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Sporting News' Ryan Fagan discusses the "Fagan Jinx," which has seen the end of many top seeds' championship aspirations.

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SN's Ryan Fagan breaks down who should and shouldn't have been in the Field of 68.

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March Madness is upon us, so here's a look at our final projection for the 2018 NCAA Tournament bracket.

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The veteran coach was handed his walking papers after a winless ACC campaign. So, what's next for the Panthers?

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UNCG gains revenge against ETSU in the Southern Conference Tournament title game and earns its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2001. The Spartans then collect all kinds of mementos to mark the occasion.

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SN's Ryan Fagan breaks down who the participants in the Big Dance if Selection Sunday were today.

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It's time to let pitchers and catchers communicate pitch signals with words, instead of having to rely on caveman-era hand signals. So let's allow them to wear earpieces and microphones and call pitches that way.

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Chris Archer is under contract for four more seasons. This will be a huge factor in any trade.

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As Jake Arrieta and Mike Moustakas wait for a deal after a historically slow offseason, here's a look back at some free agents who waited around a bit longer to sign.

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SN's Ryan Fagan breaks down how he sees the Big Dance being seeded if today Selection Sunday were today.

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The ability to score runs quickly, with one swing of the bat, matters in the postseason.

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Tom Petty was right. The waiting, it turns out, probably was the hardest part.

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SN's Ryan Fagan collected his thoughts from a classic between the Wildcats and Sun Devils and gives us a sneak peek at what the result means moving forward.

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Shohei Ohtani made a lot of important people smile during his first Halos spring workout. His hitting display helped answer questions about how much he can help LA as he makes the transition from Japan.

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Media gathered Monday to talk with 18-year-old slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya, the next potential superstar to wear the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters uniform. Haven't heard of him in America? You will, soon.

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Cam Johnson came to Chapel Hill, in part, to experience the Tobacco Road rivalry up close. The atmosphere in his debut didn't disappoint, and he, in turn, lived up to his billing.

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SN's Ryan Fagan predicts how the committee might seed the Big Dance if today were Selection Sunday.

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Strikes and lockouts have happened for different reasons through the years, with varying lengths and intensity.

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Sporting News' Ryan Fagan is on Year 9 of his annual basketball tour through the Carolinas. This year starts with a twist: The Krispy Kreme Challenge.

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These are the groups that have not only the lockdown guys in the eighth and ninth innings, but a full cadre of arms.

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It's the most wonderful time of the year. SN's Ryan Fagan will take in four games Saturday. Here's the preview.

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SN's Ryan Fagan spoke with Donnie Carr the day he learned the 38-year-old Butler died in a car crash.

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SN's Ryan Fagan breaks down how he sees the seeding going if the selection committee had to choose teams today.

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If you're a Brewers fan, you should definitely be excited.

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For those of us who mildly obsess over every single Hall of Fame class, it's never too early to start thinking about next year's group of first-timers.

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For the past couple of months, I’ve been mulling over a change to the way I approach my Hall of Fame ballot, and something happened in December that confirmed my thinking. And, no, this has nothing to do with Joe Morgan and his letter to Hall of Fame voters in the BBWAA.

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SN's first Field of 68 of the season predicts what the NCAA tournament field would look like if the season already ended.

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Andrew McCutchen never gave Pirates fans any reason to be anything other than proud to call him their own, because McCutchen understood what it meant to represent his team and his community.

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The Giants can start forgetting about 2017 after adding Andrew McCutchen and Evan Longoria in a pair of offseason trades.

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Plenty of big names are available as free agents this offseason. Ryan Fagan ranks the 101 best free agents.

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The Pirates haven’t even reached 80 wins the past two seasons, and the front office has difficult decisions to make.

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The Astros have plenty of options to make their rotation even better.

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The biggest free agents are still on the market, as you know. So what's going on?

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These January trades had a big impact, either immediately or down the road.

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These signings weren't necessarily the biggest at the time, but they made a big impact — most good, some bad.

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How will 2018 play out in the major leagues? We have a few ideas.

