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Yes, a pitcher can be the best player in baseball, especially if he also hits 40 HRs

Quarterback is the most important position in football because a quarterback has the ball in their hands for nearly half of the game. They control the game’s pace of play, the efficiency of the passing attack, and although it’s not done nearly as much nowadays, they can even call their team’s plays. Read more…

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Rangers are spending big, Blue Jays are playing smart

We knew Hot Stove season was going to come earlier than usual, given the ongoing MLB CBA dispute , but holy smokes! This got nuts real quick! Over the weekend, a myriad of moves were made involving the particular biggest free agents on typically the market. Read more…

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You get a high-impact player! And YOU get a high-impact player!

Well, I’ve been having an aneurysm trying to keep up with all the trades happening in Major League Baseball today and late last night. We here at Deadspin have talked about a few of them already, but it seems like every half hour another impactful trade happens — so we’re rounding up all of the […]

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BREAKING: You get a high-impact player! And YOU get a high-impact gamer! [Rolling updates]

Well, I’ve been having an aneurysm trying to keep up with all the trades happening in Major League Baseball today and late last night. We here at Deadspin have talked about a few of them already , but it seems like every half hour another impactful trade happens — so we’re rounding up all of […]

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As trade deadline approaches… Let’s make some deals!

The MLB trade deadline is this Friday, July 30 at 4 p.m. EST. Already we’ve seen big names like All-Stars Nelson Cruz and Adam Frazier get moved to contenders within the last week. There will certainly be several more moves before the deadline. Currently, there are 18 teams either in position to make the playoffs […]

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The Twins did this to themselves

As the Twins pick through the wreckage of their season, it’ll be easy to figure out where it all went wrong. Counting on Byron Buxton to stay upright more than seven minutes, and a bullpen that is the new music video for Prodigy’s “Firestarter. ” (I realize both Prodigy and music videos as a whole […]

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Olympic baseball won’t feature best vs . best and that’s a shame

It’s exciting that baseball is back in the Olympics for Tokyo after having been out of the program in 2012 and 2016. It is also going to be a weird mix of intriguing and disappointing to watch it all unfold, because while there are going to be familiar faces, the Olympics happening simultaneously with the […]

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Deadspin predicts: Teams that will improve, or regress, in the second half

The All-Star Game has come and gone. The American League continues to wreck the Senior Circuit year-in, year-out, and it’s abundantly clear that Vladdy Jr., Shohei Ohtani, and Liam Hendriks are the coolest dudes in the sport. Now, the attention turns to the second half of the season. Will the teams at the top stay… […]

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Shane Bieber is on one again

That’s probably not fair, as Shane Bieber isn’t really doing anything he didn’t do last year. We just didn’t notice all that much because it was a 60-game season in the middle of a pandemic and most of it happened in Cleveland. Read more…