| 1 | Jan 18, '25 | The Dodgers have a lot of money and will always be in a strong position to bid for players. But they also have an excellent culture that players love -- it's a group that has a lot | 19.3× | 3.8M | 4.8k | 402 | 242 |
| 2 | Mar 8, '24 | Joey Votto has agreed to a non-roster invite with the Blue Jays. He is back. | 18.5× | 3.6M | 6.2k | 979 | 39 |
| 3 | Apr 5, '24 | Within other organizations, there is a lot of disgust with how the A’s have handled the ballpark situation — especially when there’s no actual ballpark plan settled in Las Vegas. A | 10.9× | 2.1M | 4.8k | 462 | 143 |
| 4 | Sep 30, '24 | MLB advised the Mets and Braves that when one of them wins game one, they should not do the usual champagne celebration. So it's possible there will be simultaneous celebrations by | 10.7× | 2.1M | 13k | 601 | 451 |
| 5 | Jan 5, '23 | A great idea heard today, from a family member: All NFL team defenses could start their Sunday games with 10 defenders, to honor Damar Hamlin, and take a delay penalty -- declined | 10.3× | 2M | 7.8k | 537 | 24 |
| 6 | Apr 4, '24 | It appears that the difference between what Oakland offered and what the A's wanted was about $35 million or so over three years. Or about the same that the Angels are paying relie | 10.0× | 1.9M | 12k | 1.8k | 273 |
| 7 | Sep 26, '24 | What remains a total mystery is why the other owners in baseball stand by as the A's debacle plays out, and they don't do anything. And the situation will continue to be an embarra | 9.8× | 1.9M | 20k | 2.1k | 292 |
| 8 | Aug 16, '18 | Imagine if, in the middle of a no-hitter, a hitter charged the mound and whacked the unsuspecting pitcher on the arm with a bat just because the pitcher was dominating. That's basi | 8.7× | 0 | 27k | 7.2k | 31 |
| 9 | Apr 3, '24 | Following their first playoff appearance in decades, the Marlins tried to demote GM Kim Ng. She turned that down and left the organization. The Marlins are behind early today and i | 8.3× | 1.6M | 8.5k | 612 | 111 |
| 10 | Jan 21, '25 | Somebody didn't vote for Ichiro, after his MLB career of: 3,089 hits 1,420 runs 509 SB 10 Gold Gloves An MVP Award 2 batting titles A season of 262 hits 10 All-Star selections | 7.8× | 1.5M | 23k | 1k | 228 |
| 11 | Feb 20, '23 | Acute team tanking has been a problem for baseball for a decade -- without public complaint from other teams, without even out-loud acknowledgement of the practice. Now the Mets an | 7.8× | 1.5M | 3.8k | 424 | 23 |
| 12 | Dec 21, '22 | What Steve Cohen has done -- committing many hundreds of millions of dollars to improve his team -- makes it impossible for his fellow owners to cite financial challenges and be ta | 7.6× | 1.5M | 8.9k | 885 | 32 |
| 13 | May 21, '23 | Run differential, by division: 1. AL East +225 2. NL Central +13 3. AL West -8 4. NL West -11 5. NL East -58 6. AL Central -161 | 7.5× | 1.5M | 4.1k | 347 | 63 |
| 14 | Dec 21, '22 | Every member of the Mets' projected infield has at least two All-Star appearances. Their No. 1 and No. 2 starting pitchers should be unanimous selections for the Hall of Fame. The | 7.3× | 1.4M | 6.8k | 648 | 54 |
| 15 | Apr 20, '24 | That’s 258 career wins for Justin Verlander. He’s 42 wins away from becoming the last pitcher to reach 300 in his career. | 6.7× | 1.3M | 4.2k | 131 | 46 |
