Tyler Kepner

The New York Times

How Brandon Pfaadt returned from the minors to take the rein of the D-Backs’ rotation

By: Tyler Kepner

Plus a fourth-generation Hall of Fame legacy, a glitch in the Immaculate Grid and more of the timely and timeless elements of baseball.

The New York Times

Brandon Pfaadt’s back, in all the ways. Plus: The lead-up to Bonds’ steroid use.

By: Tyler Kepner

Welcome to The Windup, The Athletic’s MLB newsletter.

The New York Times

It’s a herd of turtles in the AL West, and the Astros aren’t innovators anymore

By: Tyler Kepner

No team in baseball history has won a division in a full season without a winning record. The AL West looks eager to take up the challenge.

The New York Times

Yankees’ George Lombard Jr. exits with knee discomfort, will undergo imaging

By: Tyler Kepner

Lombard twisted his right knee on a second-inning fastball that veered inside. He remained in the game but was removed before the fourth.

The New York Times

Mickey Gasper’s unlikely journey from low-round Yankees draft pick to Red Sox folk hero

By: Tyler Kepner

This week's Sliders also include a former ballplayer turned world-renowned sculptor and more timely and timeless elements of baseball.

The New York Times

For the Phillies, the ghosts of October are showing up early

By: Tyler Kepner

Philadelphia's matchup with Atlanta has evoked October, a month that’s been too much trick and not enough treat for the Phillies.

The New York Times

‘The Mets have not forgotten’ – 25 years later, the team has kept its 9/11 promise

By: Tyler Kepner

For all of the franchise’s misadventures, the Mets — led by ones who were there for that sad September in 2001 — get this right.

BLOX Digital

Mets Kept 9/11 Promise, Listening to Echoes From a Tragic Time

By: Tyler Kepner

In the summer of 2001, a month or two before everything changed, Robin Ventura played golf with a man named Chris Quackenbush.

The New York Times

On Walt Weiss, the Braves’ old-school ‘beast’ who deserves to be Manager of the Year

By: Tyler Kepner

Plus reflections on 9/11 from some of the 2001 Mets, five questions with a Twins World Series hero and more.

Arizona Daily Sun

Mets kept 9/11 promise, listen to the echoes

By: Tyler Kepner

In the summer of 2001, a month or two before everything changed, Robin Ventura played golf with a man named Chris Quackenbush. Soon after, Quackenbush went to a game to