A complete breakdown of which 2016 Draft picks from the first 10 rounds have agreed to terms, along with their reported bonuses and starting assignments.
Ask the All-Stars: Worst AIM screen names
Including the tale of how Stephen Vogt learned how to type.
Miami on clock for 2017 All-Star Game
From Giancarlo Stanton’s moonshots at the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, to Jose Fernandez’s playful exchanges with David Ortiz, to Marcell Ozuna’s RBI single and Fernando Rodney firing his imaginary arrow into the sky, the Marlins’ imprints were all over the 2016 All-Star Game presented by MasterCard.
Style for miles: All-Stars rock Red Carpet
Who won the highly contested “best hair?”
Tigers’ Gose reinstated, sent to Double-A
The Tigers transferred center fielder Anthony Gose from Triple-A Toledo to Double-A Erie on Wednesday after he got into a dugout argument with Mud Hens manager Lloyd McClendon during a game Saturday night.
How Ramos became the best-hitting catcher
Wilson Ramos is both the best-hitting catcher and the most improved hitter this year. How? He credits spring eye surgery for allowing him to become more selective at the plate, and that makes a lot of sense: Seeing the ball seems really important.
Scare package: All-Stars’ greatest fears
“I was attacked as a kid.”
Time to hand out the First-Half Awards
The first half of this baseball season has reminded us of the greatness of Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout, of Josh Donaldson and Jose Altuve. These are four of the players who are defining this generation of baseball.
5 surprising difference-makers from first half
There aren’t many surprises left at the All-Star break. The hot starts at the beginning of the season have fallen away and everything is shaping up more or less as you expected it — i.e. Mike Trout is near the top of every leaderboard imaginable.
DYK? 10 crazy facts about the first half
The All-Star break gives baseball fans a chance to reflect on some of the craziest statistics from the first half of this season.
Future is now: Young Stars boon for baseball
It’s probably symbolic of something larger that David Ortiz played his 10th and final All-Star Game at this moment in baseball history. He has a front-row seat to a sport that’s being transformed right in front of our eyes. Here’s to youth and energy. Here’s to amazing talent, too.
Bryant relives college days with home run
Kris Bryant, who left San Diego three years ago as a first-round Draft pick, returned on Tuesday and gave the National League a quick 1-0 lead in the All-Star Game presented by MasterCard.
SoE: 100 second-half predictions
A lot can happen from now until October, but that doesn’t mean we can’t take a few educated guesses.
Murphy Stands Up To Cancer for Alderson
For a brief moment in time, Daniel Murphy was a Met again. Or perhaps more accurately, he was simply a human being. As Major League Baseball paused Tuesday’s All-Star Game after the fifth inning to remember those lost to cancer, to honor those fighting it and to raise awareness for an organization bent on eradicating it, Murphy held up a handwritten placard with Sandy Alderson’s name.
Miggy uses ASG as opportunity to learn
Before the 11th All-Star Game of his career Tuesday night, Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera found himself surrounded at his locker in the home clubhouse.
Royals chip in to maintain AL’s All-Star reign
We need to drop the “Junior Circuit” terminology from contemporary baseball usage. Once again on Tuesday night, there was nothing particularly “junior” in yet another All-Star Game victory led by — who else? — those intrepid Kansas City Royals.
Jose-Papi, Ozuna RBI, Rodney return part of ASG fun
As if by fate, the All-Star showdown did occur, and caught in the moment, Jose Fernandez couldn’t help but laugh. The Marlins’ 23-year-old ace found himself 60 feet, six inches away from his idol, David Ortiz, in the third inning of Tuesday’s Midsummer Classic.