It’s an annual tradition: My column explaining why I think your favorite team isn’t going to win as many games as you think they are. These predictions are for fun, not a demonstration of my deep-seated loathing for your favorite team, and not the product of a sophisticated machine-learning algorithm to produce impeccable forecasts. I … Read more
Look, we didn’t want to ruin the baseball season for you, but we’re professionals, so when our bosses asked us collectively to predict the best players and best teams of 2025, we knew you’d take it as the gospel truth with no arguments or complaints. Sure, there might be a few rogue outliers in the … Read more
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Do you miss those robots yet? We’ve spent the past five weeks watching them pop out of hiding, every time a catcher, hitter or pitcher tapped his head to ask his favorite robot umps: Where the heck was that pitch? Then, almost instantaneously, a six-second animation would roll on the ballpark videoboard … Read more