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1 day ago | justbaseball.com | Rachael Millanta

It wasn’t too long ago that Andrew Vaughn seemed set to be the next star of the Chicago White Sox. A first-round pick in the 2019 MLB Draft, Vaughn’s $7.2 million signing bonus was a franchise record at the time, and even after getting off to a slower-than-expected start in the majors, it was clear that Chicago viewed him as the team’s first baseman of the future. Well, like most things involving the White Sox over the last few years, that hasn’t exactly worked out how they’d hoped.

2 days ago | justbaseball.com | Leo Morgenstern

Entering Jac Caglianone’s MLB debut, the Kansas City Royals sat 28th in MLB in runs per game. They also found themselves among the bottom five clubs in on-base percentage, slugging percentage, wOBA, OPS, and wRC+. Their 34 home runs ranked last. Meanwhile, the organization’s top prospect was absolutely raking in the minor leagues. Through 38 games at Double-A, Caglianone slashed .322/.394/.553 with nine home runs and a 157 wRC+.

4 days ago | justbaseball.com | Daniel Curren

Stats were taken prior to play on June 2. If I told you that a hitter owned a 27.5% strikeout rate, 51.6% ground-ball rate and 8.5% pulled air rate, what kind of hitter would you think they are? Without any other context, those numbers might be enough to rule out the idea that this is an impact bat. At best, we’re probably talking about a league-average hitter. Across MLB in 2025, ground balls have produced a .267 slugging percentage, nearly 130 points below the normal leaguewide slugging of .395.

4 days ago | justbaseball.com | Leo Morgenstern

Another month of the 2025 Major League Baseball season is in the books. As hard as it is to believe, the season is already more than one-third of the way through. After April, Just Baseball named Fernando Tatis Jr., Corbin Carroll, and Pete Alonso our NL position players of the month, while Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Nick Pivetta, and Kodai Senga took home the honors on the pitching side. Carson Kelly and Jesús Luzardo also earned honorable mentions for their strong starts.

1 week ago | justbaseball.com | Peter Appel

It’s time for some of the best baseball of the year. The 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament begins on May 30th, and over the next few weeks, 64 teams will be whittled down to eight. Those eight teams will then travel to Omaha to compete for the College World Series title. In this article, you’ll find my three favorite picks for Regionals action. For anyone curious about where I obtain my statistics, click here for the strength of schedule and here for the full-season stats.