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Eight Bold Predictions for the 2020 MLB Season

Jul 23, 2020

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The 2020 Major League Baseball season will be unlike anything we've ever seen: a 60-game regular season with no fans, no extended playoffs, and 66.7 percent of games being divisional affairs. Here are eight bol...

A Delayed MLB Season Will Benefit the New York Yankees

Quinn Allen

Jul 16, 2020

Major League Baseball, New York Yankees, Opinions & Predictions

After much anticipation over whether there would even be a 2020 Major League Baseball season due to COVID-19, we now await Opening Day, which will take place on July 23 and 24. Each organization will play just ...

Yankees’ Gerrit Cole is on the Same Career Path as Nationals’ Max Scherzer

Robbie Stratakos

Jul 8, 2020

Hall of Fame, Major League Baseball, New York Yankees, Opinions & Predictions, Washington Nationals

The 2019 World Series-champion Washington Nationals open the 2020 Major League Baseball season at home against the New York Yankees on July 23. It's an Opening Day matchup that features two of the best starting...

Who’ll be the Top 5 Pitchers in 2020?

Baseball Essential

Jun 24, 2020

Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The 2020 season is running a bit late. Thanks, coronavirus. The first pitch of the season was supposed to be hurled across the diamond on March 26, which just happens to be my birthday. I was really looki...

New York Yankees: Severino, Paxton Injuries Offset Cole’s Arrival

Robbie Stratakos

Mar 1, 2020

Major League Baseball, New York Yankees, Opinions & Predictions

On the surface the New York Yankees went into spring training with the best starting rotation in the American League. Such a notion derived from them signing Gerrit Cole and having a healthy Luis Severino. Unfo...

Gerrit Cole Makes the Yankees the Team to Beat in the American League

Robbie Stratakos

Dec 13, 2019

Major League Baseball, New York Yankees, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

The New York Yankees did it: they got their ace. With Gerrit Cole in the fold -- thanks to a record-setting, nine-year, $324 million deal -- the Yankees are now the team to beat in the American League. Cole ...

The Angels Need More Than Just Gerrit Cole to Get Into Playoff Contention

Robbie Stratakos

Dec 5, 2019

Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

The prevalent rumor across Major League Baseball concerning Gerrit Cole is that he's going to be playing for the Los Angeles Angels in 2020. At the same time, even if they ink the right-hander, the Angels aren'...

Zack Wheeler Could be the Houston Astros’ Next Reclamation Project

Robbie Stratakos

Nov 13, 2019

Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

There's no replacing Gerrit Cole, but the Houston Astros can continue doing what they do best this offseason: embark on a reclamation project. And their next project could be right-hander Zack Wheeler. With ...

Gerrit Cole’s Potential Astros Departure Could Open the Door for the A’s

Robbie Stratakos

Nov 6, 2019

Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics, Opinions & Predictions

It's widely presumed that right-hander Gerrit Cole will be leaving the Houston Astros in free agency this offseason. If the prevailing notion holds true, it could open the door for the Oakland Athletics in the ...

Gerrit Cole vs. Hyun-Jin Ryu: Who Fits Where?

Joe Orsatti

Oct 17, 2019

Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins, Opinions & Predictions, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals

Gerrit Cole is, without question, the top option on the free agent market this offseason. He's coming off a dominant 2019 season that has continued into October, and he will spend all of 2020 at just 29 years o...

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