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The trend of dominant pitching and well-rounded teams in MLB continued this year as the NL East went on a great run with the Phillies, Mets, and Braves all making a long streak at the end of the season. With Sandy Alcantara pitching at the rate that he was, and Max Fried and Kyle Wright both most likely making their individual Cy Young pushes this…

The New York Mets may have lost out on free agent superstar Carlos Correa, but they remain legitimate World Series contenders in 2023. However, the Mets no longer can be considered favorites to win a championship next season. Just three weeks ago, Mets owner Steve Cohen said as much. Breaking the news that New York had reached a 12-year, $315…

MLB Trade Rumors | Simon Hampton: Entering the season with Aaron Hicks, Oswaldo Cabrera, and a bunch of recent minor signings battling it out for the starting left field gig doesn't sound entirely optimal. However, it's starting to become a more likely option. Hampton goes through the Yanks' offseason priority list when it comes to left field,…

With just under three months until Opening Day, MLB fans are starting to feel the buzz. Free agents have signed, trades have been completed, and rosters are starting to take shape. Fans have already started to squabble over starting rotations, batting lineups, and which pitchers deserve to start on Opening Day. In a recent tweet by MLB Network,…

With the 2022 MLB All-Star festivities in the books, it's time for a quick round of bold predictions before the second half of the season gets underway on Thursday. What follows are 10 bold predictions for the remainder of the 2022 season, focusing mostly on individual players rather than teams since there will be plenty of postseason predictions…

After an All-Star break festooned with nostalgia, home runs, and bullpen dominance, the MLB schedule restarts Thursday, with some 70 games remaining for each team. So before the second half begins, let's dive into the top 10 story lines to monitor between now and October-because there's a whole lot of baseball left, and just as much drama on the…

Now that the free-agent market is mostly settled, the next major player movement to monitor will be trades. For teams unable to check off their free-agent wishlist, it's still possible they can address some needs by making deals. Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star center fielder Bryan Reynolds officially requested a trade earlier this month after the two…

The Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves will face off in the final game of their three-game series in Atlanta Thursday night. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Rockies-Braves prediction and pick we have laid out below. Colorado is in the midst of another lost season, going 56-75 and once again…

Sep 22, 2022; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals center fielder Michael A. Taylor (2) bats against the Minnesota Twins during the eighth inning at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports The New York Yankees are waiting patiently to find themselves a new left-fielder. With Michael Conforto, the last…

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Over the past few seasons, MLB teams from across the league have been starting to lock up their young stars to long-term contracts earlier and earlier into their service time. In doing so, teams are avoiding going to arbitration with their top players and giving them guaranteed money through their prime years. Some players are receiving these deals…

Bobby Witt Jr. is enjoying a solid rookie season, becoming the fifth player to hit at least 20 home runs and steal at least 20 bases in his very first season. He has had some ups and downs but it is clear he at least has the skillset to be a cornerstone player for this franchise, if not a league star. Having made the Opening Day roster, Witt is…

On March 31, 2019, Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Elvis Luciano became the first player born in the 2000s to reach the big leagues. In the years since, a wave of talented young players who weren't even born when Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire were chasing down Roger Maris during the 1998 season has descended on Major League Baseball. 2022 Rookie of…

The Atlanta Braves and Michael Harris II will take on the New York Mets and Francisco Lindor on Sunday at 7:08 PM ET, at Truist Park. The Braves have the seventh-best batting average in the league (.253). The Mets have hit 162 homers this season, which ranks 16th in the league. Here is what you need to get ready for Sunday's Braves vs. Mets…

The Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals will begin a three-game series in our nation's capital with a Monday night matchup. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Braves-Nationals prediction and pick, laid out below. The Atlanta Braves, at 95-58, are in a brawl for the top spot in the NL East with…

This story was excerpted from Adam Berry's Rays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, . And to get it regularly in your inbox. ST. PETERSBURG -- We'll spend plenty of time this offseason looking at what the Rays can do to improve next season at first base, at the back of the rotation and, above all, at the plate. But during this…

Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen and manager Torey Lovullo have worked together since 2017. Theirs is one of the longest current partnerships in baseball for a head of baseball operations and manager. Only the Dodgers (Andrew Friedman and Dave Roberts), Guardians (Chris Antonelli and Terry Francona), and Mariners (Jerry Dipoto and Scott…

Before we get to the 2023 ZiPS projections, there's still some unfinished work from 2022 to do. Looking at which projections went the most wayward is definitely an exercise that makes me soul cringe a bit, but in any model, being wrong is an important component of eventually being right. Calibration is a long-term project, and while chasing greater…