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The fanfare surrounding the Tigers all but died with Michel Porter Jr.'s season-ending injury. It might be time to resurrect it.

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Where will a trio of ex-Royals land? Which team will bolster its starting pitching by adding Yu Darvish or Jake Arrieta?

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As much as teams are looking to improve their on-field product in 2018, they’re already maneuvering themselves to be in position to compete for next year’s crop of free agents, too.

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The Marlins have already traded away Giancarlo Stanton, Marcel Ozuna and Dee Gordon this offseason, and catcher J.T. Realmuto has reportedly requested a trade.

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The winter meetings aren’t just about the deals that went down while baseball’s best and brightest gathered in Orlando. The meetings are also about laying groundwork for what will happen in the future.

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Like the man himself, Billy Martin stories are endlessly fascinating.

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Which teams might be interested in trading for one year of Manny Machado? Let’s take a look.

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Here are all the major MLB rumors, trades, free-agent signings and other news from baseball's winter meetings.

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The MLB Winter Meetings have arrived, and we have questions.

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The Angels got a welcome — and surprising — addition in Shohei Ohtani. But this is just the beginning for GM Billy Eppler building a contender in the AL West.

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Pairing Giancarlo Stanton with Aaron Judge gives the Yankees an imposing 1-2 punch in the middle of the lineup that could go down as one of the best in MLB history.

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As the Giancarlo Stanton saga continues to unfold, the Marlins have plenty of more players they could move in the process.

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Because Shohei Ohtani and his reps have been very secretive, nobody really knows what he’s looking for.

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Because Rob Manfred used a hammer, not a slap bracelet, against the Braves, you can bet the other teams will carefully examine all the risks before trying to circumvent the rules.

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Joe Morgan's letter came directly from the Hall of Fame, which has previously been silent on the topic of steroids users and Cooperstown. That alone is a stunning development.

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Joe Morgan's email was sent through the Hall of Fame's voter email distribution list, which makes this the first official position the Hall has really taken on the whole "steroids" issue.

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Bobby Evans is a busy front-office executive right now.

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These nine opt-out clauses will generate big headlines over the next couple of seasons.

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Washington ace Max Scherzer was the clear choice for the National League Cy Young Award in 2017. SN MLB writer Ryan Fagan breaks down how he arrived at putting Scherzer atop his BBWAA ballot.

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Giancarlo Stanton holds two very powerful poker chips. He has full no-trade power, which means he can tell the Marlins which teams are realistic options. And, he has an opt-out clause after the 2020 season.

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Derek Jeter spoke for 20-something minutes Wednesday about Giancarlo Stanton. The challenge of trading the slugger who hit 59 home runs last year and has $295 million left on his contract is, well, complicated.

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So, your team needs rotation help this offseason. That could be a challenge.

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Roy Halladay was the best baseball offered, as a competitor and a person. His gift for making people smile, which shone brightly on social media, helps to provide solace after his death in a plane crash at age 40.

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Manny Machado, Giancarlo Stanton and Josh Donaldson headline a star-studded list of position players who could be traded this offseason.

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When the Astros ride through the streets of Houston during their championship parade Friday, expect Craig Biggio to beam.

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October's big stage can have a big influence on a free-agent-to-be's asking price in the offseason. Think of it as a hero's tax, or a struggler's penalty. So which players saw their stock rise or fall during the 2017 playoffs? Let's take a look.

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There was a Lone Star vibe to Section 32 at Dodger Stadium during Game 7 of the World Series. Houston supporters made it their home away from home as they rooted their hometown team to victory.

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George Springer is the only player in baseball history to homer in four consecutive World Series games in the same season.

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This 2017 World Series has had a bit of everything — heroes, goats and redemption stories — and we should all be incredibly excited to watch the conclusion.

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Houston and LA played a Game 6 that was a polar opposite of their Game 5 from two nights earlier, right down to the way many of the principals performed. There's one more opportunity for the poles to shift again.

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Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen took the loss in an epic Game 5. We asked another closer — the best closer in history — about overcoming playoff hiccups.

