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NewsRichard Justice, who joined MLB.com as an executive correspondent in 2011, has covered Major League Baseball for more than three decades and offers his insight on MLB.com.
 | Dallas Keuchel is asked about keeping his sanity as he deals with a lack of success when, in large part, he's doing the things he's supposed to do. He has lacked some of the pinpoint control and crispness of, say, his 2015 Cy Young season. But his 4-8 record and 4.15 ERA do not completely reflect a 4-8 performance.
More» Keuchel fans 5, allows 2 runs in 6 innings |
 | For all the attention we pay to the huge, forehead-slapping transactions, sometimes the small, smart ones pay off in a big way. These are the acquisitions that are more about scouting and coaching and seeing things others can't rather than spending money. After every season, we look back and count a bunch of moves like this that impacted the standings.
More» Sanchez tosses 7 shutout innings vs. Padres |
 | In the most recent Rookie of the Year poll, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres got 34 of 37 first-place votes to outdistance teammate Miguel Andujar. In the National League, Dodgers righty Walker Buehler continues to lead the poll, this time with 139 points.
More» Torres launches a 3-run homer to left field |
 | Set your baseball viewing schedule for the week around these matchups.
More»Astros reel off 12 straight wins to tie club record |
 | There have been 85 players age 23 and under who have appeared in a Major League game this season, which got us thinking about the All-Star Game and whether we could create a representative team from baseball's youngest players.
More» Soto clobbers a pair of HRs vs. Yanks |
 | Each of our 32 voters was asked to rank their top three Cy Young Award candidates in each league, with a first-place vote being worth five points, three points for a second-place vote and one point for third-place vote. Therefore, the maximum number of points a player could get was 160.
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 | Since entering the Dodgers' rotation in late April, Ross Stripling has been on the short list of the National League's best starting pitchers. Almost every contender has a similar story. Let's consider 10 others who have impacted this season's division races.
More» Stripling has strong all around performance |
 | Our week begins with America's first baseman -- Paul Goldschmidt, one of the hottest hitters on the planet -- leading the D-backs into a big series, and it ends with a pair of rivalries that are more than a century old.
More» Goldschmidt plates 2 with a triple in 7th |
 | Baseball's Midsummer Classic has produced 33 first-time All-Stars the last five seasons, but there'll be lots of other first-timers in Washington come July.
More» Markakis crushes a 3-run homer to center |
 | You thought you had it all figured out, didn't you? Not pointing fingers, pal. We've all been fooled. Besides, this is a good thing. Not just for fans in Seattle and Atlanta, either. These surprising standings are a larger statement about baseball's parity. Hope springs eternal, or something like that.
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 | Even in the twilight of a long, wonderful life, Red Schoendienst seemed happiest on those warm, resplendent spring mornings when he would slip into his Cardinals uniform one more time and head to the back fields to watch the fresh young faces prepare for a new season.
More» Busch Stadium honors Schoendienst |
 | Thirty-seven MLB.com voters were asked to rank their top three players in each league this season, with five points going to a first-place vote, three points for a second-place vote and one point for third-place vote. Here are the results.
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 | We've got a lot of the Detroit Tigers on the menu this week, which tells you the American League Central race hasn't unfolded the way some of us predicted. That's a good thing, right? Let's run down the week and come up with the best game of each day.
More» Scherzer fans 12 to earn 150th career win |
 | Here are five trades that make so much sense it's surprising they haven't already been done.
More» Hamels K's 7 over 7 solid frames |
 | Richard Justice examines five teams with interesting decisions to make approaching the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline.
More» 5 teams with decisions to make |
 | The Dodgers aren't the only team that has recovered from a tough start to play its best baseball of the season. Rather than draw larger conclusions, let's just call it Trending Upward. Here are five teams doing just that.
More» Bellinger, Kemp lead late rally |
 | Memorial Day is the baseball season's first significant checkpoint, so if your favorite team is in first place, throw some burgers on the grill and invite the neighbors over. What we're all getting is a full day of holiday baseball, with the Astros and Yankees starting it in the Bronx at 1:05 p.m. ET, and the Phillies and Dodgers starting seven hours later at Dodger Stadium. Let's run down the schedule and pick our favorite game of each day this week.
More» Verlander K's 9 over 6 innings of 1-run ball |
 | Yes, 20 teams are leading or within 4 1/2 games of first place in their division. With nearly a third of the regular season in the books, all these clubs see a reasonable path to the postseason.
More»Dan Duquette discusses possibility of trading Machado |
 | Here's one man's list of baseball's 10 most exciting players. No team is represented more than once, which took some deserving players out of the running. We'll offer a hat tip to them after the Top 10 list.
More»Justice discusses the 10 most exciting players in MLB |
 | To the baseball gods, we offer thanks for a moment this weekend cool enough to ripple across two continents. We've even got a proper amount of time to prepare for Shohei Ohtani the hitter vs. Masahiro Tanaka.
More»Ohtani vs. Tanaka highlights a big baseball weekend |
