Shohei Ohtani The Los Angeles Angels’ version of Babe Ruth took home the trophy for the American League. He beat out the two Yankees Miguel Andújar and Gleyber Torres. He finished with 25 out of 30 first place votes and the other five were given to Andújar. While Ohtani missed a chunk of the season […]
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MLB Announces 2018 Awards Finalists
The MLB has a funny way of announcing their award winners. They released the Gold Glove winners at 9 p.m. on a Sunday night. The other award winners won’t be decided for another week. Here are the finalists for the 2018 awards. AL Rookie of the Year Miguel Andújar 3B, New York Yankees Shohei […]
2018 World Series Preview: Dodgers vs. Red Sox
The 2018 World Series will be a matchup of league heavyweights between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox are coming off of a franchise record 108 regular season wins and have not slowed down during the playoffs. They took both the ALDS and ALCS in five games against the Yankees […]
Taking a Look Ahead to the Dodgers’ NLDS Rotation
As the Dodgers prepare to host the Atlanta Braves for Game 1 of the 2018 NLDS series on Thursday, lots of questions will surround the construct of the team. This is a franchise that prides itself on depth, and we have seen just that over the past two seasons. A lot of eyes will turn […]
The Biggest Names from the NL’s Loaded 2018 Rookie Class
The 2018 National League Rookie of the Year race is absolutely loaded this year. It’s not often that fans get to see this much elite fresh blood injected into the MLB. Fans have seen strong classes in NL in the past, as recently as 2013 and 2015. 2015 was headlined by Kris Bryant, Noah Syndergaard, […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers Have Found Their Next Franchise Ace
The Los Angeles Dodgers have long been a team that drafts (or signs) prospects and develop them into their own stars in-house. They have always prided themselves on minor league depth and bringing up players “The Dodger Way.” Even when Los Angeles isn’t at its best, they have at least one or two stars on […]
Taking a Look at the National League’s Rookie of the Year Race
Like the National League MVP, the NL’s Rookie of the Year race is pretty wide-open. There are two particularly leading candidates, but there is a wide pool of players that have legitimate arguments. We are seeing another excellent influx of young talent that baseball fans will be fortunate enough to watch for the next 10-15 […]