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The 2024 Home Run Derby featured a dramatic final round between Los Angeles Dodgers’ slugger Teoscar Hernandez and star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals. The tension slowly built during Witt Jr.’s final swings of the evening as he closed the distance in the competition but ultimately fell one home run short […]

The Cincinnati Reds enter the All-Star Break having won five of their last seven games. It has buoyed a disappointing start to the year after a promising year in 2023. The National League Wild Card standings continue to be very deep, the Reds lost a game in the standings to Pittsburgh during that stretch, so […]

Singer-songwriter Ingrid Andress is giving her explanation for her controversial performance of the national anthem at this year’s MLB Home Run Derby. Andress said she was intoxicated while performing, per her social media. “I was drunk last night,” Andress wrote on Instagram. “I’m checking myself into a facility today (Tuesday) to get the help I […]

Bryce Harper plans on being at several more MLB All-Star Games before he hangs up his cleats. Like so many others around baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies star wants to see a change to the jersey protocol for baseball’s premier midseason event. He’d like to wear his team’s uniform again in the Midsummer Classic before his […]

The Home Run Derby started rocky when country singer Ingrid Andress put forth an interesting rendition of the National Anthem. The anthem happened before a sold-out crowd at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, the host of this year’s MLB All-Star festivities. In a scene reminiscent of Fergie’s performance at the NBA All-Star Game, Andress’s […]

Ryan Helsley looks to add NL Relvier of the Year to his list of accolades as the second half of the MLB season begins.  It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a 2024 NL Reliever of the Year prediction and pick. Since the award became official in 2014, only six different pitchers have […]

It’s been over a decade since the Philadelphia Phillies exited the All-Star break with a comfortable lead in the National League East division as they do in 2024. With the unofficial second half of the MLB season set to begin this Friday, the Phillies own an 8 1/2 game lead over the Atlanta Braves and […]

One of the highest honors a rookie in the majors can achieve is being named the Rookie of the Year.  It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a 2024 NL ROY prediction and pick. Recently, this award has been to major bats that take the league by storm in their first year. Corbin […]

The future of New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso is up in the air as he is approaching free agency this winter, and he addressed his future during his media session at the 2024 MLB All-Star Game in Texas. “I’m super happy to be a Met, super proud to be a Met,” Pete Alonso […]

The Mid-Summer Classic takes the stage as players vie to put their name in the history books at the All-Star Game.  It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a 2024 MLB All-Star Game MVP prediction and pick. As players take the field in Texas for the All-Star game, putting on a show for […]

New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter did not let FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd get away with a blatant blunder during a conversation between the two on FS1’s The Herd. While talking about Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star pitcher and rookie sensation Paul Skenes, Cowhered mentioned that Jeter played in the same era as the legendary hurler Nolan Ryan. […]

New York Yankees slugger Juan Soto is ready to sit down and stay awhile. Soto says he is getting a bit tired of changing teams every few seasons and wants to stick with one place to finish out his MLB career. “It’s a little uncomfortable wearing different jerseys and changing teams,” Soto said at All-Star […]

With the All-Star break upon us, it is time to look at the end-of-season awards, as managers vie for playoff spots and recognition at the end of the year. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a 2024 AL Manager of the Year prediction and pick. Winning manager of the year is no […]

It’s time for the MLB All-Star Break. It gets started with the Home Run Derby on Monday and then the All-Star Game on Tuesday. Shohei Ohtani is the betting favorite to become the next All-Star Game MVP over Aaron Judge. Ohtani is the NL favorite, while Judge is the AL favorite. Ohtani has been great […]

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes is in his first year in Major League Baseball, but he’s already thinking about life after the big leagues. Skenes is hoping to work in the military after he’s done pitching, per USA Today. “Just being able to give back,” Skenes said, per USA TODAY Sports. “An easy one would […]

Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. gave fans a performance to remember at the 2024 Home Run Derby, becoming the first player ever from his franchise to make it out of the opening round and making it to the final stage on a tear. Unfortunately for him, he came up just short, losing to […]

With the All-Star break upon us, it is time to look at the end-of-season awards, as managers vie for playoff spots and recognition at the end of the year. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a 2024 NL Manager of the Year prediction and pick. Winning manager of the year is no […]

New York Yankees sluggers Juan Soto and Aaron Judge will bat third and fourth in the American League’s lineup in the 2024 MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday night, meaning that while Soto is guaranteed to fact upcoming Pirates star Paul Skenes, Judge needs someone to get on base ahead of him to face him. Soto […]

For as long as the Home Run Derby has been in existence, no Los Angeles Dodgers player has ever won the event, until Teoscar Hernandez on Monday night. Afterward, Hernandez spoke about being the first Dodgers player to win the event, Teoscar Hernandez talks about being the first Dodgers player to win the Home Run […]

