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NewsWill Leitch, who is a columnist for MLB.com and a contributing editor for New York Magazine, was the founding editor of Deadspin and has written four books.
 | Nothing lasts forever. And these 10 things in MLB are likely over when the season ends.
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 | It might seem like Mookie Betts, Mike Trout and Jose Ramirez are leading in everything. But you'll never believe some of the following league leaders.
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 | Today we take a look at players on each team who, in 2018, had the breakthrough year that augurs great things for the future. Some of them are rookies, some of them just finally turned the corner, but all of them are players we'll be talking about for years to come. And this was the year they got it all started.
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 | Today, we take a look at potential NL Wild Card matchups and rank them based on potential narrative/excitement. A one-game playoff for postseason survival is inherently dramatic. But these certain matchups would be absolutely riveting.
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 | This week at The Thirty, we take a look at players you might have expected to have a better season than they have, for whatever reason, whether it's a slump, injury or just bad luck. These players are likely to bounce back next year: They're too talented not to. So don't give up on these guys yet.
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 | There is a sense that the Cubs are underachieving in 2018. But as October approaches, they're right where they were at this time in 2016, before they won the franchise's first World Series title in 108 years.
More»Rizzo discusses Cubs' season, offense on MLB Tonight |
 | As we march down these final three-plus weeks, let's take a look at the standings, and the schedule, and see when we should expect each of the 10 races (the six divisions and the four Wild Cards) to be resolved, officially. When does everybody get to pop the corks? Let's call it a Champagne Countdown.
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 | Teams have been planning for this offseason for years, and it promises to be among the most fascinating in Major League Baseball history. Thus, we look at this year's impending free-agent class and whimsically speculate on pairings and groupings, NBA-style. These might not be super teams. But it'd be super fun to watch them all travel together.
More»Leitch on potential 'superteams' forming in 2019 |
 | With trade season in the past, we can now look forward to two wonderful baseball things: the postseason and the Hot Stove. The fun thing about the Hot Stove is that, unlike the postseason, everyone gets to be involved. Whether your team won the World Series or finished 50-plus games out of first place, you're a part of the Hot Stove. The offseason is for everyone.
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 | Today, we look at how much of an effect September can have. How did they alter the postseason race? How thrilling were they? Here's a glance back at the past 10 Septembers and rank just how dramatic a change they made.
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 | When Matt Holliday first suited up for the Rockies last week, it was the first time he'd worn that particular shade of purple in a big league game in nearly a decade. That warm feeling you get when you see Holliday with the interlocking CR? Here are some other reunions that would give you that same feeling.
More» Holliday's nostalgic HR in Colorado |
 | This (theoretical and, as of this moment, entirely fictional) award would honor the player having a terrific season that, because of all the focus on the big names, hardly anyone has noticed. Thus, this week at The Thirty, we take a look at the player having a positive season on every MLB team that only the most hardcore of hardcore fans have noticed. Here are the standouts who have snuck under the radar.
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 | It must be truly exhausting to be a Dodgers fan this year.
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 | Teams that have no reasonable playoff expectation and are 10 or more games out of the pennant chase still have reasons to hope.
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 | This week at The Thirty, we take a look at the Carlos Beltran on each time: The veteran, or just inspiring story, who you'd most like to see win that elusive championship. Obviously, there's not much hope for some of these guys; the Orioles have already been eliminated, after all. But you never know. These are the players who never got a title … but someday should.
More»Adrian Beltre building on incredible career in 2018 |
 | On July 14, the Cardinals lost, 8-2, at home to the Reds in a game that was plagued by two extended rain delays, two ugly Cardinals errors, one of the most baffling double switches I've ever seen and a Busch Stadium crowd that was doing an excellent collective impersonation of 40,000 sad mimes.
More»High Heat on the Cardinals' 8-game winning streak |
 | From his very first days in Major League Baseball, Puig has been a polarizing figure. Not for fans, mind you: Go to Dodger Stadium and you'll see as many Puig jerseys as anyone's. But he always seems to be getting under the skin of opposing players. This has led to an ongoing public debate over the six years of Puig's career: Is he the problem, or is the baseball culture that rejects him a problem?
More» Puig, Roberts, Hundley on fierce exchange |
 | Which active players might end up with their jerseys retired? Who potentially has that immortality in their future? We take a look at the most likely active player to someday have his number retired for every team.
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 | It's an old baseball offseason axiom: There is no such thing as a bad one-year contract.
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 | This week at The Thirty, we flash forward seven years, to 2025, and attempt to predict, for each MLB team, the player most likely to still be playing for their current team in that season.
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