Major League Baseball’s embrace of the Negro Leagues is now recognized in the record book, resulting in new-look leaderboards fronted in several prominent places by Hall of Famer Josh Gibson and an overdue appreciation of many other Black stars.
Major League Baseball’s single-season and career leaderboards now have a fresh look after MLB announced that Negro Leagues stats have officially been added to its historical record. What do all of these changes have in common? They all are tied to rate stats, as opposed to counting stats.
The Dodgers’ hold on the top spot is over, after Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani combined to lead our first four polls of the season. Aaron Judge has just been that good.
With just over six weeks before the Guardians make the first selection of the 2024 Draft, MLB Pipeline has a re-ranked Top 200 Draft prospects list to digest.
Aaron Judge struggled so much early in the season that he was actually getting booed in the Bronx. But he’s been vintage Judge in May, barreling pitches at a ridiculous rate.