For the first time ever, a Los Angeles Dodgers player has won the MLB Home Run Derby, with Teoscar Hernandez topping the field in the 2024 edition of the event in Arlington, Texas. Hernandez defeated Kansas City Royals star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. in the finals of the Derby by just a foot, with the […]

The St. Louis Cardinals have been a pleasant surprise this season. Entering the All-Star break four games above .500 and just 4.5 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central, the Cardinals are still in the thick of the division race. Once expected to be MLB trade deadline sellers, St. Louis currently holds the […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are as close to all-in as a team can be for this season. The goal for this franchise is always to win a World Series. That especially became the case after acquiring Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the same offseason. But the Dodgers may need to get some […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are going for it this season. When a team acquires Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the same offseason, they want to win a World Series trophy. But they’re going to need get some help at the trade deadline to help them do so. One player they have targeted […]

On a night that’s all about hitting a pitch, Ingrid Andress couldn’t quite tee one up in her national anthem performance at the 2024 Home Run Derby. The country music singer-songwriter and four-time Grammy nominee performed the Star Spangled Banner on Monday night in front of a sold out Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas […]

The Detroit Tigers are not likely to trade Tarik Skubal. With two more years of team control, Skubal can be the rotation centerpiece around a Tigers franchise that aims to compete in the next few years. But that won’t stop teams, including the first-place Baltimore Orioles, from trying to land him. And (almost) everyone has […]

Juan Soto has had a chance to do plenty in his career. He won a World Series with the Washington Nationals, won the 2022 Home Run Derby, been an All-Star four times, and won a batting title. But he’s never played with Shohei Ohtani, and if he had his way, that would change. Speaking at […]

The talent pool runs deep in MLB right now. There are still plenty of legends who have been running the game for years, but some young talent has emerged as some of the best in baseball, too. Regardless of age, all of the sport’s best will show up for the 2024 MLB All-Star Game. The […]

The Home Run Derby no longer consistently draws the best sluggers in baseball. While there are obvious exceptions like Pete Alonso, it seems that blowing off the competition is as much a rite of passage for the modern MLB superstar as making an appearance. The game’s top home run hitters in 2024, Aaron Judge and […]

Chicago White Sox ace Garrett Crochet is likely to be traded at the trade deadline as his team continues to occupy last place in the American League. On the opposite side of the league are the Baltimore Orioles, who enter the All-Star break leading the AL East with their 58-38 record With their pre-season addition […]

It is the MLB All-Star Break and to kick the festivities off in Arlington, Texas the Home Run Derby is tonight. There is nothing like watching some sluggers get their chance behind the plate and hitting as many home runs as far as they can. We’re here to share our MLB odds series and make some […]

The New York Yankees enter the MLB All-Star break with a 58-40 record, just one game behind the Baltimore Orioles for first place in the American League East. With the trade deadline approaching, the Yankees could find a way to make a splash and get even better as they make a push for the AL […]

With the 2024 MLB All-Star Game set to take place on Tuesday, players are doing their media appearances on Monday, and during Aaron Judge’s availability, he was asked about and addressed his New York Yankees teammate Juan Soto’s impending free agency. Judge revealed what he is doing with Soto this season to hopefully convince him […]

Juan Soto is in his first year playing for the New York Yankees and seems to have adjusted seamlessly to life in the Bronx. He hit .295 in the first half with a .985 OPS, 23 home runs, and a league-leading 79 walks. That gives him a bWAR of 5.0 through 94 games. But there […]

MLB trade deadline season is a period of pie-in-the-sky proposals, rumors, and speculation, with the truly blockbuster moves often not materializing. But The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal believes Chicago White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. will be one of the big names ultimately dealt. Rosenthal revealed as much on Monday’s episode of The Athletic’s The Windup […]

Noah Syndergaard’s injury history has derailed what once looked like a promising career. Syndergaard made his only All-Star appearance as a 23-year-old in 2016 as a member of the New York Mets. Now, he is without a team and looking to make a comeback next season. The New York Post’s Jon Heyman tweeted “Noah Syndergaard […]

The All-Star break for the 2024 season began Sunday with the first two rounds of the MLB Draft. 74 prospects had their names called and their lives changed forever as their dreams of playing professional baseball became reality. Baseball is such an unpredictable sport, much more than others. There is no telling which of these […]

There are a few beliefs around the Home Run Derby that keep some of the best sluggers in baseball from returning year after year. Some say it messes with their timing, others prefer the extra day of rest, and some just don’t see the draw after doing it once and crossing the item off their […]

Not much went right for the Miami Marlins in the first half of the 2024 campaign. Their 33-63 is the second worst in the league, and even with the front office likely acting as sellers at the trade deadline, this team is staring down the barrel of a lengthy rebuild. Further contributing to their struggles […]

Baltimore Orioles fans are rolling into the All-Star break in high spirits. After watching their beloved birds lose five games in a row and cede their lead in the American League East, Camden Yards enjoyed an improbable 6-5 walk-off win against the New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon. The O’s are marching into the Midsummer […]