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Plus: We asked a bunch of All-Star pitchers about the pitches they could never master.
Levi Weaver and Ken Rosenthal32
MLB Power Rankings: Twins, Dodgers stay hot; it's 'Wish You Were Here' week
The Athletic MLB Staff222
Reasons for each MLB team to be optimistic — and pessimistic — about the rest of the season
Jim Bowden162
Bally Sports saga gets much messier; second-best guys on the MLB stats leaderboard
Levi Weaver and Ken Rosenthal60
Comcast drops Bally RSNs, injecting more chaos into sports TV landscape
Evan Drellich416
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The team's recent sweep of the Rays inspired announcer John Schriffen to call out "those people who are talking crap about the White Sox."
Jon Greenberg107
Rarely in sports does everything go exactly as expected, and the end of April has us re-evaluating all of our preseason predictions.
Chad Jennings116
April baseball can confound, but we're here to help make sense of it, with 10 things we learned and insights from front-office executives.
Jayson Stark134
The Padres, Diamondbacks and Rays all lost major ground this week, while the Guardians find themselves knocking on our top 5.
The Athletic MLB Staff172
For this exercise, The Athletic canvassed 40 executives across the sport, and tabulated their results to build front office report cards.
The Athletic MLB Staff623
This week, we’re hunting for statistics that might mean more than your typical April numbers and what they say about where teams are headed.
The Athletic MLB Staff219
The Pirates pulled Jared Jones from a start after just 59 pitches (50 for strikes) after deciding in advance he'd only throw five innings.
Tyler Kepner21
Our latest update includes each pitcher's previous ranking and their K-BB%. Who are the risers and fallers after nearly a month of games?
Eno Sarris163
This class is shaping up to be strong at the very top, decent through pick 20 and weak after that.
Keith Law127
Betancourt, who played nine seasons in MLB, was part of a group which allegedly staged a car accident in order to collect insurance money.
C. Trent Rosecrans69
This free-agent class could be one of the best ever, depending on who opts in or out. Here is an early position-by-position look.
Jim Bowden137
Herzog's managerial prowess and executive handiwork helped the Cardinals win the World Series in 1982 (and appear in two others).
Rustin Dodd177
For the first time this year, the Braves are not No. 1 on our rankings. Plus, we dig into early-season player standouts for each team.
The Athletic MLB Staff272
Notes on all of the farm systems in the American League, including how Marcelo Mayer, Junior Caminero and other top names are faring.
Melissa Lockard34
The Royals lead the league in quality starts and have their sights set on a historic turnaround.
Tyler Kepner28
Plus: Are the Royals this good, or the Astros this bad?
Levi Weaver and Ken Rosenthal70
Where's the fun in not drawing conclusions this early? We hand out one overreaction for each club after the season’s first fortnight.
The Athletic MLB Staff275
High-profile young starters Spencer Strider, Shane Bieber and Eury Pérez are the latest to fall, and pitching experts see no end in sight.
Andy McCullough390
The minor-league season gets fully underway on April 5. Where are the top 50 prospects beginning their seasons?
Melissa Lockard68
It’s basically one week into this MLB season, and of course it seems like the whole sport is turned upside-down. That’s how baseball works.
Jayson Stark31
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