A lockout after next season is being treated like a foregone conclusion. Anything that shifts our attention away from that is a distraction.

The MLB Trade Deadline exposes how confident front offices are in their teams' ability to contend that season, and the New York Yankees believe they can win it all this year.

Realignment and expansion are coming to MLB in the future. That was pretty clear even before Manfred’s latest comments. Nashville has been the most aggressive city in pursuing expansion, and the ...