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The 2021 MLB season has seen its share of spectacular performances.
Young superstars like Ronald Acuna Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr. and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. continue to ascend. Tenured aces such as Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer have been dealing. There have also been storybook seasons from the likes of Adolis Garcia and Yermin Mercedes.
All of those players find themselves among the league leaders in various categories. The question is: Can they remain there?
We are going to make stat leader projections based on the first two months. These projections will combine current success with other metrics or advanced statistics that might better inform why a particular player could lead a given category when the dust settles and the season is over.
Who's next? One of the most exciting parts of any MLB season is the arrival of some of the game's top prospects who represent the next generation of stars.
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The NBA offseason has already begun for nearly half the league, with other franchises soon to join them as the playoffs march on.
With a free-agent class lacking in star power, the most exciting part of the offseason may end up being the trade market.
While it s important to aim high with your trade target list, teams have to be realistic as well. For this exercise, we re looking at high-impact deals teams can make, while still being grounded in reality.
These are the swaps every NBA team should be calling about this offseason.
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UNIONDALE, New York From start to finish Saturday at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Ilya Sorokin showed an abundance of one thing: poise.
The 25-year-old rookie goaltender got the start in Game 4 of the New York Islanders first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins after Semyon Varlamov was in the net for a losing effort in Game 3. Sorokin had been fantastic in the first game in Pittsburgh, saving 39 of the 42 shots he faced.
Sorokin made a quick save 61 seconds into the game, stopping Kasperi Kapanen. It wasn t a particularly acrobatic save, but it was a puck he needed to stop.