Perfectly trimmed grass. The aroma of hot dogs, peanuts and cracker jacks around stadiums. Loud cracks of the bat as it makes contact with the white ball with red seams. That can only mean one thing: it’s baseball season! It’s a new decade in Major League Baseball, and the objective remains the same for all 30 teams: win a World Series and hoist that coveted trophy in October. While many teams have made key improvements to their rosters, others have decided to stay put and ke

Adam Duvall is SportsCall's Player of the Week. In Hollywood fashion, Duvall delivered in both Game 2 and Game 3 of the NLDS for the Atlanta Braves. In the series' second game, Duvall pinch-hit for starting pitcher Mike Foltynewicz in the bottom of the 7th inning to the chagrin of the fans, who wanted Foltynewicz to continue pitching. Duvall changed the boos to cheers with a two-run blast to extend the Braves lead to three runs and provide cushion for the Braves bullpen. In G

Overall: 97-65 Last Week: 1-3 Division: 46-30 Last Week’s Schedule: Wednesday September 25 – at Kansas City Royals (W, 10-2) Thursday September 26 – OFF DAY Friday September 27 – at New York Mets (L, 2-4) Saturday September 28 – at New York Mets (L, 0-3) Sunday September 29 – at New York Mets (L, 6-7; 11 innings) Monday September 30 – OFF DAY Tuesday October 1 – OFF DAY This Week’s Schedule: Wednesday October 2 – OFF DAY Thursday October 3 – NLDS Game 1 vs. St. Louis Cardinal

We're predicting how certain sporting events and stories will play out over the next month and seeing how accurate our staff is at the conclusion of the month. Here are the predictions for October 2019! 1. Which MLB team is going to win the 2019 AL Pennant? Bill Bailey: Houston Astros Brooks Childress: Houston Astros Jovan Cutler: Houston Astros Jay Douglas: New York Yankees JJ Jackson: New York Yankees Ryan Lavoie: Houston Astros Tom Peavy: Houston Astros 2. Which MLB team i

Overall: 96-62 Last Week: 3-3 Division: 46-27 Last Week’s Schedule: Wednesday September 18 – vs. Philadelphia Phillies (L, 1-4) Thursday September 19 – vs. Philadelphia Phillies (W, 5-4) Friday September 20 – vs. San Francisco Giants (W, 6-0) Saturday September 21 – vs. San Francisco Giants (W, 8-1) Sunday September 22 – vs. San Francisco Giants (L, 1-4) Monday September 23 – OFF DAY Tuesday September 24 – at Kansas City Royals (L, 6-9) This Week’s Schedule: Wednesday Septemb

The Atlanta Braves have proven to be the beasts in the East in 2019. With Freddie Freeman and Ronald Acuña Jr. playing like MVPs, Mike Soroka and Max Fried dazzling as youngsters and steady veteran hands in Dallas Keuchel and Nick Markakis, the Braves have been a well-rounded ball club all season long. However, the injury bug hit the Braves particularly hard in August, and Atlanta was forced to make moves to keep the club afloat. Those moves for the most part have been golden

Overall: 93-59 Last Week: 3-3 Division: 45-26 Last Week’s Schedule: Wednesday September 11 – at Philadelphia Phillies (W, 3-1) Thursday September 12 – at Philadelphia Phillies (L, 5-9) Friday September 13 – at Washington Nationals (W, 5-0) Saturday September 14 – at Washington Nationals (W, 10-1) Sunday September 15 – at Washington Nationals (L, 0-7) Monday September 16 – OFF DAY Tuesday September 17 – vs. Philadelphia Phillies (L, 4-5) This Week’s Schedule: Wednesday Septemb

Overall: 90-56 Last Week: 4-2 Division: 42-23 Last Week’s Schedule: Wednesday September 4 – OFF DAY Thursday September 5 – vs. Washington Nationals (W, 4-2) Friday September 6 – vs. Washington Nationals (W, 4-3) Saturday September 7 – vs. Washington Nationals (W, 5-4) Sunday September 8 – vs. Washington Nationals (L, 4-9) Monday September 9 – at Philadelphia Phillies (W, 7-2) Tuesday September 10 – at Philadelphia Phillies (L, 5-6) This Week’s Schedule: Wednesday September 11

Overall: 86-54 Last Week: 6-0 Division: 38-21 Last Week’s Schedule: Wednesday August 28 – at Toronto Blue Jays (W, 9-4) Thursday August 29 – OFF DAY Friday August 30 – vs. Chicago White Sox (W, 10-7) Saturday August 31 – vs. Chicago White Sox (W, 11-5) Sunday September 1 – vs. Chicago White Sox (W, 5-3) Monday September 2 – vs. Toronto Blue Jays (W, 6-3) Tuesday September 3 – vs. Toronto Blue Jays (W, 7-2) This Week’s Schedule: Wednesday September 4 – OFF DAY Thursday Septemb

Overall: 80-54 Last Week: 5-2 Division: 38-21 Last Week’s Schedule: Wednesday August 21 – vs. Miami Marlins (W, 5-0) Thursday August 22 – vs. Miami Marlins (W, 3-2) Friday August 23 – at New York Mets (W, 2-1; 14 innings) Saturday August 24 – at New York Mets (W, 9-5) Sunday August 25 – at New York Mets (W, 2-1) Monday August 26 – at Colorado Rockies (L, 1-3; 10 innings) Tuesday August 27 – at Toronto Blue Jays (L, 1-3) This Week’s Schedule: Wednesday August 28 – at Toronto B