Julio Rodríguez Fastest to 25 Home Runs, 25 Steals in Rookie Season

Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani became the first Japanese player to lead Major League Baseball in jersey sales this season. According to the Associated Press, MLB and the MLB Players Association released a list of the top 20 jersey sellers Friday based on Nike jerseys sold on MLBShop.com since Opening Day. Ohtani topped the list,…

The 2023 MLB playoffs will begin on Tuesday, October 3. With the 2023 season being one of the most dynamic, exciting and unprecedented in recent times, the stage is set for a postseason like no other. For the second straight season, twelve teams will compete in the 2023 MLB playoffs. Owing to an extra Wild Card berth in each league, the number of…

The Baltimore Orioles are the new odds-on favorite to capture the American League Pennant, while the Texas Rangers are closing in on the top spot as well. SportsGrid has your updated MLB odds. Below are the favorites to win the AL. Stay ahead of the game and elevate your sports betting experience with SportsGrid andour daily MLB game picks. With…

Mike Trout said he plans to return for a 14th season with the Los Angeles Angels in 2024, and the three-time American League MVP does have a full no-trade clause in his contract that runs through 2030. However, the Angels are staring at an offseason that could see Shohei Ohtani leave as a free agent and potentially usher in a new era for the…

It's all come down to one last week. The end of Major League Baseball's 2023 regular season arrives this Sunday, and then it will be on to the postseason. Here is everything you need to know, plus a few things you perhaps didn't realize you wanted to know. On the agenda are rundowns of where the playoff races in the American League and National…

It's interesting to think how much has changed since the Twins last played playoff baseball. Sure, Minnesota hosted the Houston Astros at Target Field back in 2020 when Josh Donaldson couldn't go and Alex Kirilloff made his major league debut, but no fans were in attendance. The last true playoff series Minnesotans got to partake in was a 2019…

There is starting to be some separation in the division races with the Minnesota Twins now leading the American League Central by 4½ after a four-game winning streak and the Los Angeles Dodgers up by four games in the National League West. The division races will continue to dominate the MLB news cycle. When looking at the MLB predictions, the…

As the dust settles following the 2023 MLB trade deadline, the playoff picture in the American League is taking shape. The trades have been executed, the roster adjustments have been made, and now, it's time for the teams to prove it on the field. This article provides a comprehensive update on where each team stands, evaluating the potential…

There may be no hotter MLB teams than the Seattle Mariners. They won 90 games in 2022, and while they were 16 games back in the American League West MLB standings, they made the playoffs for the first time in 21 years. That underdog story was sweet and allowed fans to hop on the bandwagon and support a Cinderella team in the playoff MLB…

A little over a month after ending the Blue Jays' 2022 season, the Mariners reportedly have acquired one of Toronto's better players. According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, the Jays are sending outfielder Teoscar Hernández to the Mariners, marking the first noteworthy transaction of the Major League Baseball offseason. In exchange for Hernández, Seattle…

The rally cap is yesterday's news. This is the rally shoe's moment. When the Toronto Blue Jays led the Seattle Mariners 8-1 in the sixth inning of Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series, Seattle possessed a 1% chance of winning, according to ESPN win probability. Those chances increased incrementally as the Mariners chipped away at the lead. Heading…

After a 21-year postseason drought and some heartbreakingly close misses in recent seasons, the Seattle Mariners can finally say that they're a playoff team again. As the second Wild Card club and No. 5 seed, the Mariners were driven by their pitching, while finally providing just enough on offense - especially thanks to likely Rookie of the Year…

Bridget Mulcahy The American League is filled with blossoming young stars, and this next generation has provided a handful of candidates looking to be awarded for their talent. Here are the leading candidates in 2022 AL ROY odds (as of October 6) This week: Julio Rodriguez returned from the injured list just in time, helping the Mariners and the…

The 2022 MLB Playoffs begin on Friday with a full slate of baseball action. In the American League, the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays begin a three-game Wild Card Series. Toronto hosts the proceedings as the No. 4 seed against the No. 5 seed from Seattle. The Mariners broke the longest playoff drought in MLB with 90 wins, while the Blue…

The Seattle Mariners will travel across the border to take on the Toronto Blue Jays in the first of a best-of-three Wild Card Playoff series on Friday afternoon. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Mariners-Blue Jays prediction and pick, laid out below. Seattle finished the season with a 90-72 record,…

O, Canada! Baseball's new post-season format will debut in the North, where the Toronto Blue Jays and a guaranteed insane Canadian crowd welcome the Seattle Mariners for the American League Wild Card playoff series. The Mariners snapped a twenty-year playoff drought to claim a wild card spot, while the Blue Jays were one of three American League…

The American League Wild Card Series between the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays will showcase some of baseball's top young talent. The first at-bat of the series Friday will likely feature Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah going up against Julio Rodríguez, the heavy favorite to win the AL Rookie of the Year Award. Manoah went 16-7 with a 2.24…

Good morning, your Seattle Mariners have, per FanGraphs, a 100% chance of making the playoffs. Well, it's certainly been a week, hasn't it? The Mariners have played quite possibly their worst baseball of the season, even in comparison to their awful May when many of us thought the season was over. The Mariners have lost 6 of their last 10,…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The final homestand of the season begins on Friday night for the Tampa Bay Rays, and there's still plenty at stake. Veteran pitcher Corey Kluber, who's been up and down of late, will start for the Rays in this first of three games against the Texas Rangers. It's the first of 10 straight games at Tropicana Field to end the…

Instead of looking at MLB betting lines all the time, future bets are an excellent alternative to change things up. We're looking at 2022 MLB American League Rookie of the Year odds. The American League is filled with blossoming young stars; the most experienced of them have a leg up on the field and the odds board. We have seen the next…

The Mariners are in Cleveland today to face the Guardians for the second weekend in a row. After taking three of four from said Guardians on Ichiro Weekend and then decisively sweeping the Tigers in Detroit, the Mariners are playing like a team that's postseason bound. In case you missed it, rosters expanded yesterday and the Mariners added…

SEATTLE - If you stand in front of the main entrance at T-Mobile Park, the home of the Mariners since 1999, you would be hard-pressed to miss the two bigger-than-life statues of franchise icons and Hall of Famers, Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez. Griffey spent 13 seasons of his iconic career in the Emerald City, while Martinez was a Mariner…

Major League Baseball's 2023 season begins with opening day on Thursday, March 30, the first games in what should be a memorable campaign filled with intrigue, star power, controversy and discourse around the new rules. Among the USA TODAY Sports baseball experts surveyed, the San Diego Padres were the most popular pick to win the World Series this…

On Friday afternoon, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland Guardians will begin the 2022 Major League Baseball postseason at Progressive Field. Tampa Bay is making their fourth consecutive trip to the playoffs, though each of the last three trips have ended short of a championship. Cleveland is making their fifth postseason appearance in the last…