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Sleeper pick in the NL Central? Plus, Guardians’ wizardry deserves more attention
17h · Ken Rosenthal, Levi WeaverThis article may be behind a paywall
$Welcome to The Windup, The Athletic's MLB newsletter.
Ranking all 30 MLB teams’ Opening Day lineups: Dodgers, Braves lead way, Rangers power up
22h · Jim BowdenThis article may be behind a paywall
$Here’s how I rank the Opening Day lineups for all 30 teams as an intriguing season gets underway.
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Who will win the 2025 World Series? Predicting the MLB champions, MVP and Cy Young
22h · Chad JenningsThis article may be behind a paywall
$The Los Angeles Dodgers may be preseason favorites to repeat — but the majority of our 33 writers picked other teams to win it all.
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Chicago Cubs roster projection 3.0: On to the next Opening Day
Mar 24 · Patrick MooneyThis article may be behind a paywall
$With the second phase of spring training almost over, here's how the Cubs could regroup.
Fanatics says it had $40 million in MLB Tokyo Series sales, higher than all major sporting events
Mar 21 · Brooks PeckThis article may be behind a paywall
$Japan's rapidly growing interest in MLB helped Fanatics sell more merchandise than it does for events like the World Series.
Back in Arizona, the Cubs are getting back to work ahead of domestic Opening Day
Mar 21 · Sahadev SharmaThis article may be behind a paywall
$A week from Thursday, the Cubs will open the season against the Diamondbacks for domestic Opening Day.
Bowden’s 2025 All-MLB Breakout Team: A 26-man roster of promising players to watch
Mar 21 · Jim BowdenThis article may be behind a paywall
$Here is my loaded 26-man roster, a position-by-position look at the players who are primed for breakout seasons in 2025.
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2024-25 MLB Top 40 Free Agent Big Board: Pete Alonso returns to Mets, Alex Bregman goes to Red Sox
Mar 20 · Tim Britton, Chad Jennings, Aaron GleemanThis article may be behind a paywall
$Analysis, best fits, and contract projections on a strong free-agent class.
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How MLB’s Top 100 position players stack up, from Juan Soto to Shohei Ohtani
Mar 20 · Eno Sarris, Aaron Gleeman, Tyler KepnerThis article may be behind a paywall
$We separated the best 100 non-pitchers into different levels to see who reigns supreme.
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Spring Training hat rankings: Mr. Met in high demand, but do pinstripes work on a hat?
Mar 20 · Brooks Peck, David BetancourtThis article may be behind a paywall
$While the regular season has already begun for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, it’s still Spring Training for everyone else, so let’s talk about Spring Training hats.
Matt Shaw makes uneven debut as Cubs get swept in memorable Tokyo Series
Mar 19 · Sahadev SharmaThis article may be behind a paywall
$It may have been a trip to forget as far as what happened on the field, but the ambiance was as special as it gets.
In Tokyo Series debut, Roki Sasaki flashes long-term potential, early growing pains
Mar 19 · Fabian ArdayaThis article may be behind a paywall
$It was electric. It was maddening.
Shohei Ohtani slugs solo home run in Tokyo Series homecoming
Mar 19 · Fabian ArdayaThis article may be behind a paywall
$Ohtani joined Hideki Matsui as the lone Japanese-born players to hit a home run in a major-league game at the Tokyo Dome.
MLB insiders rank starting pitchers: Who’s ‘just a guy’ and who’s No. 1?
Mar 19 · Sahadev Sharma, Will Sammon, Andy McCulloughThis article may be behind a paywall
$Who are the baseball's aces?
