Mike Petriello

If you’ve been named a finalist for the major end-of-season awards, then it goes without saying that you’re an excellent player who’s had a fantastic season. But not every great player gets there in the same way, do they? Each superstar has their own approach, their own massive strengths and

Hot Stove season is the time of year when you can dream about anything, or anyone. It’s the time of year when we can say this with an absolutely straight face: There is good reason to think that a pitcher with the following recent track record should be someone contenders

It’s been barely a week since the Dodgers held their World Series parade, but realize this truth: Walker Buehler isn’t a Dodger, nor is Blake Treinen, nor Teoscar Hernández. Juan Soto isn’t a Yankee, just like Clay Holmes, just like Alex Verdugo. They are members of no organization right now.

What is it with the Dodgers and being involved in the most pivotal plays in World Series history? It’s not that hard to rank every single play that’s ever happened in the Fall Classic by using Win Probability Added, which looks at the context of each moment in a game

This piece originally ran in 2021 on the 40th anniversary of Fernando Valenzuela's incredible rookie season, when he became the first player to win Rookie of the Year and a Cy Young Award in the same season. It is being resurfaced in light of the news of his passing.

In an October version of baseball that is increasingly ruled by how often you can roll out your filthiest relievers – where “starters” very much means only that – there’s an unexpected yet fascinating question to be asked: Why does it seem like all of the most dominating relievers in

The Dodgers and Yankees each made it to their respective League Championship Series, and they combined to win three of the first four games of those series, and yet they each had a similar question to answer: Why have our biggest hitting superstars not done a whole lot so far?

We all know that the Mets-Dodgers National League Championship Series is going to be portrayed as something of a David vs. Goliath, given the very different expectations of these clubs entering the 2024 season. But that might not be quite accurate. For one thing, for all the talk about the

When we learned that the Yankees and Royals would be facing off in the best-of-five American League Division Series, we were excited to see some of the most high-powered sluggers alive – like, of course, Aaron Judge, Bobby Witt Jr. and Juan Soto – get a chance to hit in

In last year’s National League Division Series, the 100-win Dodgers didn’t lose to the 84-win D-backs because of rust collected during the bye. It was largely because Arizona played well and neutralized the Dodgers' best bats – can’t forget to give credit to a team that made it to the