In Kansas City, Bobby Witt Jr. appears to be solidifying himself in the upper tier of current stars. In Houston, Yusei Kikuchi appears dead set on proving the majority of trade deadline graders wrong. In Los Angeles, the greatest baseball player of all time is still doing his thing. With...
Possibly the best team currently for Jersey fans is the Philadelphia Eagles. The New York Rangers are the top local team in the NHL and the 76ers are the top local team in the NBA. The Philadelphia Phillies would be tops in MLB based on last season. The New York Liberty did make it ...
Despite being a three-time National League All-Star and a key piece of one of MLB’s best teams, Albies often goes unnoticed -- but he’s had some big moments for the Braves. 3-T.Corey Seager, Rangers A future Hall of Famer? That’s what Seager is in the eyes of one AL relief...
Finally, we found a team that wants the final wild-card spot in the American League. The Tigers swept the Royals last week and took four of six from the Orioles on the bookend of that series sweep. Detroit is 27-11 since Aug. 10, with its outfield mashing the ball over the last...
in the game. Game 5 of the 2024 ALCS is only the fourth best-of-7 MLB playoff game in which the home team scored two total runs with one run in the second inning and one run in the fifth inning. The 2024 ALCS becomes the first best-of-7 MLB playoff series (all rounds) to ...
The 2023 season was the Year of the Steal in MLB. With any luck, 2024 will bring even more stolen base fireworks around the league. Plenty of players have already taken advantage of the new rules encouraging stolen bases, with NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr.
Elo is a simple way to grade competitors based on a series of head-to-head results. Longtime FiveThirtyEight readers will know that we’ve put it to work before in rankingNFL,NBA,MLB, collegebasketballandfootball, andwomen’sandmen’sclub soccer teams. Here, we’re using it to rate F1 ...
There has never been an older player thanNat Hickey, who still holds the record for oldest NBA player ever, set back in 1948. Hickey was 45 years and 363 days old. The great story there is he was actually the team’s coach but chose to activate himself and play the sport instead. ...
Our expert panel has combined to rank every team in baseball based on a combination of what we've seen so far and what we already knew going into the 162-game marathon that is a full baseball season. We also asked ESPN MLB experts David Schoenfield, Bradford Doolittle, ...
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