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The Post's MLB first-half awards: Aaron Judge-Gunnar Henderson MVP race is tough call
June 29, 2024 | 10:39amWhen there is no wrong answer, does that mean there is no right one, as well? Or at least none that will satisfy everyone.
Why Yankees should root for bitter rival to keep losing badly before trade deadline
June 22, 2024 | 12:45pmWhen it comes to the trade deadline, Alex Bregman and Ryan Pressly are ideal fits for the Yankees — and a lot of other clubs, too.
Hal Steinbrenner may have already made it more challenging for Yankees to keep Juan Soto
June 8, 2024 | 11:10amHal Steinbrenner wants a championship contender and sees how good Juan Soto is for that, and for business, and will personally and financially invest in the process to keep him,...
Where MLB stars' most fascinating contract-option decisions stand
June 1, 2024 | 9:58amCody Bellinger has player options with the Cubs for $27.5 million ($2.5 million buyout) after this season or $25 million for 2026 ($5 million buyout). He is not the 2018...
Ranking MLB's top World Series contenders with one team showing it has magic
May 25, 2024 | 10:20amSo far in 2024, the Phillies have magic, which has included the best 50-game record (36-14) since the 116-win Mariners of 2001.
Pete Alonso, Juan Soto's paths to long-term New York futures may get more complicated
May 18, 2024 | 10:42amPete Alonso is going to fight an industry turn away from the $200 million-plus mega-contracts for first baseman. It is a rejection of the limited athlete, corner position in their...
Collection of MLB teams have already improved their playoff odds — here's who can sustain it
May 11, 2024 | 1:01pmPredictions, even the seemingly unbiased ones spit out by computers, are silly.
This MLB season looks headed for chaos
May 4, 2024 | 9:54amIf the first five weeks of this year are an indicator as last year was, we have potential for a season of upheaval.
These MLB teams' historic awfulness may last for awhile
April 27, 2024 | 11:11amI am here to write about terrible. Because sometimes when you are in the midst of it, you might not fully appreciate the full level of badness.
Astros could face excruciating trade deadline questions if brutal start continues
April 20, 2024 | 1:53pmNow, before wondering if Verlander could be traded back to the Mets this year or the Dodgers or the Cubs, forgive a detour to explain why it is still much...
Astros are already starting to spiral down concerning path
April 13, 2024 | 9:51amIt would be foolhardy to not have a level of concern, mainly based on the area in which the Astros are struggling.
Yankees' slugger among MLB's most expensive disappointments — and it's making things uncomfortable
April 6, 2024 | 10:20amThe Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton struck out in 13 of his first 25 plate appearances. He waved futilely at righty sliders breaking away from his swing.
Pitching injuries have become an MLB crisis with alarming number already in 2024
March 30, 2024 | 10:30amThere is an epidemic in baseball. Everyone involved in the game knows it exists.
Ranking the Yankees, Mets with most at stake in pivotal 2024 walk years
March 23, 2024 | 9:41amThe Yankees and Mets can’t keep everyone. So this is an accounting of the top 10 New York players with the most to play for in their walk years.
Contender at risk of wasting World Series window with lackluster offseason
March 16, 2024 | 10:24amThe offseason that sticks with me is that of the Mariners. Because Seattle has the equivalent of the high-end quarterback on a rookie scale in the NFL.
Star third baseman could be at the center of uptick in Mets-Yankees free agency wars
March 2, 2024 | 10:39amFor most of the nearly half century of major league free agency, the New York teams have avoided each other on that financial battlefield until both almost pulled out all...
Scott Boras reveals early feel for Pete Alonso, Juan Soto's free agency fortunes
February 24, 2024 | 10:43amif history is our guide — and we are talking about Boras history — then especially his best clients tend to let the free-agent market determine their prices.
Orioles will give ex-MLB star's son 'every chance' to complete meteoric rise to majors
February 17, 2024 | 1:01pmMike Elias promises no shenanigans when it comes to if Jackson Holliday will make Baltimore’s roster to open the season.
A new Yankees tormenter could be on rise by using Astros' blueprint
February 3, 2024 | 1:51pmThe Orioles' rise is kind of (close your eyes Yankees fans) Astro-nomical.
Where 5 Yankees, Mets stars' Hall of Fame cases stack up right now
January 27, 2024 | 12:26pmThis seemed to be the right week to mention that there are a lot of Hall of Famers roaming major league fields right now.