Sarah Wexler

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Dec. 20. 1) Branch Rickey (1881) Rickey tops this list not for his achievements as a player, but for

For the better part of the 2010s, Clayton Kershaw was, by a fair consensus, the best pitcher in baseball. The left-hander won three National League Cy Young Awards in the span of four years (2011, ’13, ’14), the NL MVP Award in ’14 and led his league in ERA for

Danny Duffy first heard “Good Song About Danny Duffy, The Good Pitcher!” by the Kansas City Sports Band while appearing on Bob Fescoe’s KCSP radio show. The left-hander, who pitched for the Royals from 2011-21, loved it. “It was such a trip just to have a song on iTunes about

LOS ANGELES -- On Wednesday night, the Dodgers celebrated Shohei Ohtani's offensive prowess with a bobblehead commemorating his 2024 50-50 campaign. They also saw their two-way star take a major step forward on the pitching side. For the first time as a Dodger, Ohtani completed five innings, allowing just one

LOS ANGELES -- Oneil Cruz and the leadoff spot are looking as though they were meant for each other. That was clear from pitch one on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium. With yet another game-opening home run, a hard-hit RBI single and a walk, Cruz’s bat stayed blazing in the

LOS ANGELES -- Oneil Cruz and the leadoff spot are looking as though they were meant for each other. That was clear from pitch one on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium. With yet another game-opening home run, a hard-hit RBI single and a walk, Cruz’s bat stayed blazing in the

LOS ANGELES -- The eyes of the baseball world were on Dodger Stadium on Friday night, where two of the game’s premier arms were going up against each other. And Paul Skenes, for his part, more than lived up to the hype in outmatching Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Skenes was

LOS ANGELES -- The eyes of the baseball world were on Dodger Stadium on Friday night, where two of the game’s premier arms were going up against each other. And Paul Skenes, for his part, more than lived up to the hype in outmatching Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Skenes was

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for April 23.

LOS ÁNGELES -- Después de que Mookie Betts y Freddie Freeman se perdieron los partidos de los Dodgers en Tokio, ambos estaban en la alineación original para el juego de la Serie del Freeway la noche del domingo, una victoria por 7-1 contra los Angelinos en el Dodger Stadium. Pero