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They earned this victory. They earned the right to celebrate, to wade into the river of joy and swim in its waters. They earned the right to be selfish for a moment. And yet, empathy existed.

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The Dodgers have Clayton Kershaw on the mound in Game 5, with a chance to move within one victory of their first World Series championship since 1988.

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Cody Bellinger's breakthrough in World Series Game 4 was all about making adjustments, which starts with his hands — and lots of video.

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The Astros played a near-perfect game on Friday night's World Series Game 3, and it leaves them in uncharted waters due to their spotty playoff history.

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Jose Altuve is the fifth player in history to win the SN Player of the Year award in consecutive seasons. In retrospect, maybe we should have seen this coming.

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Game 2 of the World Series, and in particular the final four innings, were as bonkers as a postseason game can get. The players just went along for the thrill ride.

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Vin Scully made Game 2 of the World Series an afterthought. And it was the most awesome thing any of us have ever seen.

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Clayton Kershaw is the best pitcher in baseball, and in Game 1 against the Astros he pitched like we’ve become accustomed to seeing Clayton Kershaw pitch over the past decade.

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With World Series rosters finalized, let's rank all 50 Astros and Dodgers players in this year's Fall Classic.

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Charlie Morton and Lance McCullers know exactly what a Game 7 win — and a World Series appearance — means for the city of Houston.

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This new manager, who'll replace Dusty Baker after just two (winning) seasons, will be the franchise’s seventh since 2006. Let’s just say the new guy will probably rent in D.C., not buy.

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After a career night in LA's NLCS-clinching Game 5 win, Enrique Hernandez tried to process what had just happened — and what has been happening recently to himself and those closest to him.

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Enrique Hernandez delivering the biggest blows in the biggest game of the year is chill-inducing stuff.

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LA and Chicago are feeling good about themselves prior to Thursday's NLCS matchup at Wrigley Field. The Dodgers will have their ace on the mound; the Cubs are just glad they're still playing.

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The Dodgers' lineup for NLCS Game 3 was a motley crew of studs, steals and former stars. Most of the starting eight contributed greatly to the victory that put LA a win away from advancing to the World Series.

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LA takes a 3-0 lead in its best-of-seven NLCS against the Cubs. Only a miracle comeback (right, Dave Roberts?) can stop the Dodgers from ending the franchise's nearly 30-year Fall Classic drought.

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In an ideal world, Joe Maddon’s best defensive players would be producing at the plate. That would make filling out the lineup card simple. That’s not the case right now, though.

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Here's the question: When do the Cubs act on the truth that Heyward's issues at the plate outweigh the good of the glove?

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The Cubs are heading to the NLCS for the third year in a row to set up a rematch with the Dodgers. For a franchise that hadn’t even made the playoffs three years in a row since 1906-08, it’s something generations of Cubs fans couldn’t even imagine.

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The fifth inning of the fifth game of the Cubs-Nationals NLDS will haunt people in Washington for a long time. An unfathomable series of events conspired to continue the district's misery.

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After way too much drama, Stephen Strasburg is starting for the Nationals in Game 4. Jake Arrieta takes the mound for the Cubs.

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The job as manager of the Boston Red Sox is one of the most coveted in baseball.

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Since losing the 1997 World Series in Game 7 heartbreak, Cleveland is just 4-17 in potential series-clinching games. That’s horrific.

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We are watching an evolution in bullpen management, and it's a beautiful thing.

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This is the opportunity Max Scherzer wanted. Essentially. Basically. Kinda.

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Joe Girardi's decision not to challenge a hit-by-pitch in Game 2 cost the Yankees, one of a few fatal gaffes from Friday's playoff games. In October, that’s the difference between winning and losing.

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You are probably going to disagree with this ranking, and that’s OK.

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Cody Bellinger talked with Sporting News this week about his memorable rookie year and what he’s learned as the Dodgers prepare to open their NLDS on Friday.

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We didn’t ask Mike Trout to help select this year’s SN50, but we’re pretty sure he approves of us shining a spotlight on baseball’s best young players.

