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Matt Linder The sheer quantity of ace-caliber pitchers in the big leagues right now is remarkable.  Trying to trim down the list and pick the top ten was not easy.  Keep in mind, this is a ranking of the ten best pitchers in baseball for the 2018 season, not of career accomplishments nor future projection.  Enjoy! Mark J. Terrill - AP 1. Clayton Kershaw The top spot is a toss up between the four best pitchers in the game, but Kershaw’s overall body of work earns him the crown.  Despite missing time for the second consecutive season due to back issues, Kershaw led the league with a 2.31 ERA across 175 innings in 2017.  This is not a list of career accomplishments, but rather a look ahead to who will perform best in the upcoming season.  With that being said, when splitting hairs, I am going to give the top spot to the man who has put together an all-time great seven-year stretch of dominance. Icon Sportswire 2. Max S...

By Patrick Zeng @Roundtripper891 📸: Sports On Earth Wow time flies. We are already past the midway point in the MLB season with the Home Run Derby and the All Star game taking place over the next few days. And that means it's mid season awards time as we look back on an exciting and action packed first half of baseball and as we ramp up for what should be an incredibly compelling end to the season. NL MVP- Paul Goldschmidt It's finally time for Goldy to get his recognition. The five time All Star has his finger prints all over the Diamondbacks 53-35 record, good for second in baseball's most competitive division and for the first NL wildcard. Goldschmidt is hitting .313 with a .430 on base, 20 home runs, 67 RBIs and has even added 13 stolen bases to his stat line. Bryce Harper, Charlie Blackmon and the Dodgers' Cody Bellinger are all decent shouts, but Goldy is a beast and right now he should be on track to take home his first NL MVP. NL CY Young- Max Scher...

By Patrick Zeng @ Roundtripper891 With this week marking the occasion of the Yankees retiring Derek Jeter's iconic #2, much has been made of the fact that baseball has not had a true "face" since the Yankee captain hung up his cleats in 2014. Even with the likes of Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw and Kris Bryant dominating the game in markets all over the country, baseball has struggled to establish one star that shines above the rest. But they don't need one, because baseball differs from leagues like the NFL and NBA. Both these leagues are required to market their stars for they have so much more of an influence over a game than one MLB player. Players like LeBron James have the ability to score ten straight points for their team while Carlos Correa only comes up to bat once every nine players. The NFL and especially the NBA are much more individualistic leagues, so of course their star power is much more easily marketed. Debate always seems to center...