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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.
 | It was only five years ago that the Cardinals won the National League Central with only 90 wins. Heck, it was only 12 years ago that the Cubs won it with 85, and 13 that the Cardinals won it with 83. Point is: There have been times in recent baseball history that the NL Central was not exactly the toughest gauntlet in the sport. But in 2019, it looks like the scariest division in baseball.
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 | Of all the wonderful things about Spring Training -- the sunshine, the grass, the pleasing puzzlement at all the players you've never heard of in your favorite team's lineup by the seventh inning -- the best is the hope.
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 | Even in an age of "openers" and extended bullpens, there is an undeniable cache to being a team's Opening Day starter. It's a legitimate honor.
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 | Our weekly series previewing each of baseball's six divisions begins with the American League West. Let's take a team-by-team look at the biggest questions this season.
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 | Everybody slumps. It's how you get out of it that matters.
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 | We are looking at the players on each active roster who are making history for their franchises every time they step on the field. We're looking at the player who has compiled the highest WAR (per Baseball Reference) for his current team so far in his career.
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 | To truly be an immortal, the Red Sox need to finish off the decade strong, perhaps even with another championship. They are trying to become the first team to repeat since the 1998-2000 Yankees and cement their status as the premier franchise in this current era of baseball. Boston has a chance to close this out right.
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 | Today, we look at 10 potential sleeper MVP candidates -- players who, if everything lands right, could be looking at some hardware next winter.
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 | It is not too early -- it is never too early -- to start combing through the 2019 MLB schedule. We are, after all, exactly two months, today, away from the start of the season. It is so close now.
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 | Last year, Albert Pujols, a certain Hall of Famer and one of the best baseball players of the last 50 years, passed a sabermetric career threshold: He reached 100 total career Wins Above Replacement, according to Baseball Reference. This makes Pujols, according to WAR, the 31st-best baseball player of all time, just behind Joe Morgan and just ahead of Warren Spahn. Rather heady company, all around.
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 | In honor of Mariano Rivera's unprecedented achievement, here are seven potential candidates who someday might also head to the Hall of Fame with unanimity.
More»The guys on MLB Tonight talk 2020 eligible HOFers |
 | With the 2019 Hall of Fame class being finalized this week, let's guess the next Hall of Famer to wear each team's hat on his plaque.
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 | It was inevitable. With everyone waiting on Bryce Harper and Manny Machado to sign, we were invariably going to end up discussing what might be baseball's biggest story over the next 20 months: The looming free agency of Mike Trout, which is set to happen after the 2020 season.
More»Howard suggests Phils be cautious, wait for Trout |
 | Today at the Thirty, we attempt to pick the one player on each team's current 40-man roster who is most likely to still be on that roster in six years.
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 | You might do a double-take the first time you see these five players who switched teams in the offseason in their new uniforms.
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 | If there were ever a division in which a team would be tempted to close up the blinds, batten down the hatches and reset the competitive window, it probably would be the National League Central. Every team in that division is going for it, including the Reds.
More»Marty Brennaman on Reds' acquisitions, Votto in 2019 |
 | So much of this offseason has revolved around where Bryce Harper might be going that we've forgotten to consider what would happen if he stays put.
More»Collier on recent meetings between Nationals, Harper |
 | You probably don't remember that any of these players were Yanks; with some of them, it even seems wrong that they were ever part of the team.
More» Berkman's homer puts the Yankees ahead |
 | In the spirit of optimism that the New Year brings, today at the Thirty, we give each MLB team one resolution for 2019.
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 | There are dozens of baseball players who will emerge in 2019 and reside in the subconscious of the average baseball fan for decades to come. Who are they? Here's a guess at the 10 ready to break through, the ones whose names you'll undeniably learn in '19 … and never forget.
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