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David Ross has been a busy man since retiring as a player, but he found time recently to chat with Sporting News about a handful of topics.

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We’re ranking teams based on their chances of winning the World Series. The path to the title matters, very much. If we were ranking teams regardless of matchups, this would have different look.

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We present three schools of thought for picking the 2017 World Series champion.

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The final day of the 2017 regular season marks the unofficial end of love affairs between cities and star players. SN rates the biggest pending breakups, including ones in KC and Toronto.

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With Pete Mackanin out as Phillies manager, here are seven potential candidates who could fill his spot in the clubhouse office.

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Louisville basketball suddenly has several challenges after firing Rick Pitino. Chief among them: finding his replacement.

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Puerto Rico’s connection with baseball runs deep. Some of the game’s brightest stars — and best people — were born there.

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Ten months have passed since a baseball team made a managerial change. There aren’t a ton of guys on the proverbial hot seat, but there are a few.

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The Tigers have just begun what could be a relatively long and frustrating rebuilding process. That’s not the type of job every potential manager would relish.

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It’s not like this was some freak thing that never has happened before and probably won’t happen again. This is a constant reality at every baseball game without the extended netting.

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Let’s look at all the guys with 20-plus home runs — 110 of those players as of Wednesday morning — who have increased their career bests by at least 11 homers this year.

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With a couple of weeks left in the regular season, we thought we’d start taking a look at some of the pressing questions around the league.

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In the American League, it’s pretty much a one-Astro race for MVP.

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If you happen to run into a baseball writer who has a 2017 NL MVP vote, give that person a hug. They’ll need it.

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Sporting News' Ryan Fagan gets inside the driver's seat for a first-hand look at the exhilarating, awesome everyday life of J.R. Todd, one of NHRA's top drivers.

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Of all the teams sitting on the outside of the playoff picture at the moment, the Cardinals have the clearest path to the postseason. Not easiest path, just the clearest one.

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Eric Byrnes was a rookie on the 2002 A’s, a club that set the American League record with 20 consecutive victories. You know all about that Oakland club; it was featured in the movie "Moneyball."

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Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson was thinking locally — help victims of Hurricane Harvey — when he tweeted out a request for clothing and shoes. The campaign rapidly became a national event that should inspire all of us.

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The scene in the Astros' dugout over the weekend looked more like a family reunion than an introduction.

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The Houston Astros reliever's cleats were autographed by children forced into an emergency shelter due to Hurricane Harvey.

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The Astros came together to deliver Houston a memorable and much-needed break from reality.

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For the Astros, Friday will be an off-day like no baseball team has ever experienced, so much so that we should avoid calling it an “off-day.”

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Talking with the Houston players in the visitor’s clubhouse in Tropicana Field on Tuesday afternoon, it was obvious how much what is happening in Houston is on their minds every minute of every day.

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The logistics of shifting this week's series out of Houston are complicated, no doubt, but the decision is simple: They can’t play in Houston.

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Here at SN headquarters, we’re hoping the MLB Players Weekend isn’t just a one-year event.

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Not going to lie, that was one of the most incredible moments I’ve ever witnessed in a baseball stadium.

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Making it to October is all about overcoming obstacles, and on Thursday a couple of potentially big obstacles were thrown into the path of two NL Central contenders.

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There are nine teams with a shot at a wild-card berth in the American League. That's pretty crazy.

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The Miami Marlins slugger is on a heck of a tear, proving that rumors of his home-run hitting demise have been greatly exaggerated.

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Chances are Giancarlo Stanton won’t play his entire career in a Marlins uniform.

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The Astros should make a trade, because you know Astros fans — and the players, too — would be frustrated if that Houston offense went into the postseason with this Houston pitching staff.

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We’re going to try to figure out which teams are the most postseason-ready (on paper).

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The Orioles are three games under .500 this season, but in this year’s parity-fest that is the American League, they’re still on the fringe of the playoff race.

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Picking out the best and the worst moves (and non-moves) of the MLB trade deadline.

