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- The ESPN dot com baseball writers pick the winners and losers in August.
- You already know about Pete Crow-Armstrong, but Max Clark has the other award winners for August.
- Jordan Schusterman has ten September call-ups that could have an impact in September.
- One call-up was Padres catcher Ethan Salas, who at age 20 became the youngest player to catch a major league game since Ivan Rodriguez.
- Keith Law has a scouting report on Salas and some other top prospects (The Athletic sub. req.) making their major league debuts this month.
- Jim Callis and Sam Dyskstra have each team’s hottest pitching prospect.
- One month after the Trade Deadline, people are looking back to see which moves are the best. Brian Murphy has the ten most impactful trade deadline deals.
- Bradford Doolittle has the trade deadline winners and losers, one month later.
- Dayn Perry has the best and worst deals of the trade deadline. Note that all three of them praise the Cubs’ acquisition of Clay Holmes.
- Bob Nightengale takes time to praise the Phillies acquisition of Luis Arráez and how he’s helping turn the Phillies season around.
- ESPN spoke anonymously to several current players about the CBA talks and their feelings about a salary cap. No one is out singing “The Internationale,” but the players are mostly united in their support of their union and its goals.
- Speaking of unions, the New York Times union demanded that The Athletic abandon talks to partner with the prediction market Kalshi.
- Returning to the biggest news of last time, Rhett Bollinger has answers all your questions about the Angels sale.
- Sam Blum has ten questions about the Angels sale. (The Athletic sub. req.)
- Marcus D. Smith looks at the possibility that the Angels sale will lead to a new stadium.
- Sam Blum and Chris Kirschner talks to former Angels players about their reaction to the sale. (The Athletic sub. req.) It’s not in the article, but Arte Moreno made former Angels players pay their own way to the ceremony on the 20th anniversary of the 2002 World Series team.
- Ben Clemens offers his take on the sale and Arte Moreno’s disastrous reign as Angels owner.
- Jake Mintz believes that the FBI investigation into Dodgers owner Mark Walter will have a negative impact on the team, no matter what the outcome.
- Mike Axisa has some current trends in MLB as we approach the end of the season.
- Jay Jaffe notes that the Tigers have a chance to be the team that underperformed their Pythagorean Record by the most in the Wild Card era. He also tries to figure out why.
- The Nationals are approaching a major league record for most blown saves in a season. Gabe Lacques has the details.
- Jake Mintz asks if Braves outfield Ronald Acuña Jr. has finally returned to his superstar self.
- Michael Baumann looks at Braves ace Chris Sale’s dominating season and how he resurrected his career since coming to Atlanta.
- Sale is challenging Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski for the NL Cy Young Award, since Misiorowski has come back to earth recently. Kristie Ackert examines what’s been different lately for Misiorowski.
- Jason Foster notes that the favorites for the AL and NL Rookie of the Year Award are separating themselves from the pack.
- Jackson Stone argues that Reds first baseman Sal Stewart should run away with the NL honors.
- Ken Rosenthal agrees and backs Stewart for Rookie of the Year. (The Athletic sub. req.)
- Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is playing through and injury and struggling. Fabian Ardaya asks how much longer can the Dodgers keep Ohtani in the lineup. (The Athletic sub. req.)
- Jay Jaffe has some thoughts about position players pitching.
- Jared Greenspan has ten of the greatest seasons in major league history.
- And finally, check out this amazing high school baseball field carved into a mountainside in Kentucky.
