Will Leitch

Just last week, we wondered how many Cardinals new president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom would be looking to trade this offseason, how deep he was willing to go to improve this roster long term. And just before Thanksgiving, we found out: He’s ready to start trading right now.

Last offseason, the St. Louis Cardinals made one addition to their Major League roster, signing reliever Phil Maton (who was pretty good!) on March 15. That was it. Meanwhile, all of the buzz that the team might trade some of its veteran talent amounted to nothing. Even Nolan Arenado, who

That Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani keep winning MVP Awards -- 2 straight for Judge and 3 in a row for Ohtani, and seven of the 10 handed out since 2021 -- is pretty amazing. It’s a reminder that we are watching two of the greatest players in baseball history

Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani are the latest American League and National League Most Valuable Player Award winners, and they're on a vaunted list that includes Ted Williams, Barry Bonds, Mickey Mantle and … Zoilo Versalles. But not all MVP seasons are treated equally. Some MVP seasons just happen to

The World Series, one of the greatest ever, is over. Free agency is underway. The GM meetings are upon us. In other words: It’s time to turn the page to a new season. Which means it’s time for the first Power Rankings looking ahead to 2026. This is our first

And just like that, the two sweetest words in the English language: Game 7. I shouldn’t need to say much more than that to hype you up. Will the Dodgers win their second title in a row? Or will the Blue Jays win their first in 32 years? What more

When that 18-inning Dodgers victory in Game 3 happened, it sure looked like it would be the defining game of this World Series. How could the Blue Jays possibly come back from that?

Game 4 of the World Series was a lot more of a normal baseball game than Game 3. Frankly, though, the only way it wouldn’t have been is if aliens from another planet had paid a visit to Dodger Stadium. But there were no extraterrestrials on Tuesday night, and now

So that was just about as good of a baseball game as you’re going to see. It certainly was about as long of a baseball game as you’re going to see. World Series Game 3 took six hours and 39 minutes, lasted 18 innings and required 19 pitchers. It featured

And just like that: We have ourselves a series. Both the Blue Jays and Dodgers won a game in Toronto, and they both did it in the way they plan on winning all their games: The Jays wore down the Dodgers pitchers and pounced on their bullpen in Game 1,