A Hall of Fame is, by definition, a ranking of the best players to ever play the sport. We know from past research that something like the top 1-2% of players who reach the Majors get into the Hall of Fame, but what if we went a step further than

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Jan. 18.

Bryce Harper “had a very good year … I don’t think he had an elite year,” said Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski earlier this winter. While Dombrowski wasn’t really incorrect in that statement – Harper did hit 27 homers, but failed to earn a place either on an

The reason the Dodgers gave Kyle Tucker a massive contract – and the Mets tried to do the same, and the Blue Jays too – is pretty obvious. Their outfield was a relatively poor unit, and Tucker is a star, ranking as a top-10 position player in the sport over

It feels like we’ve been here before. It feels like we’re always here, actually, asking: Hey, what kind of player is Cody Bellinger? What kind of contract should he get? It was the question after the disastrous 2021-’22 that got him non-tendered by the Dodgers. (He got one year, $17.5

Ahead of the 2016 season, we took our first attempt to identify the future Hall of Famers we would see playing in the Majors that year. It's now become an annual tradition at around this time. It’s been enough years now that some of those names are, indeed, in the

It’s January, and the best all-around player on the free-agent market – Kyle Tucker – is still seeking his next team. That he’ll get a nice long contract isn’t in dispute, nor is the fact that he’ll help whichever team he ends up joining. (He’s never played on a team

This year’s Hall of Fame ballot has been viewed as a particularly weak one, and to some extent that’s true. There’s no obvious slam-dunk legend coming online, like Ichiro Suzuki in 2025 or Albert Pujols in 2028. No first-timer is getting in this year; in fact, it’ll be a minor

The Blue Jays, who already had baseball’s highest pitching release point in Trey Yesavage, have recently added to the mix submariner extraordinaire Tyler Rogers, who essentially scrapes the ground with his knuckles when he throws. There’s a 5.8-foot gap -- that’s more than one Jose Altuve -- between where Yesavage

There are a lot of numbers that go into the two-year deal the Mets have agreed to with former Mariners infielder Jorge Polanco, and we’ll get to a lot of them, but there’s absolutely only one place to start. It’s with his completely stunning drop in strikeout rate, which must

In case it’s not clear yet that the modern Winter Meetings are the midpoint of the winter, not the end of it, note how many top free agents are still available – and how many teams still have needs to fill. Among the top 30 free agents on Mark Feinsand's

This article was originally published on Nov. 25, three weeks before Tyler Rogers agreed to a three-year, $37 million contract with the Blue Jays.

If you want an outfielder this winter, you can go sign some good ones. Kyle Tucker is obviously the best free agent on the market, and Cody Bellinger is going to be highly valued as well. While Kyle Schwarber is much more a DH than a fielder at this point,

After a big trade for Sonny Gray, the next NL Central righty the Red Sox have added might seem considerably less interesting, given that new addition Johan Oviedo has spent most of five seasons for St. Louis and Pittsburgh being decidedly unremarkable. You wouldn’t look at a career 4.24 ERA

Where is Bo Bichette going to sign this winter? That's a question that can – must, really – be taken in more than one way. There’s the obvious "where" of location, whether that’s back to Toronto or somewhere new. But there’s the secondary "where" of position, too, because the long-time

This article was originally published in November, before Williams agreed to a three-year deal with the Mets.

Nolan Arenado, potential future Hall of Famer, is going to get traded this winter. Probably. We say probably, because both sides have indicated it’s time for a change, with new Cardinals president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom going so far as to say “we all feel like it’s best to

Baseball can be a copycat sport, and everyone seems eager to take a lesson from the stunning Toronto run to the seventh game of the World Series, which goes something like this: Make more contact and wins will follow. Sounds great, in theory. That might be the wrong lesson, though,

This winter features what just might be the most divisive case we’ve seen for a free agent in years. We’re talking about Luis Arraez, who is either “the best contact hitter alive” or “a below-average baseball player,” with little middle ground. You might think he’s a superstar. You also might

There’s simply no shortage of incredibly clutch moments in baseball postseason history, and many of them are so famous that you don’t even need to name the players involved to know what we’re referring to. Game 6, 1986? Boston fans will run speeding in the opposite direction. Game 6, 1993?

Cody Bellinger, Trent Grisham and Kyle Tucker have something in common, beyond being left-handed hitters who are the clear top three outfielders available on the free-agent market. (At least if we’re considering Kyle Schwarber to be the designated hitter he really is.) They’re tied together by this, too: All three

So you’re a team on the free-agent market, looking to add the next massive piece of what you hope can be a contending team, or maybe just that final complementary part to help get you over the line. Who’s out there – and what kind of help can they offer?

Where does each team start the 2025-26 offseason? It’s not necessarily the exact same place where they ended the 2025 regular season (or postseason). Even though it’s only been a few days since the conclusion of a thrilling World Series, roster machinations are already in full swing. Players have become

The 2025 World Series only just ended, but baseball doesn't really stop. The 2026 MLB season starts immediately, believe it or not, with decisions to be made about which free agents will receive a qualifying offer – and which, of those who do, will choose to accept or reject it.

What is it with the Dodgers and being involved in the most pivotal plays in World Series history? It’s not that hard to rank every single play that’s ever happened in the Fall Classic by using Win Probability Added, which looks at the context of each moment in a game