MLB teams are approaching free agency and trade deadlines with such caution that they’ve inverted our prior understanding of “moral hazard.”
Do whatever you want on the mound, just don’t let the ball fly over the fence.
An in-depth look at Jackie Bradley, Byron Buxton, Jake Cave, and the pre-pitch positioning of center fielders.
If MLB doesn’t change, it will continue to send loud, clear, and often heartbreaking messages to those who would love the game.
Carol Danvers played baseball, and she always got back up; non-astronaut throws baseball; sorry prospects, it’s prospecting night at the ballpark; creating the best Topps baseball card pack ever; the sad case of Charlie Hollocher; RIP Brody Stevens
It’s unlikely that MLB is operating in dark corners, scheming to hold down prices. Instead, baseball franchises have long used their size and market power to formally depress competition and drive down labor costs out in the open.
Fantasy baseball can help us forge the closest of friendships, and it’s worth remembering that.