These past few years have been tough for baseball. First the sport was upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, then it dealt with the financial fallout of the shortened 2020 season, and last year the offseason was overshadowed by labor strife and eventually a lockout the shut down the sport for 99 days. Now, finally, we're heading into a somewhat normal…

With the announcement of Aaron Judge as the 2022 AL MVP last night, we can finally tally up the results of our annual predictions contest! Last year, our managing editor Andrew Mearns took the crown. Who would come out on top this time? Looking back, it seems a little strange that so few of us, fans of the New York Yankees, saw fit to pick them to…

The New York Mets and Atlanta Braves will play their third of a four-game series Wednesday night in Atlanta. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Mets-Braves prediction and pick we have laid out below. The New York Mets are one of the most exciting teams in the league, with their 75-42 record sitting…

Michael Harris of the Atlanta Braves has been named the 2022 Rookie of the Year for the National League! His Braves teammate, Spencer Strider, finished second while Brendan Donovan tried his best. Usually, the competition comes down to two or three rookies on separate teams across the league. In 2022, it took place in Atlanta, Georgia. That is…

Hunter Greene did not receive a single vote - not even a random third-place nod - on a 2022 National League Rookie of the Year ballot. But when we look back at the rookies from the class of 2022 in five years, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the flame-throwing right-hander from Cincinnati is the best player who made his NL debut this season. And…

Baseball's most prestigious individual player awards will be announced this week in voting by the Baseball Writers Association of American, with most of the awards being presented by former award winners. The awards, which will be announced at 6 p.m. ET beginning Monday through Thursday on the MLB Network, start with the Rookie of the Year…

The 2022 MLB season is over, and the Astros have been crowned World Series champions. Now, the only thing left to hand out is the hardware for the top players and managers. This year, the awards could carry some extra significance for a few players in particular. AL MVP finalist Aaron Judge and AL Cy Young finalist Justin Verlander are both free…

Even with the baseball season wrapping up just days ago, BetMGM wasted little time putting up World Series futures for the 2023 campaign. And despite the title this season, the Houston Astros are not the favorites to pick up a successive championship. Instead, the Los Angeles Dodgers have the shortest odds on the board at 5-1. Over the past five…

Xander Bogaerts made perhaps the easiest decision of his career on Monday afternoon, when he officially opted out of his team-friendly contract with the Red Sox to become a free agent for the first time. Bogaerts, 30, has been the most productive offensive shortstop in baseball for the last five years. Since 2018, his.880 OPS is clear and away the…

The Atlanta Braves got so many contributions from a variety of sources. Dansby Swanson, Austin Riley, and Travis d'Arnaud put up some of the best numbers of their careers so far. William Contreras was the designated hitter in the NL All-Star despite not being the team's regular designated hitter. Kyle Wright and Max Fried were great all year long…

It's a doom and gloom forecast, but let's assume the Atlanta Braves will watch all eight of their free-agents-to-be move on. They'll waive goodbye to Dansby Swanson, Kenley Jansen and Adam Duvall. Robbie Grossman will sign elsewhere, Luke Jackson too, along with Jesse Chavez - actually, we'll see you back in a Braves uniform after next season's…

The Philadelphia Phillies host Game 3 of the NLDS versus the Atlanta Braves on Friday at 4:37 PM ET. The teams are knotted up 1-1. The Braves (+100 underdog moneyline odds) are away versus the Phillies (-120). The Philadelphia Phillies will hand the ball to Aaron Nola (11-13), but the Braves' starting pitcher has not been announced yet. The contest…

SI's MLB staff takes a stab at picking the team that will win it all. The regular season is over and the expanded postseason begins Friday afternoon, so that means it's once again time for us to make some World Series picks. Sure, some of us (read: Martell) whiffed horribly on our preseason World Series predictions, but that's part of the fun!…

The Atlanta Braves host the Philadelphia Phillies in the second game of the NLDS on Wednesday at 4:35 PM ET. The Phillies lead the series 1-0. The Phillies are an underdog away (+109) against the Braves (-129). The Atlanta Braves will hand the ball to Kyle Wright (21-5, 3.19 ERA), who is looking for win No. 22 on the season, and the Phillies will…

One of the recurring themes on the Cuppa Cubbie Blue podcast this season has been the emergence of super-teams in MLB. There are a handful of teams that spend money, extend talented players and seem to have no end of talent in their farm systems. The rest of the league just has to scrap and hope they catch those super teams on a bad day to have a…

