#Mike Schmidt

For a franchise that suffered 10 full seasons of agony, starting in its inaugural 1998 season, being able to contend for the last three seasons has been an incredible luxury. The Tampa Bay Rays have averaged 92 wins over the last three seasons and have won the American League East two of these three years. To do this with such a modest payroll…

For the ninth time, and first since 2019, Major League Baseball, all 30 MLB Clubs, Minor League Clubs and other partners have organized a charity auction during Baseball's Annual Winter Meetings to benefit a special cause close to the game. The auction this year, which was spearheaded by the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros, will support the…

On the way to winning his third American League MVP last year, Mike Trout seemingly did something you wouldn't think possible - he got better. Now, the challenge for the Angels is to do the same. They believe they made a big step in that direction with the hiring of Joe Maddon as manager. He replaces Brad Ausmus, who served as a one-year bridge…

Imagine traveling back to May 2022 and getting a Mets fan, a Braves fan, and a Phillies fan into a room and telling the Phillies fan they would be the last team standing in the NL East. After the Mets and Braves fans stopped laughing, the Phillies fan would probably take a swing for getting their hopes up. Somehow, someway, that's the exact…

By Rob Biertempfel, Katie Woo and Nick Groke Each of the three finalists for the National League Gold Glove Award at third base has a fascinating backstory. The old master is the Cardinals' Nolan Arenado, who has won the award in each of the past nine years. Ke'Bryan Hayes of the Pirates is the new kid, a defensive whiz in the minors who just…

ATLANTA - Six months ago, on April 11, Alec Bohm made three throwing errors in the span of three innings, got booed by the home crowd, and was caught on camera telling a teammate how much he hates playing in Philadelphia. Yet somehow that wasn't his low point. Looking back, Bohm figures the next few days were worse. He got benched by Joe Girardi,…