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All the key rumors and news from Monday's MLB trade deadline.

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Teams’ to-do lists are far from all checked off. Let’s take a look at what might happen between now and 4 p.m. ET today

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Playoff contenders should follow the trade deadline blueprints of recent World Series champions.

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Colorado has gone seven seasons without a playoff berth. Now in an ideal position to end that drought, it adds an All-Star-caliber catcher who, on paper, represents an upgrade at a key position.

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In many people's minds, Tim Raines was deserving of Cooperstown long before 2017. That group includes a handful of fellow Hall of Famers who helped Rock celebrate his big weekend.

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Adrian Beltre all but guaranteed his spot in Cooperstown with hit No. 3,000, and he did so at the same time Ivan Rodriguez and Tim Raines were talking about entering the Hall of Fame.

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On an afternoon when three of the best players in baseball history were being honored, baseball went on as if it was any other Sunday, but MLB should change that.

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It may be cliché, but there truly is something magical about the interaction between Hall of Famers and fans in Cooperstown.

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Sonny Gray is under club control through the 2019 season. He signed a deal for $3.575 million this season, avoiding arbitration, and he’s eligible for arbitration in 2018 and 2019, too.

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The aging Tigers should trade Justin Verlander ... right? Well, it's not so simple.

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The surging Cubs still have moves to make before the MLB trade deadline.

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Baseball Hall of Famer John Smoltz offers Induction Day advice for new HOF class of Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell and Ivan Rodriguez.

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The Cardinals have stayed with the status quo even as the Cubs made a bold move to acquire starting pitcher Jose Quintana and the Brewers have been connected to most controllable players on the market.

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The Dodgers are expected to seek a starting pitcher before the trade deadline, and Yu Darvish isn't the only target.

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In an exclusive interview with German sports site SPOX, A's exec Billy Beane talks baseball, the 'creepy' Moneyball movie and says Mike Trout would be soccer superstar in Germany.

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The one annual constant about the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline is this: Every single contender wants to strengthen its bullpen.

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Yoan Moncada likes playing baseball in front of big crowds.

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The Yankees and Red Sox haven’t finished 1-2 in the division since 2009, and haven't finished a season separated by fewer than six games since 2007.

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The Yankees have tried a revolving door of first basemen this season, and that makes staying above the fray in a crowded wild-card race pretty difficult.

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The July 31 non-waiver trade deadline is looming, and we’re at the point of the season where a couple of wins or losses can determine whether teams are buyers or sellers.

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Players are definitely talking about the increase in long balls.

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Zach Britton’s name has been tossed about on the trade market the past few days, which can’t make Orioles fans too happy.

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If the Pirates don’t move Andrew McCutchen before the July 31 non-waiver deadline and he struggles in August and September, the offseason market for him might not exactly be buzzing.

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Jose Quintana is probably the Cubs’ best starter at this point, though you won’t see an official acknowledgment of that by the team.

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Here are Sporting News' midseason picks for league MVPs, Cy Youngs and more.

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Once again the MLB All-Star Game is merely an exhibition among the game's stars, and that's the way it should be.

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I’m pretty sure I strained my neck, and I’m pretty sure it’s Aaron Judge’s fault.

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One businessman had the bright idea of handing out shirts to fans sitting in a high-visibility section of Marlins Park at the Home Run Derby.

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SN caught up with the big-time baseball fan and Hollywood star to discuss her clothing line and other baseball topics.

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Giancarlo Stanton has two big advantages this year: He's the top seed and he's hitting in his home park. Does that equal a repeat? SN breaks down the bracket and comes up with the answer.

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The two youngest players in this year's showcase of minor league talent have major league pedigrees and are on an almost identical path to the Show. They could be manning the left side of the Blue Jays' infield in a few years.

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Nationals ace Max Scherzer has been so much better this year than he was in either of his Cy Young seasons.

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We’ll see a lot of subtractions and additions to the All-Star Game rosters. Consider this a list of potential substitutions, led by Justin Turner, Xander Bogaerts and Mike Moustakas.

