Danny Knobler
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With Firepower Galore, Yankees Showing Why They'll Be Must-See TV All Season
The New York Yankees ' fate in 2018 will ultimately come down to the mundane things: how many runs they score and give up, how healthy they remain and how other teams play... → Read More
Ichiro's Dream of Playing Baseball Until He's 50 Is Alive and Well
There's nothing better in spring training than a hot young prospect. So why am I most excited this week about a guy who was getting paid to play before those young guys were even ... → Read More
Full Year of Justin Verlander Can Drive Houston Astros to World Series Repeat
No matter what, the Justin Verlander trade will always be seen as a success in Houston. He showed up, and barely two months later the Astros were 2017 world champions... → Read More
Early Verdict on Derek Jeter the Owner: 'He Doesn't Know What He's Doing'
Arte Moreno has a mixed record in his time owning the Los Angeles Angels . Some good. Some bad. Some in between. Not the best owner. Not the worst... → Read More
Trea Turner's Lightning Speed Is About to Electrify the 2017 Postseason
Trea Turner wasn't always fast. Well, that's not exactly right, because Turner was probably always faster than the average kid. But he wasn't fast fast when he started playing baseball at Park Vista Community High School in Lake Worth, Florida... → Read More
Aaron Judge Needed Just 1 Game to Start Writing Yankees Postseason Legend
NEW YORK — The kid is the star. He has been since April. It's just as true in October. You see it with all those shirts with No. 99 on them. You hear it when Aaron Judge comes to the plate at Yankee Stadium... → Read More
The Baby Bombers: We're Witnessing the Beginning of MLB's Next Powerhouse
NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez was the cleanup hitter the last time the New York Yankees played a postseason game. It was the 2015 American League Wild Card Game, and it felt like the end for a franchise that had been winning for two decades... → Read More
Luis Severino Exploded from $225K Signing into MLB Ace with 101 MPH Heat
Luis Severino was two outs into the seventh inning and 106 pitches into his day's work when Jose Peraza stepped to the plate on a recent Wednesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium... → Read More
Contenders Can Answer Dodgers 'Superteam' with August Justin Verlander Splash
Baseball's non-waiver trade deadline passed more than a week ago, but the pitcher who might be the biggest difference-maker of all remains on the market. He's healthy, he's strong and he's pitching as well as he has all season... → Read More
'My Country Is Misery:' The MLB Stars Who Are Too Scared to Go Back Home
After a trying first half of the season, Carlos Gonzalez just wanted to relax with his family during the All-Star break in July. But as he sat around the pool at his house in Florida, the topic no Venezuelan can avoid kept coming up... → Read More
Yu Darvish Must Be Traded Before He Bolts for $100 Million FA Deal
In the space of six days last week, the Pittsburgh Pirates made up six games in the National League Central standings. The Texas Rangers have 10 weeks to make up a 2.5-game deficit in the American League wild-card race... → Read More
Pablo Sandoval Was a $95M Disaster with Red Sox, but Was Boston the Problem?
Pablo Sandoval was 28 years old when he signed that big deal with the Boston Red Sox . I'm not sure what that is in panda years, but it turns out a panda ages quickly at Fenway Park... → Read More
Cubs' Jose Quintana Blockbuster Is Needed Win-Now Risk Without Blowing Future
For the Chicago Cubs , "now" was never supposed to last just one year. Now was last year, as Theo Epstein so aptly put it when he traded for Aroldis Chapman ("If not now, when?)... → Read More
Aaron Judge's Star Power Explodes on Home Run Derby's National Stage
There was a moment, sometime early this season, when Aaron Judge took over New York. Monday, he took over all of baseball. He did it with power. He did it with style... → Read More
Tim Tebow vs. Michael Jordan: Who Is the Better Baseball Player?
There were Crying Jordan memes all over the internet last week. To be fair, there are probably Crying Jordan memes all over it every week, for one reason or another... → Read More
Former Speed Demon OF Anthony Gose Could Ride 100 MPH Fastball Back to Majors
Anthony Gose didn't want to pitch. He made that clear, to his coach and to every one of the scouts who came to see him in Bellflower, California, in the days and weeks leading up to the 2008 baseball draft... → Read More
Aaron Judge's 495-Foot, 120 mph Power on Collision Course with 60 HRs
NEW YORK — The cheers begin the moment the ball comes off his bat. As they should. There are so many remarkable things about what New York Yankees right fielder ... → Read More
MLB Ace Jason Vargas and His 86 MPH Fastball Will Have MLB Contenders Calling
There's a beauty in what Jason Vargas does on the days the Kansas City Royals pitcher is at his best. You have to see it to fully appreciate it... → Read More
Yoenis Cespedes' Brother Yoelquis on Being Bigger MLB Star: 'That's My Dream'
The best thing you can say about Yoelquis Cespedes is you'd notice him even if you didn't know his last name. The ball jumps off his bat, and there's real speed in his legs... → Read More
Passion of 2017 World Baseball Classic Can Help Fuel the Future MLB Needs
Did you see Marcus Stroman shaking his shoulders? Silly question. Of course you did. For a tournament "nobody cares about," there sure was a lot of buzz about the 2017 World Baseball Classic... → Read More