SI:AM | Guardians Seize First Place Thanks to Petey Halpin’s Unlikely Heroics The Cleveland center fielder isn’t known for his bat, but he hit the biggest homer of his team’s season. Sports Illustrated · Sep 17
George Lombard Jr. Has What It Takes to Succeed Where Anthony Volpe Faltered The Yankees’ 21-year-old shortstop has shot out of the gate in the majors—just as Volpe did at the same age. But Lombard’s profile portends a brighter future. Sports Illustrated · Aug 6
SI:AM | How Tarik Skubal and George Lombard Jr. Fared in Their Debuts Skubal took the mound in a Dodgers uniform for the first time, while the Yankees called up the prospect they hope will be their shortstop of the future. Sports Illustrated · Aug 5
These Players Must Adjust to New Roles After the MLB Trade Deadline We’re going to look at a handful of players, or position groups, that saw their roles suddenly change with new teammates coming aboard. Sports Illustrated · Aug 4
Four Realistic Zach Neto Trade Packages We Made With a Value Simulator The Angels could demand a king’s ransom for Neto in a trade market starved of star shortstops. Sports Illustrated · Jul 31
Five Realistic Tarik Skubal Trade Packages We Made With a Value Simulator Skubal remains the trade deadline’s crown jewel, and as Detroit continues to struggle, it seems more likely than ever that he’ll be dealt. Sports Illustrated · Jul 29
Three Realistic Trade Deadline Proposals for Rockies Catcher Hunter Goodman Colorado would need a hefty package of prospects to part ways with its crown jewel of a catcher. Could these offers get the job done? Sports Illustrated · Jul 24
Three Realistic Trade Packages for A’s All-Star Catcher Shea Langeliers Trade buzz is humming around Langeliers, the starting catcher for the American League in this month’s All-Star Game. Sports Illustrated · Jul 23
MLB Trade Deadline: Four Deals Involving All-Stars We’d Love to See Matching up All-Stars with contenders like the Rays, Yankees, Cubs and Phillies. Sports Illustrated · Jul 23
It May Be Time for the Dodgers to Give Dalton Rushing a Reset The young catcher has repeatedly let his emotions get the best of him lately. Sports Illustrated · Jun 25
The Yankees Are Uniquely Prepared to Navigate a Max Fried Injury New York would surely miss MLB's innings leader if he's out for an extended period, but the Yankees have been here before. Sports Illustrated · May 13
Urgency or Depth? Analyzing the Yankees' Recent Roster Decisions Have the Yankees' recent roster moves, such as demoting Luis Gil and Anthony Volpe, signaled more urgency from the club or are they a sign of increased depth? Sports Illustrated · May 12
Craig Breslow's Eight Biggest Mistakes With the Red Sox Boston's chief baseball officer fired manager Alex Cora last weekend, but Breslow's roster moves often didn't set up Cora for success. Sports Illustrated · May 1
Why White Sox Optioned Opening Day Starter Shane Smith After Just Three Outings Shane Smith will look to reset in the minor leagues after a rough start to the 2026 season. Sports Illustrated · Apr 8
Sports Illustrated · Apr 2 Three Future MLB Stars Who Should Be Next in Line for Mega Extensions A bunch of baseball’s young studs have been locked down for the long term in recent weeks. These guys could be next—including one who’s still in the minors.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 1 MLB’s Pre-Debut Extensions Have Produced a Wide Range of Outcomes The Mariners gave top prospect Colt Emerson an eight-year, $95 million deal before he’d even reached the majors. Here’s a look at how other players who got contract extensions before debuting have fared.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 27 Four Things We Learned From Spring Training ABS Challenge Data Here's what we can expect from the ABS challenge system in the 2026 MLB season based on spring training data.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 27 Top 50 MLB Prospects for 2026: Konnor Griffin, Kevin McGonigle Lead the Way Our resident prospect expert ranks his top 50 MLB prospects heading into the 2026 season.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 24 Every Top 100 Prospect That Will Be on an MLB Roster on Opening Day 20 of MLB’s Top 100 prospects will be on their club’s Opening Day roster to start the 2026 season.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 24 Who Is Next: Nine Young Players Ready to Take Over Baseball A look at nine young baseball players ready for major league stardom.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 18 Predicting the Results of Seven Spring Training Position Battles Spring training is a largely meaningless set of exhibitions to some veteran players but the land of opportunity to others, particularly young prospects looking
Sports Illustrated · Jan 22 Freddy Peralta Trade Grades: Mets Find Their Ace in Four-Player Deal Peralta goes to the Mets after going 17–6 with a 2.70 ERA for the Brewers in 2025.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 17, 2025 Five Wild Yet Realistic MLB Trade Proposals Involving All-Stars Two-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal is among the many names rumored to be on the trading block.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 10, 2025 ESPN’s Jeff Passan Makes Bold Claim About Orioles’ Lineup After Pete Alonso Deal Jeff Passan claimed the Orioles may have the best lineup in baseball after adding Pete Alonso.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 30, 2025 Trey Yesavage’s Wild Ride: Every Team Blue Jays Rookie Has Pitched for in 2025 From Dunedin to Toronto, here’s every pit stop Yesavage made on the road to World Series history.