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To make the Home Run Derby as entertaining as possible, MLB should make sure these guys step up to the plate at Marlins Park.

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Some choices for SN's MLB All-Star roster were easy, but some, as you’ll see, were not so simple.

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With MLB All-Star voting nearing an end, here are 11 rising stars who deserve to make the 2017 All-Star Game.

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The final chapter of the 2017 Cubs won’t be written for a couple of months, and nobody knows what twists and turns are yet to come.

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Let’s start with this truth: The Mets did not sign Tim Tebow last September with the long-term goal of stashing him with their Class A team in the middle of South Carolina.

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It’s fair to start to wonder whether the 2017 Cubs are ever going to look like the 2016 Cubs. One thing we pretty much know for sure at this point — these Cubs aren’t going to match the regular-season win total of those Cubs.

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Sure, MLB Draft grades are a bit ridiculous, but we're gonna have fun doing them anyway.

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Not going to lie, I love the idea of this “Players Weekend” in late August.

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Here's how the first round of the 2017 MLB Draft played out.

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The Angels picked Jordon Adell with the 10th pick of the first round of the MLB Draft on Monday.

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Does anyone who was drafted in this year’s first round have a chance of getting to the bigs before the 2018 draft rolls around? How about by the 2018 All-Star break? Let’s take a look at the most likely candidates.

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Jordon Adell is the type of person you should root for, even if your team didn’t pick him in the first round of the MLB Draft.

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Check out our mock for Round 1 of the 2017 MLB Draft, which begins Monday, June 12.

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The MLBN host opens up about this year's draft prospects, draft memories and what he learned from former NBA coach Bernie Bickerstaff.

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The moves the Cardinals' GM announced Friday don’t figure to do much to impact the on-field product.

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Arizona solidifies the No. 1 spot in SN's early 2017-18 college basketball rankings.

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It's a good time to be a ballplayer (or a fan) in Houston.

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The best starting pitcher in baseball over the past couple of weeks is the same guy who gave up more hits and earned runs than any other pitcher in the National League last season.

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A handful of big names could wind up getting dealt before the annual non-waiver trade deadline at the end of July, but those big names probably aren’t going anywhere soon.

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We’re two months into the 2017 season and surprising names are still all over the leaderboards.

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Feels like superstar players are landing on the disabled list way too often this season, doesn’t it?

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The Royals have decisions to make.

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Our first MLB mock draft of 2017 has the Twins taking Louisville two-way star Brendan McKay first overall.

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I'm not sure what I can add to the conversation about the Mets’ grand experiment with one of our nation’s highest-profile athletes. But I know I’m interested in the baseball side of this experiment, so here I am.

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After the 2015 season, Mike Trout looked at his first four full years in the big leagues — which produced one AL MVP and three second-place finishes — and decided he needed to improve.

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Watching this situation between the Orioles and Red Sox escalate over the past couple of days, I can’t help but be annoyed at how MLB helped this dust-up approach debacle status.

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With one month in the books, we thought we’d take a look at some of our favorite numbers — good and bad — from the first month of the season.

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That was one hell of an entertaining first month of the MLB season, wasn’t it?

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In 19 games, the Mets have scored only one or two runs seven times — and they’ve lost all seven.

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Sometimes, solutions are simple. It’s admitting there’s a problem that's the stumbling block.

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The Charlotte Knights, the Triple-A affiliate of the White Sox, have almost an embarrassment of riches on the mound this season. And let’s be clear: These youngsters are the real deal.

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Pitcher wins and losses are stupid stats. Let’s start right there. Cards on the table.

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SN chats with baseball's best player about his craft, the new intentional walk rule, and which stat he cares most about.

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It's hard to believe that some of these guys have never been to the Midsummer Classic.

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With 186 games in the books so far in 2017, we’ve only seen 34 intentional walks. Baseball has saved roughly 34 minutes. That’s not real change, folks.

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In his first two games of 2017, the Giants shortstop has two doubles, a home run and three runs scored. Not a shabby start to the season.