| 16 | Dec 19, '24 | Organizations that insist upon apologies from the Steroid Era players in return for entrance into team events should be required to issue their own apologies, for looking the other | 6.3× | 1.2M | 17k | 2.2k | 155 |
| 17 | Oct 23, '23 | In the hours before another Game 7 for Bruce Bochy today, he got a text from Madison Bumgarner, offering to pitch. | 5.6× | 1.1M | 4.4k | 359 | 39 |
| 18 | Oct 12, '17 | Aaron Judge has 15 strikeouts in this series. Tony Gwynn had 15 strikeouts in 535 at-bats during the 1995 season. | 5.6× | 0 | 14k | 6.2k | 0 |
| 19 | Dec 22, '24 | That Rickey Henderson earned a first-ballot election into the Hall of Fame was not a surprise. The point of the game is to score the most runs, and he scored more than anyone. He s | 5.2× | 1M | 11k | 797 | 207 |
| 20 | Sep 27, '18 | Jacob deGrom made 32 starts this season. He allowed 0 runs in 8 starts He allowed 1 run in 10 starts He allowed 2 runs in 5 starts He allowed 3 runs in 8 starts He allowed 4 runs i | 5.1× | 0 | 17k | 3.6k | 25 |
| 21 | Feb 13, '20 | Crane says that he doesn't think the sign-stealing impacted the game. "We won the World Series and we'll leave it at that." Why would the players have done it, if it had no impact? | 5.0× | 0 | 17k | 2.8k | 27 |
| 22 | Jan 13, '23 | Andrew McCutchen returns to the Pirates on the verge of some big round numbers: He's got 1,948 career hits, 392 doubles, 287 home runs, 983 walks. It'll likely be a summer of miles | 4.8× | 933k | 6.9k | 530 | 28 |
| 23 | Jan 25, '22 | Jeff Passan: If Barry Bonds isn't a Hall of Famer by the end of the day, it's a failure by the Hall of Fame | 4.7× | 0 | 16k | 2.4k | 52 |
| 24 | Nov 27, '24 | Possible Dodgers rotation in 2025: 1. Shohei Ohtani 2. Blake Snell 3. Yoshinobu Yamamoto 4. Tyler Glasnow 5. Clayton Kershaw 6. Roki Sasaki Depth: Bobby Miller, Dustin May, Tony Go | 4.7× | 916k | 4.2k | 241 | 157 |
| 25 | Oct 7, '25 | In George Steinbrenner's time as owner of the Yankees, he fostered the Steinbrenner Doctrine: If you don't win the World Series, your season is a complete failure. Generations of Y | 4.5× | 881k | 4.7k | 478 | 298 |
| 26 | Oct 19, '18 | Heard a classic story about the highly respected and greatly appreciated Erik Kratz today: When the Astros went through Opening Day intros in 2016, an Astro offered $1,000 to anybo | 4.4× | 0 | 14k | 3.7k | 78 |
| 27 | Apr 12, '21 | It's important that MLB come out today with a statement saying the pivotal review in ATL last night was incorrect. There is no evidence that Alec Bohm touched home plate. None. | 4.4× | 0 | 16k | 1.9k | 30 |
| 28 | Dec 11, '19 | It's likely that the Yankees will pay more for Gerrit Cole and Giancarlo Stanton than the Orioles will spend on their entire team. | 4.2× | 0 | 15k | 2.1k | 25 |
| 29 | Nov 13, '24 | Ichiro should be a unanimous HOF selection. Here's part of his resume: .311 lifetime avg. Played his first MLB game at 27 years, 162 days old, and finished with 3,089 hits. Led the | 4.1× | 808k | 13k | 798 | 152 |
| 30 | Aug 1, '21 | MLB and the Players Association are jointly responsible for this, but how absurd is it that a team can draft a player and choose not to sign him, as with Mets and Kumar Rocker -- a | 4.0× | 0 | 16k | 1.5k | 45 |
