Six Biggest Snubs From MLB’s Gold Glove Finalists The 2026 Gold Glove Award finalists were announced Wednesday, and there were some eye-opening exclusions from the list. Sports Illustrated · Oct 15
One Catch, Three Octobers and the Same Old Story for the Padres For the third postseason in a row, San Diego’s offense went missing as their season ended with Wednesday’s NLDS Game 4 loss to the Brewers. Sports Illustrated · Oct 8
Nine Key Factors That Could Decide the Padres-Brewers NLDS Milwaukee will have three chances to beat San Diego and advance to the NLCS for the second straight year. Sports Illustrated · Oct 6
Champions and Dynasties: The Dominican Republic and Venezuela's Unbreakable Grip on Major League Baseball Dominican Republic leads MLB for the 31st year with 93 players; WBC champion Venezuela has 60. The two nations own 61% of baseball's international pool. Latin Times · Oct 3
MLB Division Series Power Rankings: Every Team’s X-Factor Here’s how the final eight teams in the MLB postseason stack up against one another. Sports Illustrated · Oct 2
Padres Look Like World Series Contender in Game 1 Blowout of Cubs Michael King carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Fernando Tatis Jr. sparked San Diego’s offense in an 8–0 win. Sports Illustrated · Sep 30
Nine MLB Players Who Shook Off Slow Starts and Got Hot in the Second Half A season-opening slump can cause a player to spiral, but these guys managed to turn things around after struggling out of the gate. Sports Illustrated · Sep 24
The MLB and its Dominican pipeline is selling false promises and shady contracts to children as young as 11 Is your team giving kids behind-the-curtain deals before the MLB allows it? Fortune · Sep 16
She was a pain specialist to top athletes. Her opioid prescribing alarmed the DEA Joan Rubinger overcame a catastrophic biking accident that left her paralyzed to become an influential pain-relief specialist helping top-tier athletes get back on the field after acute and chronic injuries The Independent UK · Aug 28
Fernando Tatis Jr. Is Baseball's Greatest Showman Once Again Tatis is back to being a must-watch player after his star-level production and confidence were nowhere to be found earlier this season. Sports Illustrated · Aug 19
SI:AM | Mariners Embarrassed by Brewers in Record-Tying Blowout Milwaukee’s win was as lopsided as any we’ve seen in more than a century. Sports Illustrated · Aug 19
SI:AM | The WNBA’s Best Team Is About to Get Better The Lynx already have the best record in the league, and they’re about to get perennial MVP candidate Napheesa Collier back in the lineup. Sports Illustrated · Jul 22
MLB’s 10 Biggest Disappointments From the First Half We’ve seen plenty of excellence in the first half of the 2026 MLB season, but also some seismic disappointments. Sports Illustrated · Jul 8
Tom Verducci’s 25-and-Under MLB All-Star Team Young players have never been performing better in the majors, where rule changes and pitch velocity increases are favoring the youth. Sports Illustrated · Jun 25
Sports Illustrated · May 24 Why Fernando Tatis Jr. Will Have to Pay an Investment Fund 10% of His Career Earnings Tatis agreed to a deal with Big League Advance in 2017, when he was just 18 years old.
Sports Illustrated · May 21 What's Going On With Fernando Tatis Jr.'s Confusing Home Run Drought? The Padres star has yet to clear the fence in 2026, a statistical anomaly that only gets more baffling the deeper you dig into it.
Sports Illustrated · May 15 MLB Power Rankings: One Player Disappointing for Every Team This week’s edition of SI’s MLB power rankings examines 30 players underperforming for their teams so far in 2026.
Sports Illustrated · May 1 MLB Power Rankings: Areas of Improvement for Each Team Our latest MLB power rankings takes a look at an area of improvement for each team.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 18 Why the Padres Sold for $3.9 Billion—and Why It Won’t Reset MLB’s Market Several unique factors led to the Padres’ sale shattering the previous MLB record. Don’t expect their sale to reset the market.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 16 Will Smith Was Team USA’s Unsung Hero in WBC Win Over Dominican Republic The U.S. catcher called a flawless game to guide his pitching staff to a remarkable win and put his country in the World Baseball Classic final.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 16 Aaron Judge Had Honest Statement About WBC Crowds vs. World Series Crowds The Yankees star thinks the WBC crowds have been more electric than the World Series crowds.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 15 Team USA’s Paul Skenes Has Eye-Popping Stats vs. Dominican Republic Hitters Skenes has fared quite well in his MLB career against the Dominican Republic's mighty lineup.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 14 Dominican Republic Puts on A Show, Leaves Korea In Awe at WBC The D.R. continues to power its way through the tournament.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 4 Five Bold Predictions for the 2026 World Baseball Classic Several countries will bring their best rosters ever to this edition, which could upend the typical hierarchy.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 6 Three World Baseball Classic Contenders Capable of Toppling Team USA The U.S. roster is absolutely loaded, but there are three contenders with a real shot to top the Americans for the title.