Major League Baseball’s long-discussed expansion plans appear to be moving closer to reality, and two cities have increasingly separated themselves from the competition. As MLB works toward eventually ...

The Mets have endured a season of frustration. Dustin Bradford / Getty Images In March, the majority of our MLB staff did not have Shohei Ohtani as a legitimate NL Cy Young Award contender. Nor did ...

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has targeted MLB expansion as a legacy to his tenure. (Photo by Michael Chisholm/MLB Photos via Getty Images) In the not-too-distant future, Major League Baseball will ...

Welcome to the 2026 edition of the Numbers That Define Baseball column, starring Paul Skenes, Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, triple-digit heaters, billion-dollar payroll splashes and more. Illustration: ...