While last year’s Hot Stove was dominated by a pair of players who wound up together in Los Angeles, this year’s free-agent crop features some high-profile names that will be coveted by a number of clubs.
Making the playoffs can change the way the entire baseball world sees you, in essentially every possible way. If you make it, all is possible, but if you miss it, well, nothing is … and some big questions may need to be answered.
Astros rookie Shay Whitcomb scorched a 108.5 mph live drive that reached the wall and stayed put, continuing a recent trend of weird things happening when the Astros make contact with the ball.
Gavin Lux was sure he’d homered. His high fly ball cleared Dodger Stadium’s right-center-field wall, and the third-base umpire signaled that it was gone. The ball, however, was back on the warning track.
Baseball has exploded in popularity in the small country of Bhutan, with more than 6,000 kids now playing the sport, and a special visit to the U.S. is only serving to strengthen the community.
The Orioles take on the Mets at 1 p.m. ET (or Red Sox vs. Astros at 2 p.m.), followed by the conclusion of the White Sox vs. Giants. Then, catch the Mariners vs. Dodgers at 10 p.m. (or the conclusion of Rays vs. A’s).
