As the Brewers aim to put themselves over the top with another deadline deal for pitching, take a look at some of history’s most successful mid-season swaps.
The season’s first surprise trade happens on All-Star night.
Los Angeles is going nowhere this year, but the team has several players that could help form the core of the next great Dodger team.
Evaluating each pitcher who appeared in the Futures Game and identifying the most similar current major-league pitchers and pitches with the aid of PITCHf/x.
Reviewing the best and worst first-half position players on each team.
What’s in an All-Star game or a career that spans 60 novels and 35 films? It all depends on the fleeting retention of public memory.
Follow along with the midsummer classic with the BP crew as your guides.
Michael tests conventional wisdom and examines whether the pitching in the NL East is superior to the Central and West.
Announcing the arrival of the “Surprise Me!” button.
Jay discusses the similar careers and 2011 seasons of David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez, questioning their respective labels of hero and villain.
After years as an AL also-ran, the Blue Jays are back on the map, thanks to Jose Bautista.
The knees of Chipper and A-Rod won’t wait to go under the knife, Lonnie Chisenhall and Ramon Castro both get the worst of a HBP, and Placido Polanco and Andres Blanco have bum backs.
Derek Jeter didn’t just inch past the 3,000 hit mark, he blazed through it with a memorable afternoon.
Derek Jeter passed the milestone in a big way.
First impressions on a home in foreclosure.