to make the playoffs before a single pitch was thrown this season, including four teams at less than 1 percent. TeamOpening Day playoff odds ...
Bradford Doolittle, ESPN Staff WriterJun 19, 2019, 06:50 AM ETCloseMLB writer and analyst for ESPN.comFormer NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.comBeen with ESPN since 2013EmailPrintOnce upon a time, the Midwest was the heart of baseball in America. This was about 100 years ago, after the...
No matter what happens in the World Series, the winner will claim not only the title of champion but also most expensive champion in MLB history — a designation that the 2018 Red Sox, who spent $239.5 million on their payroll and another $12 million on their luxury-tax bill, held for ...
With the present looking less and less rosy, the Yankees are about to get a closer view of their potential future. New York called up No. 80 overall prospect Everson Pereira to the Majors for the first time on Tuesday. The move comes amid an eight-game l
dutifully reported them without any further investigation: Sixteen percent of Iowa’s children live in “poverty” – a little lower than the 2002 national average of 16.7%. I’m sure this little routine was repeated in other states as well, in a conveniently-timed attempt to make the rest ...
Players have come and gone like passengers moving through a busy airport and fans are losing interest in the team. Now is their chance to change all that. The Yankees have been damaged with the loss of Soto. This is the Sox’ opportunity to close the gap on their rivals by re...
The result is that over 40 percent of MLB plate appearances are taken from the left side. The pitching component of this narrative, however, does not withstand scrutiny. It’s true that pitchers face left-handed hitters more frequently than they would in the general population, but that isn’...
Their odds have grown exponentially, going from less than a one percent chance to now being in a tie with theKansas City Royalsfor the No. 5 seed and having a70.1 percent chance of advancing. Everything has come together for the Tigers, who are receiving timely hitting and lights-out...
Ten percent (+4%) of MLB starters wore hybrid or composite cleats like Juan Soto’s Harper 3. For the first time, New Balance (COMPv1), Nike (Ultrafly), and UA (Harper 3) all offer some form of hybrid. As companies continue to innovate, the number of hybrid cleat users in the ...
TMQ Non-QB Non-RB MVP: Only players whose teams reach the postseason are considered, on the reasoning that he who would wear the mantle of "most valuable" had better have created some value. In an unexpected development, this year Alex Smith of the Forty Niners was eligible to be Non-Qu...