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Padres Catcher Martin Maldonado Had the Best Ball-Strike Challenge Yet

The veteran backstop looks like a genius after challenging this call.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 22, 2025

Official: White Sox sign Martin Maldonado; Zach Remillard designated for assignment

Veteran catcher gets $4.25 million, one-year deal

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 5, 2024

White Sox casting wide net around starting-pitcher possibilities

The Sox say they have at least 10 candidates for their 2024 rotation.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 30, 2023

ALCS Umpire Had Such a Relatable Reaction After Getting Hit in Mask by Pitch

Taking a 93-mph fastball to the face is never fun.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 19, 2023

MLB’s X-Factors That Will Shape the LCS

Identifying the talent on the Phillies, Diamondbacks, Rangers and Astros that have the potential to shift a series.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 14, 2023

Astros Continue to Carry an Air of Inevitability

This year’s slightly different cast seems to make no difference. Houston is one win away from its seventh straight ALCS after handily defeating Minnesota in Tuesday’s Game 3.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 11, 2023

Benches Clear After Adolis Garcia Grand Slam As Rangers-Astros Rivalry Heats Up

Tensions flared during Wednesday’s AL West rivalry showdown.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 27, 2023

Cardinals' Giovanny Gallegos coughs up two-run lead in eighth inning of 10-7 loss to Astros

ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals looked poised for a third consecutive win, a series-clinching victory in come-from-behind fashion after they’d fallen into an early hole. Momentum seemed to be shifting in their favor in a season primarily characterized by unmet expectations.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 29, 2023

Cardinals score four unanswered runs to beat Astros in series opener, 4-2

ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals returned from their European excursion with a daunting homestand waiting for them in St. Louis with the defending World Series champion Houston Astros the first foe knocking at their door.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 28, 2023

Max Scherzer dazzles, Mets have stress-free night in rout of Astros

HOUSTON — With the sort of well-rounded, beginning-to-end, pitching-and-hitting effort that they expected to be so much more common this season, the Mets achieved their rarest of feats Monday: a low-stress win.

Newsday · Jun 20, 2023