Embed from Getty Images As we grow close to one-third of the way through the 2019 MLB season, we can know some things for certain. Cody Bellinger won’t possibly end the year over a .400 batting average. Mitch Garver won’t finish with a Ruthian-like slugging percentage. And Joey Gallo can’t conceivably keep up this strikeout pace… can he? But we can say with fairly high certainty which two players will…
Twenty years ago, Kevin Brown made baseball history when he signed the sport’s first $100 million contract; technically, a seven-year, $105 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Now? There have been 85 such deals, the most recent being Ronald Acuna’s eight-year, $100 million extension. For a long time, Alex Rodriguez held the honor of baseball’s loftiest contract at $252 million, and then he one-upped himself with a $275 million…
Embed from Getty Images We’re still a month away from Major League Baseball’s mid-summer All-Star Game, but it’s a fine time to evaluate which players have the edge to getting special invitations. For the sake of this article, I’ll play the role of the MLB commissioner, executives, and the fans, meaning I get final say in determining who makes the All-Star teams. It’s not merely an exercise in selecting the…
Embed from Getty Images The baseball world was dealt a shocking blow recently with the news of Robinson Cano’s 80-game suspension for PEDs. A career .305 hitter with a strong likelihood of reaching 3,000 hits, this was a harsh reality check for Cano’s Hall of Fame chances. He was probably on track for Cooperstown, but now faces an uphill battle to regain his respectability. Based on historical averages, you can…