https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/mlb/page/2/?d=1enhttps://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/mlb/the-best-arizona-fall-league-hitters-week-3-r14220/We’re now three weeks into the 2026 Arizona Fall League, and for the last week, it was players from Salt River, Peoria, and Scottsdale who shined the most. From the Salt River Rafters: first baseman, Jack O’Dowd (Colorado Rockies), and second baseman, Kyle DeBarge (Minnesota Twins) were amo...14220Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:10:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/mlb/diamondcentrics-2026-2027-top-free-agents-ranked-r14199/Last year, we built our first offseason free-agent rankings, and this year we're building on what we started last offseason. Ed Hand has joined DiamondCentric to bring his comprehensive free-agent rankings to our network of sites. Today, we offer the top 50 free agents, but over the coming...14199Sun, 25 Oct 2026 23:13:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/mlb/ignore-the-ratings-small-market-world-series-are-good-for-baseball-r14107/Sometimes, the powers that be feed us numbers that encourage us to interpret the world a certain way, and we accept them, because the world is complicated and that's scary. Usually, though, the people feeding us those numbers are trying to induce an oversimplification that favors them. Whether i...14107Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:02:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/mlb/the-best-arizona-fall-league-hitters-week-2-mlbs-top-prospects-continue-their-fall-reps-out-west-r14058/RBIs and runs scored were the leading statistics this week in week two of the Arizona Fall League, with this week’s top hitters combining for 26 RBIs and 24 runs scored. The prospects who led the way this week were two players from the Surprise Saguaros: Zion Rose (Kansas City Royals) and W...14058Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:14:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/mlb/chandler-simpson-was-everywhere-in-alcs-game-5-r14067/It's not so much inevitability as unavoidability—and yes, the two are different. Chandler Simpson rarely feels inevitable. The Rays don't bat him at the top of the order, so it doesn't feel like he's always in the batter's box, somehow. Nor, when he comes up with a big hit, catch or stolen base,...14067Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:31:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/mlb/mlb-experimenting-with-another-major-rule-change-that-could-transform-the-game-r13872/Rob Manfred's era as Baseball Commissioner has brought about a ton of rule changes that have fundamentally changed the way we look at baseball. We've added a pitch clock to speed up the pace of play (good), we've seen the ghost runner in extra innings to speed up scoring (can't stand it), and pr...13872Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:11:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/mlb/the-best-arizona-fall-league-hitters-week-1-demetrio-crisantes-dax-kilby-ike-irish-r13917/Major League Baseball’s top prospects have descended upon the desert of Arizona for the 2026 Arizona Fall League featuring seven top prospects from each of MLB’s 30 teams. Over the course of the offseason, we’ll break down the top performers each week and who shined the most. This week...13917Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:15:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/mlb/heres-why-mlb-owners-will-avoid-a-lengthy-2027-lockout-r13870/Major League Baseball's impending lockout has implications for more than just the play of the game. Financial rules are going to change, probably not the way people think, with a salary cap and floor system, but probably with harsher luxury penalties and possibly a soft floor system. None of thi...13870Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:12:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/mlb/mlb-owners-propose-major-changes-to-regular-season-postseason-format-r13862/The Major League Baseball postseason has not disappointed so far, as we near the completion of the Division Series round. Fans are savoring every pitch with the impending labor stoppage looming over everyone's head. On Thursday, team owners proposed yet another set of changes to the players' ass...13862Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:42:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/mlb/how-mlb-is-preparing-teams-for-a-lockout-r13859/Major League Baseball is preparing for a lockout. That does not mean the 2027 season will be lost. It does not even guarantee that a lockout will last more than a few weeks. What it does mean is that MLB has moved beyond simply preparing for labor negotiations and is now laying out detailed inst...13859Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/mlb/breaking-down-the-three-strongest-nl-rookie-of-the-year-candidates-r13731/A good gauge of the state of any professional sport is the crop of young players establishing themselves in their respective medium.  For Major League Baseball, a rookie player is thrown to the wolves to see how they fare against the sport's best. Expectations are understandably tempered re...13731Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:46:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/mlb/top-minor-league-postseason-hitters-of-the-week-r13670/  This week we shift the top-five MiLB hitters to the top postseason offensive performers for the week, as only 12 games were played between September 22nd – 27th, and those ranged from Triple-A playoff series (IL, PCL, and the Triple-A National Championship), along with the Double-A finals...13670Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:17:02 +0000