Following an entertaining Wild Card round that featured three "upsets" (Philadelphia Phillies over St. Louis Cardinals; Seattle Mariners over Toronto Blue Jays; San Diego Padres over New York Mets), the MLB playoffs continue this week in what should be an action-packed Division Series. As in seasons pasts, the Division Series remains a best-of-five…

Which two teams from each league will be advancing to the Championship Series? Our MLB writers make their picks. After an absolutely thrilling wild-card weekend, four teams are moving on to the Division Series, where they will face one of the four teams that received first-round byes. Three of the four matchups are between teams from the same…

After sneaking into the final wild-card spot in the NL postseason field, the Phillies stunned the Cardinals with a pair of road victories to set up a divisional series clash with the defending champion Braves. The first game in that series will easily be Philadelphia's toughest test of the postseason, as this well-rested Atlanta team is heavily…

After an absolutely thrilling wild-card weekend, four teams are moving on to the Division Series, where they will face one of the four teams that received first-round byes. Three of the four matchups are between teams from the same division (Dodgers-Padres, Braves-Phillies and Astros-Mariners), while the other one (Yankees-Guardians) features two…

With the Wild Card Series over, the playoffs now kick into an even higher gear: The Division Series features eight teams that have what it takes to win it all. There are some surprises, some underdogs, some fascinating subplots … and surely much wildness to come. All four Division Series kick off Tuesday. Here's a look at the primary storyline to…

The Phillies may have limped into the postseason with a 7-13 record in their final 20 games, but a two-game wild card round sweep of the Cardinals in St. Louis erased any doubt that they're a legitimate MLB contender. Their next challenge as an underdog is in facing the defending world champion Atlanta Braves, a rested team that has been as hot as…

The undefined strut into the 2022 postseason with a World Series title on their resume and a better overall roster than last season. The length of the lineup and ceiling is much higher than the undefined. In addition, the Braves have a shutdown bullpen, plus depth to their starting rotation. Their most important question is if and when Spencer…

Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt and Albert Pujols were sent packing. Bo Bichette has plenty of time to play tennis. Tee time or tea time? Plenty of baseball's greatest stars can make that choice after their teams failed to make it past wild-card weekend. See, it's often not the biggest names that prove most indispensable once Major League…

The Philadelphia Phillies stunned the St. Louis Cardinals and will head to Atlanta to take on the Braves in the National League Division series. These two teams, both members of the NL East, are extremely familiar with each other and played 19 times this season. The Braves won 11 of those matchups and outscored the Phillies, 88-85. World…

CTP vs PW Dream11: The National Basketball League is now in full flow and as expected, the action has been high-octane with some games going right down to the wire. The NBL may not have the firepower as the NBA but it still has been able to narrow the gap recently to a considerable degree. In this game, the Cairns Taipans will look to narrow the…

ST. LOUIS - It was a season where teams were either really, really good, or were really, really bad. There were four 100-victory teams this season, tying a major-league record. There were four 100-loss teams, also tying a major-league record. The expanded postseason took the drama of races, but if not for the third wild-card spot, the Philadelphia…

The National League is filled with blossoming young players, and we have seen a glimpse of the next generation's superstars as a handful of these candidates have made their MLB debuts. Still, deciding which one has separated themselves enough for this year's award remains to be determined. Here are the leading candidates in 2022 NL ROY odds (as of…

The reigning champs enter this year's postseason with an improved and deeper squad than the one that won it all in 2021. Needing all of their 101 wins to run down the Mets in the race for the NL East crown and a first-round bye, the Braves enter October as one of the favorites to win it all. Unlike in the championship 2021, Ronald Acuña Jr. is…

When September started, the stakes were obvious, but at least somewhat daunting. The Braves had 31 games to make up a three-game deficit in the division, with a key showdown for the Mets in Atlanta set to begin on the final day of the month. Their odds of winning the division sat at 15 percent, reflecting a distinct, but still pretty unlikely,…

Mariners: Mariners over Blue Jays in WC round, lose to Astros in ALDS. Larry Stone AL pennant: Blue Jays NL pennant: Braves World Series: In a rematch of the 1992 World Series, the Blue Jays win again, this time in seven games instead of six. Mariners: Not locking up the No. 1 wild-card seed (or the No. 3, for that matter) will come back to haunt…

Pickswise provides exclusive sports betting content to Syracuse.com, including picks, analysis, tools, games and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Following a 162-game season, we are left with 12 teams to compete for the Commissioner's Trophy. It has been a year filled with surprises and broken records, but only one team can…