Author: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

With Mariano Rivera and Lee Smith being inducted, the Baseball Hall of Fame can say it has the best of the best closers.

A guide for what to expect – and not to expect – with baseball’s trade deadline rapidly approaching.

Baseball is at a crossroads. Juiced balls, intentional or not, is among the litany of anxieties that are troubling the players and the union.

Cleveland’s All-Star game is a welcome home for Michael Brantley and CC Sabathia, but Francisco Lindor’s upcoming free agency is a tricky topic.

Juiced baseballs are cited as the reason for home runs being hit at a record pace, but what if PED use is also to blame? “You can’t help but wonder.”

Here we are two decades later, with MLB having one of the most extensive drug-testing programs, and we’re left wondering if history is repeating itself.

MLB still says it’s illegal, but don’t ask ex-player David Segui, who remains an advocate for steroids and tells USA TODAY he still uses testosterone.

Albert Pujols, who led the Cardinals to two World Series titles, returns to St. Louis for the first time since signing a $240 million deal in 2011.