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NewsJon Paul Morosi is a reporter for MLB.com and MLB Network. He has also covered baseball for FOX Sports, the Detroit Free Press, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
 | The Giants have the second-worst record in the Major Leagues, along with the National League's second-oldest group of position players. That's a discouraging combination.
More» Melancon shuts down Braves in the 9th |
 | Aaron Judge vs. Cody Bellinger is everyone's favorite baseball discussion. Except maybe for Trade Deadline aficionados, who are fixated on a different comparison: Gerrit Cole vs. Sonny Gray.
More»Morosi compares Gray and Cole on MLB Central |
 | For weeks, fans of contenders have watched the Royals from afar and eyeballed the World Series-tested veterans their favorite team might acquire.
More» Moustakas belts a solo homer into McCovey Cove |
 | Logan Morrison's 19 home runs are the most this season of any American Leaguer not named Aaron Judge. The Rays first baseman is on pace to double his previous career high in homers, following a difficult 2016 that included surgery on his left wrist.
More» Morrison drills an RBI double to center field |
 | Justin Verlander has made six All-Star teams and won seven postseason games. He's earned Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player Awards. He owns one Cy Young Award and could have had two others, after a pair of runner-up finishes.
More» Verlander gets Hardy to complete no-no |
 | When Miguel Cabrera approached Albert Pujols behind the batting cage Tuesday at Comerica Park to congratulate him on his 600th career home run, he did so with a blend of respect, happiness and humor. Cabrera told him that -- as long as it didn't cost the Tigers a win -- he would've rather witnessed Pujols' milestone in person than on television.
More» Miggy plates four runs and reaches milestone |
 | The Dodgers entered this week's showdown series against the Nationals with the best team ERA in Major League Baseball. However, executives around the game expect Los Angeles to pursue pitching upgrades -- starters and relievers -- before the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline.
More» Kershaw strikes out 14 in seven innings |
 | With Sunday's headfirst slide into second base, Mike Trout tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb -- and changed the 2017 Major League Baseball season.
More»Morosi discusses Trout's UCL tear, impact on Angels |
 | At this time each year, baseball observers commence the ritual of separating the sport into "buyers" and "sellers" ahead of the non-waiver Trade Deadline. In 2017, additional terminology is required.
More»Morosi discusses new CBA's effects on Trade Deadline |
 | Ryan Braun is days away from acquiring full no-trade protection through 10-and-5 rights, which is sure to inspire fresh discussion about where the Brewers can -- or should -- move him between now and the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline.
More» Braun nabs Garcia at second on strong throw |
 | I grew up with American League baseball, and so I applied a young journalist's neutrality to the National League side of my Esurance All-Star Game Ballot. This year, no method of analysis -- objective or subjective -- offers much clarity on perhaps the toughest question surrounding the Midsummer Classic. Who deserves to start at first base for the National League?
More»Watch and listen as Thames crushes homers to his song |
 | The Blue Jays are off to a rough start, prompting many observers to wonder if it's time for club president and CEO Mark Shapiro and general manager Ross Atkins to dismantle their roster.
More»Will the Royals start trading some of their players? |
 | Jarrod Dyson scored the championship-clinching run for the Royals in the 2015 World Series. He knows a playoff team when he sees it.
More» Cruz hammers a solo homer to left-center |
 | We can point to a number of factors -- cosmic and analytical -- to explain why the Cubs won their first World Series title in 108 years in 2016. Here's one: In Mike Montgomery, the Cubs had an ideal reliever for the 2016 postseason -- and baseball's Bullpen Era.
More» Devenski collects 2nd career save |
 | If the Rockies were having a sluggish April, they'd have plenty of ways to rationalize it.
More» Cardullo knocks home LeMahieu with a single |
 | The Dodgers and Brewers have remained in contact about a possible trade involving Ryan Braun, sources say, and it is not difficult to see why.
More» Braun belts a three-run home run to center |
 | The Blue Jays are 1-6 for the first time in franchise history. Their fans are confused, maybe even indignant. So let's set aside emotion and consider a few facts:
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 | The Tigers lost a winnable game Sunday, and fans reacted with predictable panic and dread. In Detroit, there's no such thing as an isolated bullpen meltdown. Even in April, a spoiled lead evokes the image of David Ortiz swatting Joaquin Benoit's splitter into the Fenway Park bullpen during the 2013 playoffs.
More» Verlander three-hits Red Sox over seven |
 | On Friday afternoon, Miguel Cabrera played in his 10th home opener at Comerica Park. His streak nearly stopped at nine because of an offseason in which the Tigers contemplated a large-scale roster transformation, but they opted for the status quo.
More»Cabrera honors Ilitch at home opener |
 | Tyler Chatwood will pitch at 27 years old for the entire 2017 season, meaning he's almost the optimal age for a free agent. And while his numbers on the road were far better than at home, his overall performance last year -- 3.87 ERA, 1.373 WHIP, 158 innings -- was exemplary for someone who pitches at Coors Field half the time.
More» Chatwood strikes out five over four innings |
