The 10 Most Disappointing Players of the 2026 MLB Season The season's not yet over, but the verdict is in: these big-name players have had years to forget. Sports Illustrated · Sep 11
Paul Skenes Has Uncomfortably Transformed Into a Pitching Craftsman The Pirates ace hasn’t been able to find his best stuff for much of this season and has been forced to drastically alter his approach. Sports Illustrated · Sep 9
SI:AM | In the W, The Race for No. 1 Continues The Lynx missed a chance to lock up the No. 1 seed in the WNBA postseason after a loss to the Valkyries. Sports Illustrated · Aug 25
Paul Skenes Made Another Major Adjustment—but Something Is Still Off The Pirates star is clearly tinkering in an effort to rediscover the form that won him a Cy Young Award last year. Sports Illustrated · Aug 25
Ranking MLB’s 10 Best Starting Pitchers The Dodgers and Phillies roster half of the league’s 10 best starters, by our estimation. Sports Illustrated · Aug 24
The Pirates Should Shut Down Paul Skenes for the Rest of the Season With Pittsburgh being a playoff longshot and Skenes showing obvious signs of fatigue, it’s time to punt on 2026. Sports Illustrated · Aug 20
The Paul Skenes Dilemma (Continued) The Pirates ace does not look the same when he takes the mound this season. Sports Illustrated · Aug 18
The White Sox's ‘Pope Hat’ Night Looked Like Heaven on Earth And it really was, according to the fans we asked. Sports Illustrated · Aug 12
Five MLB Trade Deadline Moves That Are Already Paying Off Several players acquired at the trade deadline have gotten off to fast starts for their new teams. Sports Illustrated · Aug 12
SI:AM | The Numbers Behind Paul Skenes’s Stunning Dropoff There’s one glaring difference that might explain why the Pirates star has declined sharply this season after a historically great start to his career. Sports Illustrated · Aug 12
Paul Skenes’s Struggles Can Be Traced to a Slight Windup Change The Pirates ace hasn’t looked like himself since early June, when a mechanical shift took hold. Sports Illustrated · Aug 11
Why Cooper Flagg Rookie Card Pulled in Rhode Island Is Worth a Life-Changing Amount of Money The Cooper Flagg one-of-one NBA debut patch autograph, which could be worth millions, was pulled at a local card shop in Rhode Island. Sports Illustrated · Aug 11
Tracking Every MLB All-Star Game Roster Replacement The All-Star Game rosters were announced July 4. But with a flurry of replacements rolling in, it can be hard to stay up to date. We’re here to help. Sports Illustrated · Jul 8
Diagnosing Paul Skenes’s Struggles The Pirates ace has experienced a steady drop in fastball velocity, but that’s not the core of his recent issues. Sports Illustrated · Jul 7
Sports Illustrated · Jun 25 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 16 Striker Pence, Hunter's Nephew, Could Be America's Answer to Shohei Ohtani Striker Pence, 17, loves Minecraft and has a ChatGPT-created friend. He also throws 100 mph and wants to be MLB's next two-way star.
Sports Illustrated · May 27 Shohei Ohtani Losing Ground in NL Cy Young Race As Workhorses Emerge The Dodgers star is putting up incredible numbers on the mound, but he finds himself in a highly competitive field of contenders for the pitching honor.
Sports Illustrated · May 26 Contender or Pretender? Evaluating Whether Five Pleasant MLB Surprises Are for Real Five MLB teams have far exceeded their preseason expectations thus far. Are they for real?
Sports Illustrated · May 19 Konnor Griffin Is the World's Most Precocious 20-Year-Old Millionaire The Pirates phenom exited his teenage years less than a month ago but has the habits and mannerisms of someone twice—or perhaps thrice—his age.
Sports Illustrated · May 13 This Is the Single Dumbest Piece of Sports Scheduling That You Will Ever See College football, NBC and ABC can’t even figure out how to schedule a day with just two games.
Sports Illustrated · May 13 SI:AM | Paul Skenes Flirts With No-Hitter as Hot Streak Continues The Pirates ace got roughed up on Opening Day, but has been nearly unhittable since.
Sports Illustrated · May 13 Paul Skenes Made Impressive Pirates History in 10-Strikeout Performance Paul Skenes made some jaw-dropping Pirates history on Tuesday night.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 30 Checking In on MLB’s Award Races After One Month: Cy Shohei? What do MLB's MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year Award races look like after the season's first full month?
Sports Illustrated · Apr 16 MLB Power Rankings: Pirates Soar With Surprising Division Lead Pittsburgh has recovered from Paul Skenes’s Opening Day disappointment. That’s far from the only notable development of the season’s first three weeks.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 14 The Best Pitchers in Major League Baseball Right Now There are many aces across the league. But this group stands out as the sport’s top-tier starters.