| 31 | Apr 6, '21 | Colorado's Coors Field is expected to be the site of the 2021 All-Star Game. | 4.0× | 0 | 10k | 1.7k | 36 |
| 32 | Feb 1, '19 | World Series pick from here for 2019: The Astros bounce back and win their second title in three years, defeating the Atlanta Braves in October. | 3.7× | 0 | 10k | 2.4k | 51 |
| 33 | Jan 24, '24 | Ichiro deserves to be a unanimous selection for the HOF next year. Just as Griffey, Jr., Jeter, Beltre, etc. deserved it. Hopefully, that happens. | 3.7× | 719k | 4.6k | 265 | 16 |
| 34 | Jun 28, '22 | Sources: Freddie Freeman, who has told friends he's angry with how his free-agent negotiations played out, is changing representation, away from Excel. He is currently listed as be | 3.6× | 0 | 11k | 1.2k | 132 |
| 35 | Aug 9, '23 | Kevin Brown is in position to ask for an extension, with written protection from future (ridiculous) discipline. He has enormous leverage in this moment. | 3.4× | 662k | 3.9k | 167 | 17 |
| 36 | Jan 27, '18 | Colleges should instruct their employees thusly: If somebody alleges sexual assault, the first call should be to the police. Not a coach, not an assistant coach, not a dean; the po | 3.3× | 0 | 11k | 2.5k | 1 |
| 37 | Jun 19, '20 | The 30 franchises and MLB have a combined value that runs in the neighborhood of $50 billion. And they aren't scraping up another $150 million to at least make an offer into the mi | 3.3× | 0 | 11k | 2.1k | 23 |
| 38 | Jan 22, '25 | A suggestion so that one or three voters don't make the BBWAA look bad: The group should make its participation in the voting contingent on the HOF releasing all ballots to the pub | 2.9× | 561k | 5.2k | 322 | 32 |
| 39 | Feb 15, '18 | WS prediction for 2018: Indians over the Nationals. | 2.8× | 0 | 6.1k | 2.4k | 2 |
| 40 | Aug 16, '18 | The fact that Urena dropped his glove as the Braves' bench emptied and seemed to beckon them forward tells you all you need to know about his intent. | 2.8× | 0 | 8.7k | 2.4k | 4 |
| 41 | Jan 20, '17 | World Series pick for this year: Cubs and Indians meet, again. This time, Cleveland wins. | 2.8× | 0 | 5.7k | 3.6k | 0 |
| 42 | Oct 28, '23 | The Diamondbacks traveled all of their employees to Texas to see the first games of the World Series. An important, impressive gesture. | 2.6× | 506k | 5.8k | 232 | 19 |
| 43 | Jul 2, '22 | There is a perception in some corners of the industry that if Jacob deGrom follows through with what he said in the spring and opts out of his Mets' contract, the Braves will be th | 2.5× | 0 | 5.7k | 700 | 70 |
| 44 | Dec 7, '22 | Sources Confirmed: Judge to the Yankees, $360m, nine years. Total surrender by the Yankees. The bet in himself yields huge money | 2.4× | 0 | 7.9k | 1.1k | 20 |
| 45 | Dec 11, '17 | The Marlins are executing major franchise-changing deals, including the swap of their best player, and the head of baseball operations -- Derek Jeter -- should be at the winter mee | 2.4× | 0 | 5.9k | 2k | 0 |
| 46 | Aug 31, '18 | Yankees get McCutchen: source | 2.4× | 0 | 4.9k | 2.2k | 6 |
| 47 | Jun 22, '20 | And the dominoes are now likely set to tumble: 1. Implementation of a short season by MLB 2. Some players choosing not to play. 3. PA grievance 4. Upcoming free agents get destroye | 2.4× | 0 | 6.4k | 1.5k | 31 |
