Tom Verducci

Joined: Sep 17, 2010

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.

With a 3.07 ERA and 157 strikeouts, Crochet is one of the most coveted arms at the deadline.

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Six MLB Teams That Will Most Impact the Trade Deadline and Postseason Race

Skubal may be the biggest name to move at the trade deadline.

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Tigers All-Star Tarik Skubal May Be the Answer for Dodgers, Orioles at Trade Deadline

Pirates rookie Skenes was named to the NL All-Star roster Sunday.

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How a Drastic Change in Pitching Mechanics Shaped the 2024 All-Star Rosters

Judge has crushed 31 home runs off 29 different pitchers this season.

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The Seven Ways Aaron Judge Is Breaking Baseball

Henderson (left) has joined MLB’s elite this season.

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Picking MLB First-Time All-Stars: Red Sox, Padres Standouts Lead the Way

Breakout and breakthrough players who deserve consideration for the American League and National League teams this summer.

Rickwood Field, America’s oldest ballpark, turns 114 years old in July.

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Willie Mays’s Presence Looms Large Over Rickwood

MLB’s tribute game between the Cardinals and Giants featured plenty of fateful moments, connecting the present to the venue’s storied past.

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Rickwood Field Was a Scene of Change for Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron

Seventy years ago, the two Black icons met in a history-altering mixed race game in one of the most segregated cities in America.

More than one-third of the players in the Baseball Hall of Fame played at Rickwood Field, which first opened on Aug. 18, 1910.

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Rickwood 101: Everything to Know Before MLB’s Negro League Tribute Game

MLB will stage one of its most important regular-season games ever on Thursday when the Giants and Cardinals play at America’s oldest ballpark.

Since 2021, Burnes has recorded the second most innings pitched in MLB.

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Corbin Burnes Is Proving to Be the Workhorse the Orioles Needed

In making a blockbuster trade for the 2021 NL Cy Young winner, Baltimore may only get one year out of the ace before his pending free agency. But the move is already paying dividends.

Fans watching an exhibition baseball game at Chelsea Football Club’s Stamford Bridge in 1914.

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How Baseball’s Long Courting of London Once Captured the King’s Attention

MLB returns to London this weekend to continue to try to attract fans across the pond, but it’ll be tough to top an exhibition that took place in 1914.

Volpe’s (right) breakout season has made life easier for Judge.

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Led by All-Time Great Lineups, Dodgers and Yankees Are Set to Reignite Historic Rivalry

Los Angeles heads to Yankee Stadium this weekend to renew one of baseball’s classic rivalries—and challenge the Bronx Bombers’ Big 3 with its own set of top-of-the-lineup mashers.