2024 MLB Power Rankings: The playoff push beginsIt's amazing how much different the MLB season already feels. The All-Star Game ends, and we're right into playoff mode.Jackson Roberts ·
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Jackson Roberts is a former Division III All-Region DH who now writes and talks about sports for a living. A Bay Area native and a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, Jackson makes his home in North Jersey, where he is a broadcast associate for the MLB Network and works at TwoTV Sports. He grew up rooting for the Red Sox, Patriots, and Warriors, and he recently added the Devils to his sports fandom mosaic.