It’s a herd of turtles in the AL West, and the Astros aren’t innovators anymore (Gift Article)

No team in baseball history has won a division in a full season without a winning record. The AL West looks eager to take up the challenge.

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How Brandon Pfaadt returned from the minors to take the rein of the D-Backs’ rotation

Plus a fourth-generation Hall of Fame legacy, a glitch in the Immaculate Grid and more of the timely and timeless elements of baseball.

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Ketel Marte’s baffling absence leaves D-Backs to weather the impact (Gift Article)

After failing to show up for a series at Fenway, the three-time All-Star second baseman is slated to speak with GM Mike Hazen on Thursday.

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Club 162: Yankees’ Gerrit Cole is rolling to a record he didn’t even know about

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Struggling Cal Raleigh puts blame on himself as Mariners keep sinking: ‘I’m awful’ (Gift Article)

Raleigh, who hit 60 home runs last season as the AL MVP runner-up, has just 12 this year along with a .159 average and .563 OPS.

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As Seattle salutes the 50 greatest Mariners, these funny 50 won’t make the cut

Forget about the top 50 Seattle Mariners. How about this alternate list instead?

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As Mets honor 1986 champions, the uplifting power of a skyward glove still resonates

Plus 5 questions on coaching 5 Cy Young winners, a classic Rickey Henderson trade clip and more timely and timeless elements of baseball.

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A trio of traveling superstars reaches its destination in Cooperstown (Gift Article)

Carlos Beltrán played for seven teams, Jeff Kent played for six and Andruw Jones played for five. They learned something from each stop.

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Cooperstown quiz: How well do you know your Baseball Hall of Famers? (Gift Article)

As three new players are honored in Cooperstown, we see if our readers can identify previous inductees based on the bio on their plaque.

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A Hall of Fame Sliders with the Class of 2026 — Beltrán, Jones and Kent — and honoree Joe Buck (Gift Article)

How the Yankees became a late career stop for many Hall of Famers, Jeff Kent's 'Survivor' stop and more in this special 'Sliders' edition

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Carlos Beltrán, Mets discussed managerial role after Mendoza firing, hoping for second act

Beltrán also discussed his feelings about being the only player mentioned in MLB's report on the 2017 Astros sign-stealing scheme.

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Sliders: For Ken Griffey Jr., a passion project to expand opportunities, on the field and off

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The All-Star Game was a dud. But for 'gross' pitchers, lessons could be long-lasting

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This Home Run Derby was a night unlike any other in Citizens Bank Park history (Gift Article)

Jordan Walker, Kyle Schwarber and company showed their prodigious power — and Philadelphia flexed — in a derby that delivered the goods.

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We know what MLB wants. But what’s important to the All-Stars in the next labor deal?

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The 10 most unforgettable MLB All-Star Game moments of the last 30 years (Gift Article)

Jacob deGrom, Barry Bonds and Cal Ripken Jr. are among the players who've made the past three decades of Midsummer Classics so eventful.

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An All-Star spangled celebration was the final wish for the Phillies’ biggest fan (Gift Article)

Before Phillies chairman David Montgomery died in 2019, MLB promised his city would host the Midsummer Classic in 2026. Plus more Sliders.

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As Justin Verlander gives up chase, the 300 win club seems closed forever

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Introducing Sliders' MLB All-Star Game rosters: Which players should be in Philly?

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Andy Green’s role changes, not mission: Building a foundation for the mismatched Mets (Gift Article)

Green will resume his job as the Mets’ farm director after this season.

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How Cardinals closer Riley O’Brien is following his grandfather’s MLB lineage and advice

Plus more on a Diamondbacks rookie's gator aid, a rare third-generation MLB family and timely and timeless elements of baseball.

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Father’s example guides the Rays’ Shane McClanahan, thriving again after 2 years of pain (Gift Article)

The dad of the Rays' lefty was the best coach he ever had. For the first time in his career, he's had to take the mound without him present.

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For years, the White Sox took their lumps. Now they found an expert in Sam Antonacci

Plus, the prospect who honored his dad by homering four times in a game this week and more timely and timeless elements of baseball.

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How Jordan Walker accomplished his ‘mission’ to break out as a star for the Cardinals — and more Sliders

We also look at how Yoshinobu Yamamoto is channeling Greg Maddux and more of baseball's timely and timeless elements.

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The Sweet life: Inside a longtime minor-league manager’s record pursuit

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Sliders: Cleveland’s pitching factory rolls off MLB's most stable rotation – with two stars in the making

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Brewers ‘play the long game’ with Cooper Pratt, their $50 million shortstop of the future (Gift Article)

Plus some perspective on two recent pitching feats, reflections from the Rays' new closer and more timely and timeless elements of baseball.

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From Bronze Star in Vietnam to All-Star in Baltimore, Al Bumbry to be honored in Cooperstown

Plus 5 questions with MLB's first Slovakian-born player since 1961 and more timely and timeless elements of baseball.

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After ‘terrible’ trip, Yankees look ahead to test with Toronto and Tampa Bay

Whatever happens against their AL East rivals, the Yankees are a very good team, and a very bad trip doesn’t change that.

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