| 48 | Apr 12, '21 | I have no idea what they saw. Seems pretty conclusive -- and lots of texts flying in from folks around baseball asking the same. This will be a big topic of conversation tomorrow. | 2.3× | 0 | 8k | 1k | 21 |
| 49 | May 17, '25 | Brandon Hyde is not responsible for the decision to not invest significant resources in pitching, this year, or last year, or the year before that. But here we are. | 2.3× | 441k | 4.3k | 317 | 39 |
| 50 | Oct 29, '18 | ELIAS: If the Red Sox win, David Price will have clinched two consecutive series against Cy Young winners – Justin Verlander and Clayton Kershaw – in the same postseason. That's ne | 2.2× | 0 | 6.9k | 1.8k | 19 |
| 51 | Jul 10, '21 | A simple solution for players who don't want to participate in the All-Star Game: In spring training, ask MLB and the Players Association to withdraw your name from consideration. | 2.2× | 0 | 7.9k | 481 | 14 |
| 52 | Dec 8, '17 | If the Yankees land Giancarlo Stanton, this is what their lineup could look like: Brett Gardner Aaron Judge Giancarlo Stanton Greg Bird Gary Sanchez Didi Gregorius Starlin Castro C | 2.2× | 0 | 4.6k | 1.8k | 0 |
| 53 | Oct 25, '20 | Game 6, 2011. Best World Series game ever. Game 7, 2016. Epic. Game 6, 1986. Unbelievable. Game 4, 2020. The craziest World Series game ever. | 2.2× | 0 | 7.5k | 827 | 76 |
| 54 | Jul 28, '19 | Rival evaluators noting: Stroman is a ground ball machine, and the Mets have what is statistically the worst infield defense in the majors. | 2.1× | 0 | 6.7k | 1.1k | 12 |
| 55 | Jan 3, '21 | This needs to be said again and again: The Hall of Fame is a baseball museum. A baseball museum. It's not a house of the holy. | 2.0× | 0 | 7.2k | 755 | 15 |
| 56 | Apr 6, '17 | The Indians with 21 runs in three games of this series. Arguably the best offense in baseball in 2017. Plus the rotation. Plus that bullpen. | 2.0× | 0 | 4.5k | 2.5k | 0 |
| 57 | Sep 27, '18 | Aaron Nola has had an incredible season, and is second in the NL in ERA. If he threw 90 consecutive scoreless innings, he would still not catch Jacob deGrom for the ERA title. | 2.0× | 0 | 6.4k | 1.6k | 10 |
| 58 | Apr 13, '22 | Bunts in one-sided game: The horror. Teams tanking multiple years of 162-game seasons: The industry looks the other way. | 2.0× | 0 | 8.3k | 640 | 20 |
| 59 | Feb 7, '19 | Possible Phillies' lineup if they finish the Realmuto trade, and followed up later with the signing of Bryce Harper: LF McCutchen SS Segura RF Harper 1B Hoskins C Realmuto CF Herre | 1.9× | 0 | 5.3k | 1.1k | 6 |
| 60 | Mar 11, '22 | Veteran agent says the market is zooming -- he's already heard about 6-8 deals agreed to. | 1.8× | 0 | 5.8k | 552 | 14 |
| 61 | Nov 3, '21 | Jorge Soler outhomered the Astros in this World Series. | 1.8× | 0 | 7.2k | 737 | 14 |
| 62 | Apr 2, '21 | MLB announces it is moving the All-Star Game and draft out of Atlanta. | 1.8× | 0 | 5.4k | 537 | 7 |
| 63 | Jul 21, '22 | The Nationals should've chartered a private flight for Juan Soto to the HR Derby. In lieu of the Nats doing the right thing, Scott Boras also had the opportunity to arrange a fligh | 1.7× | 0 | 6.6k | 255 | 26 |
| 64 | Oct 18, '18 | Many team officials across baseball frustrated, appalled by MLB decision on Astros/spygate. They believe that Rob Manfred threatened in past to come down hard on violators of elect | 1.7× | 0 | 4.7k | 1.4k | 10 |
