Author: Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY

Shortstop Tim Anderson could win his second consecutive batting title as the Chicago White Sox push for their first postseason berth since 2008.

Major League Baseball’s trade deadline is set for 4 p.m. on Monday, a month later than usual due to the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season.

Yoenis Cespedes opted out of the 2020 MLB season after starting the season with the team, which drew the ire of former Cy Young winner Dwight Gooden.

Shohei Ohtani, who made the last out in the ninth inning, was placed on second to start the top of the 10th against the Oakland A’s.

Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo, a three-time Gold Glove Award winner, is playing a new kind of defense.

At 33 years old, San Francisco Giants six-time All-Star Buster Posey is undoubtedly one of the best all-around catchers in the history of the game.

Despite winning 97 games in 2020, the Athletics averaged just 20,521 fans.

Joe West, 67 has been an umpire in the majors since 1976 and is closing in on the record for all-time regular season game. He said he won’t opt out.

Baseball’s condensed schedule will surely produce some unexpected outcomes, namely in the chase for the postseason.