Adding a new way to evaluate and interpret team-wide defensive performance to the sabermetric arsenal.
The anticipated crash leaves the Astros in the crater, but will their payroll commitments bury them even deeper?
Four, count’em, four teams are making their cases for being enlisted in the annals of all-time ignominy.
The latest Cuban import, a Dominican tragedy, plus more news on the injury beat.
The Padres make a run, the Astros name a scapegoat, will Tony La Russa become a free agent, plus news and views from around the game.
Despite last night’s heroics, Bruce Bochy’s misuse of Fred Lewis may be a key reason the Giants will miss the postseason.
Where the division’s major league moves are concerned, they’re invariably minor in significance.
Popping the hood to dig down into when to let it ride with your rookie hitters, and when to worry.
The Tribe’s lost summer leads to the burn-down and build-up of a new ballclub, but is the turnover over?
Sometimes it’s not just a matter of how fast you throw, but from how close to the plate you’re throwing it.
Record-setting horrors in the Steel City may not be news, but things are slowly getting turned around.
The wrong person’s being accused and then punished for lashing out over this season’s disappointments in Wrigleyville.
The notable quotables from the week that was.
Risking an ace for a number, while other players get shut down after achieving them, plus post-season roster considerations.
Going for veteran add-ons calls the GM’s judgment into question, but can things get any worse for a team picked to finished than finishing last?
The latest disaster on the shores of the Potomac can be blamed on a lack of vision, but is there no place to go but up?