Rubbing Mud

Rubbing Mud: This is Really All We Know: The Wests

The two best teams in baseball, plus a lot of uncertainty.

Halway home and plenty of uncertainty to go around.

Have we learned more than we knew at the beginning?

Joe Maddon and the Cubs could take some intriguing strategic paths in the second half.

Is there still hope for Kyle Schwarber in left field or are his wheels simply too lacking?

Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger are towering over baseball as rookies.

Jose Berrios' slight adjustments have had big payoffs, as 23-year-old thrives in Minnesota's rotation.

The lion, the fox, the jackal, and the wolf, with the Yankees starring as the lion.

One change, and a little more trust in his dominant raw stuff, could take James Paxton even higher.

Hitters like Miguel Sano, Marcell Ozuna, and Starlin Castro refuse to make things easy on pitchers.

Did the Astros right-hander stumble into a breakout season?

Cardinals teammates Matt Carpenter and Tommy Pham provide two sides to the same story.

Defensive positions need not be as they have always been.

Keynan Middleton vs. Byron Buxton, and the camera angles that showed it.

Until next year, that is.

How does the best pitcher of this era stack up against the greats from the previous three decades?