Redrafting The 2011 MLB Draft: Fifth-Round Find Mookie Betts Goes First Overall
With 15 years’ worth of hindsight, Carlos Collazo takes a trip back through the very successful 2011 MLB draft class.
Blake Snell (b. 1992)
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Prospect Scouting Reports For Every Dodgers Player Ahead Of 2025 World Series
Here’s where every Los Angeles Dodgers player ranked, plus their full scouting report as a prospect, ahead of the 2025 World Series.
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Fantasy Podcast: Middle Infield Dynasty Rankings For 2025
Geoff Pontes and Dylan White hop on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast to discuss their 2B/SS dynasty rankings for 2025 and more news.
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Top 25 MLB Free Agent Starting Pitchers For 2025
Our MLB free agency preview continues with a full rundown of the best starting pitchers available to teams needing to upgrade their rotation.
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Padres Move One Win Away From Vanquishing Dodgers Demons
The Padres beat the Dodgers, 2-1, on Friday night to move one win away from beating them in the National League Division Series.
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How The Deadened Baseball Could Alter MLB Strategy In 2021
Several pitchers detail the changes to the baseball they’ve noticed so far in 2021, and how it could change baseball strategy this season.
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Now Contending, The Padres Have Traded The Equivalent Of A 40-Man Roster
November 2019 marked a pivot in the Padres direction. Since then, they’ve made a bevy of trades reshaping their roster.
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Trading An Ace In The Offseason Can Pay Dividends
Following the Snell and Darvish trades, we examined every offseason trade since 1995 involving an ace.
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Padres Acquire Blake Snell From Rays In Blockbuster Trade
The Padres acquired Blake Snell from the Rays on Sunday night in the offseason’s biggest trade to date.
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Tampa Bay Rays Stars—Yes, Stars—Help Even World Series
To describe the Rays solely as scrappy underdogs is to shortchange their talent.
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Dodgers, Rays World Series Rosters Have Strong Prospect Pedigree
Overall, 48 of the 56 players on the 2020 World Series rosters ranked in at least one Baseball America Prospect Handbook.
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Three Keys For The Dodgers, Rays In The 2020 World Series
Three things each team must do to win the World Series.
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Rays Choose Numbers Over Their Ace, Fall In Game 6 Of ALCS
Rather than trust his ace to get out of a jam, Kevin Cash took the ball from his No. 1 starter after four-plus innings and turned the game over to his bullpen.
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Blake Snell’s Gutsy ALCS Performance Shows Why He’s An Ace
Snell gutted through five workmanlike innings to hold the Astros to only one run, and the Rays bullpen took it the rest of the way in a 2-1 win.
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Which MLB Player Will Bounce Back In 2020?
BA’s editors discussed the players they believe will bounce back in the 2020 season.
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New Rays Rising: How Tampa Bay Returned To Its Roots
From the outside, some could perceive the Rays to be in a hopeless situation. J.J. Cooper explains why that’s not the case.
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Rays Ready For Year Two Of ‘The Opener’
The bullpenning strategy was met with skepticism at first, but Kevin Cash and the Rays are ready to go for the second year of openers.
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Chris Betts Falls In Love All Over Again
The 2015 second-rounder spent virtually all of his first three seasons rehabbing before a healthy 2018 rekindled his love for the game.
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Blake Snell Wins 2018 American League Cy Young Award
Snell’s season for the Tampa Bay Rays ends with a 2018 AL Cy Young Award, beating Justin Verlander and Corey Kluber.
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2018 All-MLB Team
Picking the best MLB player at each position from the 2018 season.
