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With Friday's news of right-hander Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers agreeing to a record-setting contract, the drama of whether baseball's best pitcher would see free agency in two years came to an end. Some could say it was predictable in...

Blog | March 30, 2013

Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg will pitch in September and October. Let's get that out of the way up front. Entering the weekend the right-hander is the No. 10 pitcher on ESPN's Player Rater and one of the most coveted individua...

Blog | July 27, 2012

Eric Karabell looks ahead to the final two months of the season and lays out a handful of bold predictions for pitchers, including thoughts on Stephen Strasburg, Tim Lincecum and R.A. Dickey.

Blog | Conversation | July 27, 2012

As usual, I've sketched out my win-loss predictions for all 30 teams and winners for the six major postseason awards. Usually, I find it's easy to pick a few teams I think will run away from their respective packs -- which isn't to say...

Blog | April 03, 2012

Keith Law takes his annual shot at picking all division records and player awards. There are definitely some surprises, including a rookie for the Cy Young Award.

Blog | Conversation | April 03, 2012

Last year, You Can't Predict Baseball came up with bold predictions for the year. We had a lot of fun coming up with them, and then laughing at how hilariously wrong they were at the end of the year. This year, we're bringing these predictions to Swe...

Page 2 wastes no time in predicting next 25 World Series champions.

It's time for Major League Baseball's second season and a whole new set of breakdowns and predictions.

The long, cold winter is over, and Opening Day is upon us. At last, we can start to get answers to all these offseason questions. Like, what if our man's predictions are actually right for a change?

The long, cold winter is over, and Opening Day is upon us. At last, we can start to get answers to all these offseason questions. Like, what if our man's predictions are actually right for a change?

Keith Law takes his annual shot at picking all division records and player awards. There are definitely some surprises, including a non-pick of Roy Halladay for the Cy Young Award -- a rarity this time of year.

Blog | Conversation | March 29, 2011

Baseball Prospectus takes a look at its preseason playoff predictions and recalculates them with the Padres, Rangers and Reds being the biggest surprises. BP explains how they've done it.

Story | Conversation | July 14, 2010

Buster Olney lists the top nine matchups of the World Series, then gets predictions and breakdowns from general managers and team executives. Plus, we settle the good pitching versus good hitting debate once and for all.

Blog | Conversation | October 28, 2009