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Mike Axisa

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MLB trends: Dodgers ace has a new trick, the fastest man in baseball improves his defense

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is making life tougher for lefties, Chandler Simpson is tracking down more balls and we're barely seeing any pitch clock violations

Why Alex Cora turned down the Phillies managerial job before Rob Thomson was even fired

Cora was fired as the Red Sox manager just days earlier

Phillies fire manager Rob Thomson: Would-be NL East contenders tied for worst team in baseball in 2026

Thomson took over in 2022 and won the National League pennant in his first year

Do Phillies or Red Sox have a better chance of turning it around? Weighing the odds after managerial firings

Both struggling bottom-dwellers have fired their managers in recent days

How Yankees star Ben Rice leveled up into one of baseball's best power hitters

Rice this season is one of just five players with double-digit home runs -- and it's not even May yet

Mason Miller snaps historic scoreless streak as Padres closer allows his first run since August 2025

Miller allowed two Cubs runners to score Monday night, his first in 34 ⅔ innings

How the 2026 MLB free agents have fared so far: The home runs, the duds and everything in between

A month into the regular season, which new signings have already proven they were worth the contract?

Five more MLB managers on the hot seat: Who could be next to go after Red Sox fire Alex Cora?

The Mets' Carlos Mendoza, Phillies' Rob Thomson and others are not off to the starts they wanted one month into the season

What's next for Alex Cora? He's 'happy' after losing Red Sox job, but other teams could come calling

The World Series winner was fired Saturday, and he'll be an in-demand name if other teams make in-season managerial changes

MLB Mexico City Series: Four things to know as Padres, D-backs meet in hitter-friendly conditions

MLB is heading to Mexico City this weekend, and hitters should thrive 7,349 feet above sea level

What's wrong with the Red Sox? Boston having one of its worst offensive months of the century

The Red Sox are 9-16 to start the 2026 season, and their entire approach is failing them at the plate

Mets end 12-game losing streak in Juan Soto's return, but lose Francisco Lindor for 'a while' to calf injury

Lindor was placed on the injured list Thursday, a day after the Mets ended their longest losing streak since 2002

Shohei Ohtani's on-base streak ends at 53 games: Where does it rank in MLB history?

Ohtani was brilliant on the mound but couldn't keep his on-base streak going

WATCH: Mariners' Logan Gilbert makes the wildest (non)catch of the season

A line drive off the bat of Carlos Cortes got stuck in Gilbert's jersey during Wednesday's game

Yankees players request an alternate jersey, bucking team history

The Bombers famously have only two uniforms: one home, one road

Mike Axisa joined CBS Sports in 2013. He has been a member of the BBWAA since 2015 and has previously written about both fantasy baseball and real life baseball for MLBTradeRumors.com, FanGraphs.com, RotoAuthority.com, and YESNetwork.com. Mike is a native New Yorker.

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