Examining the Credentials of the Current and Future Candidates for the Hall of Fame
Adrian Beltre is on the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) ballot for the first time, the top new candidate for a plaque in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Beltre, a five-time Gold Glove Award winner who finished his career with 477 home runs and 3,166 hits, is the one mortal lock […]
Last Thursday, San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey announced that, at the age of 34, he was retiring from Major League Baseball. Posey just completed a nine-year, $169 million contract that he signed in March 2013, but there was a $22 million club option for 2022 that the Giants would almost certainly have exercised, given […]
The Atlanta Braves’ season ended on Wednesday when the team was walloped by the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the National League Division Series. After the game, catcher Brian McCann announced that he was going to retire after 15 years in Major League Baseball. McCann, now 35 years old, leaves as a 7-time […]