If ever there was a baseball player who despite his generational talent and seemingly unlimited future has so much to prove this year, it's Juan Soto. There's a good reason the new Mets right fielder, just 26, scored the most lucrative contract in MLB history this winter from deep-pocketed owner Steve Cohen. Soto really is
After striking out on several top free agents going into the 2025 season including Juan Soto, the Blue Jays finally signed a big-name, game-changing star — who happens to be Vlad Guerrero Jr., already the face of the franchise. Guerrero agreed to a $500 million, 14-year contract to stay with the only organization he’s ever
Aaron Judge’s big opening weekend series at Yankee Stadium to kick off the 2025 season was one of the bigger stories in baseball, with the Bombers captain netting AL Player of the Week honors for hitting four homers in three games against the Brewers — including a grand slam. Oh, and he did it old
The Yankees waited a long time to reap the fruits of their controversial 2012 trade for pitcher Michael Pineda, and when the strapping, 6’7” righty finally made his Yankee debut two years later after a raft of injuries, it looked like New York had itself a future ace in the making. That is, until Pineda
Size doesn’t matter. At least not in baseball. Jose Altuve, the Houston Astros’ dynamic — and diminutive — second baseman, handily beat out Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees’ gentle giant, for the American League MVP honor announced Thursday night. But it was hardly a David vs. Goliath battle to see which of the two
Carlos Carrasco’s remarkable comeback from a cancer diagnosis to take the mound again for the Cleveland Indians wasn’t the only feel-good moment in the right-hander’s roller-coaster 2019 season. On Oct. 25, the Venezuelan native received the 2019 Roberto Clemente Award, the annual honor named for the Pittsburgh Pirates icon from Puerto Rico killed in a
