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Baseball players who make it all the way to the Majors are incredibly blessed, talented and driven. The level of dedication, hard work and effort that goes into getting to that level of talent at a ...

The Atlanta Braves weren’t supposed to be here—10 games under .500 in mid-June, losing 15 of 19 and grasping for answers in a season that was supposed to be a coronation. But according to MLB insider ...

At one point this season, the San Diego Padres had the best bullpen in all of Major League Baseball. They were perfect in save opportunities, and also had the best marks in ERA, batting average ...

The New York Yankees supposedly improved their bullpen at this year's MLB trade deadline. Tuesday night, however, was another example that there is still plenty of work to be done in the later innings ...

The New York Yankees can hit the baseball out of the ballpark as well as any team in the major leagues, and that will always give them a chance to win any game. They also field the baseball as poorly ...

We're only a month into the MLB offseason. Many of this winter's best free agents and trade candidates remain available. Despite this, it feels like most MLB fan bases are in a state of full-on panic.

A scene all too familiar to Diamondbacks fans unfolded in the eighth inning Saturday night. A 7-4 lead not only evaporated, but was flipped to a 10-7 deficit thanks to a six-run Rockies outburst ...

They led for seven innings, they had held the Mets one hit, and now these Phillies know what it's like to lose Game 1 of a playoff series. Saturday was a complete meltdown from a couple of the ...

Statistically, the numbers were staggering. Seattle became the first team ever to allow 18 or more hits and surrender 13 or more runs in a single game. They also gave up nine extra-base hits and five ...