| 65 | Apr 8, '21 | The Marlins losing that game in that way is a complete joke. | 1.7× | 0 | 6.3k | 624 | 8 |
| 66 | Feb 7, '20 | A.J. Hinch didn't answer the question about whether the 2019 Astros used buzzers. He only deferred to the Commissioner's findings. | 1.6× | 0 | 4.7k | 782 | 14 |
| 67 | Jun 15, '20 | An agent last week: "They're actually going to burn it all down." Yep. | 1.5× | 0 | 5.4k | 754 | 11 |
| 68 | Mar 11, '18 | This winter, the Twins landed P Lance Lynn, 1B-DH Logan Morrison, reliever Addison Reed, closer Fernando Rodney, reliever Zach Duke, P Michael Pineda, P Anibal Sanchez, OF Chris He | 1.5× | 0 | 4.2k | 1.3k | 7 |
| 69 | Jul 19, '20 | Re: Canada's decision to not allow the Blue Jays (and other MLB teams) to play in Toronto. Canada, a country of 38 million, has not had a day of 1,000 new cases since May 25, and a | 1.5× | 0 | 4.7k | 964 | 27 |
| 70 | May 1, '18 | The rest of the NL is going to have a heck of a challenge dealing with Albies, Acuna and Freeman at the top of the Atlanta lineup for years to come. Dynamic. | 1.5× | 0 | 4.2k | 1.4k | 1 |
| 71 | Dec 23, '22 | @FrankiesTwoLoud I missed the clause in the PED suspension that states he’s not allowed to dance or be happy. | 1.4× | 280k | 3.8k | 77 | 3 |
| 72 | Aug 30, '21 | It’s impossible to think of another prospective free agent making a bigger public relations mistake then Javier Baez did today. Burned one bridge, and likely severely damaged his c | 1.4× | 0 | 4k | 327 | 35 |
| 73 | Mar 2, '20 | This Trout drive cleared the net 294 yards, so there is no official measurement of how far it went. | 1.4× | 0 | 5.1k | 506 | 50 |
| 74 | Nov 2, '17 | Again, about aces pitching in relief: If Kershaw is able to pitch 3-4 innings today, why not start him, and then go all-hands-on-deck after? | 1.4× | 0 | 4.2k | 1k | 0 |
| 75 | Jan 13, '20 | From the report: "Some Astros players told my investigators that they did not believe the sign-stealing scheme was effective, and it was more distracting than useful to hitters." S | 1.4× | 0 | 4.9k | 596 | 8 |
| 76 | May 8, '18 | When John Mozeliak and Billy Beane reach that point in their lives when they reflect on their good deeds, their respective decisions to work out a trade so that Stephen Piscotty co | 1.4× | 0 | 5.2k | 849 | 2 |
| 77 | Aug 26, '19 | When Sandy Koufax retired at age 30, he was coming off a season in which he went 27-9 with a 1.73 ERA — and walked away because of terrible, chronic pain. He is a person of empathy | 1.4× | 0 | 5.3k | 697 | 7 |
| 78 | Jul 14, '19 | At his current pace, Mike Trout would finish the season with: 165 hits 134 walks 129 runs 35 doubles 52 homers 131 RBI 14 SB He has an OPS of 1.124 Before end of 2020, likely to su | 1.4× | 0 | 5k | 654 | 11 |
| 79 | Feb 24, '19 | We're a long, long way away from knowing what's going to happen with Mike Trout, and Bryce Harper's negotiations with the Phillies haven't reached the finish line yet. But it's int | 1.3× | 0 | 4.1k | 733 | 7 |
| 80 | Oct 1, '20 | What an absolutely botched decision to start this game when they did. What a mess. | 1.3× | 0 | 4.9k | 661 | 5 |
