What You Need to Know

What You Need to Know: Meet the Phillies

by Nicolas Stellini 4/29

Whoppingly unexpected records in the NL East, Jake Arrieta allows a run, and more.

What You Need to Know: The Braves Might Not Have a Floor

by Demetrius Bell 4/28

The Braves are bad, Sonny Gray was bad, the White Sox are good, and Steven Souza does quite the thing.

What You Need to Know: David Price is a True Red Sox

by Emma Baccellieri 4/27

Or maybe he just ran into the Braves at the right time. Plus: Yay Rich Hill, Yay Andrew McCutchen, yay Billy Hamilton.

What You Need to Know: Chris Archer Says Goodbye To All That

by Daniel Rathman 4/26

The Rays ace was back, for a night. Meanwhile: Noah Syndergaard, Taijuan Walker, Francisco Lindor, and more from Monday.

What You Need to Know: FernandoMaedaia?

by Ashley Varela 4/25

Kenta Maeda makes baseball history, the White Sox make baseball history, and Yasiel Puig just makes the Rockies sad.

What You Need to Know: Arrieta’s Masterpiece, Kershaw’s Accident

by Nicolas Stellini 4/22

The Day When All The Aces Came Out To Play turned out pretty cool, indeed.

What You Need to Know: Raisel Iglesias’ Deus Ex Machina

by Demetrius Bell 4/21

The weirdest thing happened to the Reds' ace. Meanwhile, good job Chris Sale, good job Orioles, good job Jordan Zimmermann, great job Aaron Hicks.

What You Need to Know: Early-Season Perfections Fall Apart

by Emma Baccellieri 4/20

The Miley cannot hold, mere anarchy is loosed upon the Mariners. Meanwhile, Vince Velasquez allows runs, while Mat Latos postpones the inevitable for one more start.

What You Need to Know: Let’s Roll It Up

by Daniel Rathman 4/19

The Red Sox coax five double-play balls and still find a way to lose, Carlos Rodon comes unglued, Jake Lamb saves the D'backs' bacon, and more.

What You Need to Know: Psst: Jake Arrieta Has A 0.91 ERA Over His Past 169 Innings

by Ashley Varela 4/18

Jake Arrieta turns out another showstopper, the Braves and Twins finally beat their bad karma, and Felix Hernandez keeps company with Randy Johnson.

What You Need to Know: Nobody Is 0-21, Yet

by Nicolas Stellini 4/15

The Braves and the Twins slouch toward the first overall pick, while Jaime Garcia almost pulls a Velasquez.

What You Need to Know: The Return Of The Four-Out Save

by Demetrius Bell 4/14

Starring Jeury Familia. Meanwhile, Craig Kimbrel gets Chris Davis when he gets a second chance, the Rockies put up a Rockies score, and Trevor Story moves on to the next neat trick.

What You Need to Know: When You Had a Taste of Paradise, Back on Earth Can Feel As Cold As Ice

by Emma Baccellieri 4/13

The Juan Nicasio bubble popped, for one day at least. Meanwhile, Noah Syndergaard keeps getting better, and the Red Sox blow another lead.

What You Need to Know: The Year Of The Botched Infield Fly

by Daniel Rathman 4/12

I mean, there have been two of them, so there you go. Meanwhile, David Price and Craig Kimbrel couldn't get it done, and Taylor Jungmann really couldn't get it done,

What You Need to Know: The Fella’s Last Name Is Story

by Ashley Varela 4/11

Trevor Story can't stop hitting home runs, Vince Velasquez nearly pulls off a no-hitter, and Bartolo Colon resurrects the panache of Willie Mays.

What You Need to Know: The One Unambiguous Evil In This World Is Kyle Schwarber Going Down In A Heap

by Nicolas Stellini 4/08

The Cubs hold their breath to see how Kyle Schwarber is, while Al Pujols adds a walk-off to his career and the Phillies' bullpen has already blown two late, and it's still early.