Wrigley Field sat dormant on Thursday, a windy day whipping across the diamond, the calm before a crosstown Chicago weekend set. But over in Des Moines, Iowa, it was a raucous day, due in large part ...

With the lineup putting up historic numbers and a pitching staff that at times has not held up its end of the bargain, it makes sense why much of the discourse revolves around the bats. Entering the ...