| 81 | Sep 26, '24 | Mason Miller and the other A's players were born decades after the opening of the Coliseum. To watch them honor the fans who have spent lifetimes supporting the team in Oakland is | 1.3× | 259k | 4.5k | 155 | 30 |
| 82 | Jul 19, '20 | Some responses to the Canada COVID numbers are along these lines: The U.S. has more cases because its a bigger country. To draw out the math: The U.S. population is 9 times greater | 1.3× | 0 | 4.1k | 922 | 28 |
| 83 | Apr 27, '21 | It's incomprehensible that this keeps happening. Again: There's need to be a statement of accountability from MLB tomorrow acknowledging the mistake. Or else it just looks like nob | 1.3× | 0 | 4.6k | 621 | 13 |
| 84 | Oct 27, '18 | For the first time ever, there will be a 15th inning in a World Series game. | 1.3× | 0 | 4.2k | 922 | 3 |
| 85 | Feb 14, '20 | Cody Bellinger: Altuve stole 2017 AL MVP from Judge | 1.3× | 0 | 4.6k | 569 | 14 |
| 86 | Feb 17, '20 | Mike Trout: "To cheat like that and not get anything (in the form of a penalty), it's sad to see." | 1.3× | 0 | 4.7k | 608 | 34 |
| 87 | Aug 2, '21 | The adjustment that MLB and the Players Association should make in next CBA for draftees like Kumar Rocker is obvious: If a team declines to make at least a minimum offer (say 80% | 1.2× | 0 | 5.1k | 323 | 17 |
| 88 | Mar 16, '22 | On a scale of 1 to 10, the industry shock over the Rockies’ deal with Kris Bryant has been turned up to 11. | 1.2× | 0 | 5.2k | 260 | 10 |
| 89 | Jul 23, '20 | A socially distant first pitch. | 1.2× | 0 | 4.7k | 533 | 4 |
| 90 | Jan 15, '20 | Over the last two months, some members of the Astros reached out to friends with other teams to assure them they didn't cheat to win. In wake of the Commissioner's Report, some of | 1.2× | 0 | 3.8k | 590 | 28 |
| 91 | Oct 24, '21 | The Braves have the best record in baseball since July 30, the day they completed the flurry of trade deadline moves. 44 wins, 22 losses. | 1.2× | 0 | 4.2k | 630 | 14 |
| 92 | Mar 27, '22 | The World Series pick from here: the Toronto Blue Jays over the Atlanta Braves. | 1.1× | 0 | 3.9k | 363 | 27 |
| 93 | Jan 21, '20 | Jeter's postseason record -- on the biggest stage, against the best opponents. 158 games 200 hits 302 total bases 111 runs .308 average .374 OBP | 1.1× | 0 | 3.9k | 723 | 16 |
| 94 | Jan 4, '22 | Cameron Maybin 15 years in the big leagues 1,162 regular season games, for 10 teams 973 hits 72 homers 187 steals 556 runs 13 postseason games A championship ring An excellent repu | 1.1× | 0 | 4.9k | 208 | 6 |
| 95 | Feb 14, '20 | Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez is in the best-shape of-his-life club. Looks very different than two years ago. | 1.1× | 0 | 3.9k | 374 | 7 |
| 96 | Jul 18, '19 | I got to work with this guy. | 1.0× | 0 | 3.9k | 454 | 40 |
| 97 | Feb 16, '20 | Darvish: The Astros should be stripped of their title. | 1.0× | 0 | 4k | 320 | 11 |
| 98 | Apr 5, '21 | Ohtani homers. He's the first pitcher hitting in the No. 2 spot in a lineup since 1903 | 1.0× | 0 | 4k | 446 | 9 |
| 99 | Sep 29, '22 | Roger Maris would be proud of his son. What class. | 1.0× | 0 | 4.4k | 185 | 9 |
| 100 | Jul 1, '20 | @PeterBurnsESPN Stan Musial had 3,630 hits in his career. 1,815 at home. 1,815 on the road. | 0.9× | 0 | 3.9k | 241 | 17 |
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