Peter Gammons

“Zac Gallen is the best pitcher with whom I’ve ever worked,” says pitching coach Brent Strom. “Yes, even Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole.”

Chris Antonetti crafted a lineup built on players acquired elsewhere, continuing the legacy of Dan O’Dowd John Hart, and Mark Shapiro.

It doesn’t take Dr. James Andrews to figure out that there will be postseason slots determined by days on the IL.

I’ve long heard the Johnny Bench comparisons for Rutschman, and those are both unfair and also miss the point.

Injuries have created a need for pitching that has front office staff looking in unlikely places for reliable players who can get outs.

The buyers must figure out what they want. Teams in the middle? They need to decide the best way to sell while preparing for what’s next.

Naming an All-Star team based on the 50 years I’ve covered baseball forces some tough decisions.

Shaw’s development, plus the return home of Trayce Thompson and the revitalization of baseball in the Twin Cities.

Betts’ dash home in the 2020 World Series stands as a reminder to major leaguers around the game of what great baserunning can really do.

It was the last week of spring training 2001, down in Jupiter, Fla. I was there to do an ESPN Sunday conversation with Mark McGwire, who was then 37 and coming off a physically troubled season in which he fell from 65 homers the year before to 32 home runs in 89 hobbled games. McGwire had finished...