1952 — Hoyt Wilhelm of the Giants hit a home run at the Polo Grounds in his first major league at-bat. He was the winner, too, and pitched 1,070 games in the majors — but never hit another homer.

We’re not saying baseball is easy to predict, but we’re coming into the 2025 season both having successfully predicted the 2024 champs, in the Los Angeles Dodgers. (Who did we have them beating?

The American League hasn’t had a back-to-back MVP winner since Miguel Cabrera in 2012 and ’13 ... Tigers pitcher Jackson Jobe to win AL Rookie of the Year (only two of those voters also ...

Not counting his abbreviated rookie season and the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign ... Four did so in the 2000s, five in the 2010s and just one so far this decade -- Miguel Cabrera in 2022, with no ...

Toronto got a glimpse of Guerrero's talent when he debuted shortly after his 20th birthday in 2019 and homered 15 times as a rookie. Guerrero's breakout ... $248 million extension Miguel Cabrera ...

The ugliness came after he left, with Ben Casparius, Luis García and, uh, infielder Miguel Rojas giving up 15 runs in four ... was -- much of your hope may have ridden on the shoulders of rookie ...

Boston sent 23 batters to the plate, and 20-year-old rookie Gene Stephens -- who had a ... The Marlins finally ended the madness when a 20-year-old Miguel Cabrera (playing his seventh career game) ...