Jason Heyward is on a winning club, has been reunited with Freddie Freeman and is having fun playing baseball again. The Dodgers are loving every minute.
Fans are eager to start the pitch-clock era, but baseball’s pitching coaches are hard at work trying to adjust to one of the biggest changes in M.L.B. history.
After their World Series curse was lifted, the Cubs faded away and jettisoned their stars. The brutal process of starting over took a turn this off-season thanks to $310 million in free agents.
A dynasty-to-be ended up with only one championship, but Schwarber, an affable slugger known for (very) long home runs, is back in the Fall Classic with Philadelphia.