The proof of Brandon Bailey’s big-league career can be found inside his parents’ house in the Denver suburbs. The jersey worn in his debut with the Houston Astros on July 26, 2020, hangs on a wall.

This is how it works around here. Every year, as Opening Day nears, I dust off my crystal ball and try to predict the future, with a little column we call “The Numbers That Define Baseball.” It’s fun.

How hard did the pandemic-shortened season hit Major League Baseball last season? The answer could have big implications for how much players, who saw base wages for 40-man rosters fall by $2.5 ...

This was a weird season for baseball. You know this already, on account of the fact that it has been a weird year for life, and if you tried to forget that for even a second while watching a ballgame, ...

Derek Harlan, like most sports fans across the country, watched every single spellbinding second of the Michael Jordan documentary “The Last Dance” this spring. By the time ESPN’s landmark series ...

Arriving soon at a color television set near you will be the baseball program of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. In 2021, baseball makes its vaguely anticipated return to the Games for the first time ...

2020 was an exceptionally challenging year for all, baseball included. From the restructuring of the minors, loss of games, shortened draft to the pushed back international signing period, we’ve done ...

Don't look for baseball to return to the Olympics in 2024 (Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images) Don’t look for baseball to be part of the Summer Olympics when it comes to Paris in 2024.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A few years back, I was at a minor league baseball game in Geneva, Illinois, watching ...