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Giants veteran falls one out short of no-hitter

Spencer Steer doubled with two outs in the ninth inning for the Reds' first hit against the Giants' Alex Cobb on Tuesday in San Francisco's 6-1 win.

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Potent offense will be difference early on in NL West clash

The Giants had fallen 14 ¹/₂ games out of first place in the NL West entering Saturday when they faced the Dodgers

How deep did Astros mind games go? Rival's twisted pitch-tipping theory

At the peak of their illegal sign-stealing program in 2017, the Astros may have been doing even more damage through mind games. At least two pitchers have said that after...

Yankees do everything wrong in horrible tune-up for showdown

Forget about the Yankees heading to Boston for their biggest series of the season with any momentum. Instead of taking advantage of a downtrodden team that sold off most of...

How free-agent busts could reshape the future of MLB

This past offseason was considered the worst ever for free agents. Might we say that about the actual season as well? Technically, Shohei Ohtani was a free agent, though due...

Orioles snatch up the best free agent left

Too little, too late doesn't exist in this MLB free-agency season. Right-hander Alex Cobb agreed to a deal with the Orioles on Tuesday, FanRag Sports reported, that would make him...

The veteran trade that would solve a lot of Yankees' issues

No roster can be made bulletproof — after all, the long season will expose every weakness and create new ones via injury and/or under-performance. That does not deter clubs from...

A guide for MLB free agents to thaw out the spending freeze

Major League Baseball, land of (relative) opportunity and parity, should be thankful The Post has to reach for an NBA analogy to aptly describe this current Hot Stove league: The...

A history lesson on why Yankees might pass on big arm addition

Given that Giancarlo Stanton was a Miami Marlin just one month ago, this might not be the optimal time to argue the Yankees of recent vintage often go quiet when...

Predicting the next shock in MLB's offseason of them

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The offseason officially began at 11:58 p.m. Nov. 1, when Jose Altuve flipped to Yuli Gurriel to retire Corey Seager and unleash a celebration of...

Yankees must get creative to meet their two big goals

The coldest Hot Stove season ever — in the non-collusion category, for those of us old enough to remember the ’80s — is starting to thaw. Your early forecast: If...

The solution for the Yankees' Ohtani-less rotation

Brian Cashman did not just randomly pick a date to see Shohei Ohtani in Japan. He sat behind home plate at the Sapporo Dome to watch an Aug. 31 start....

Top 30 free-agent predictions: Yankees, Red Sox make splashes

Ready or not, here come the Post’s Top 30 free-agent rankings and predictions. Baseball’s five-day quiet period after the World Series concludes at midnight Monday into Tuesday, at which point...

A guide to the fantasy baseball aces hiding on the waiver wire

Finding an ace on the waiver wire at this point in the season would be like winning a free trip around the world after winning Mega Millions and later finding...

Rays amazed by Michael Pineda's stuff until his 'mistake'

As inquiring-mind media types approached Evan Longoria, the Rays third baseman didn’t even wait for questions. “Pineda was good,” Longoria said before the first syllable was uttered to him. Yankees...