The 20 most-read MLB blog posts · Mar 23–29, 2026
Happy Opening Day, Braves Country! During Thursday’s presser, Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss informed the media that Drake Baldwin would be in the Opening Day lineup, but not behind the dish. Instead, Baldwin will be in the DH role while Jonah Heim is behind the plate. It’s a pretty interesting way to roll things out. […]
I want to start this recap by saying how grateful I am to be back for another season of Arizona Diamondbacks baseball with all of you. Today brought back all those familiar feelings from my childhood. Opening Day is always the best day of the year—a fresh wave of hope and optimism, the first sign […]
Guardians 6, Mariners 4 Opening Day festivities: Dominic Canzone, .23 WPA Opening Day fartivities: Gabe Speier, -.31 WPA Game thread comment of the day: It was not the most fun Opening Day game, but always remember:
Apologies for the late thread, I went out to say hi to staffers John and Isabelle who are in attendance at the game tonight. Luke Raley hit that game-tying nuke just as I got up so maybe now that I’m sitting down again we can have another, this time a go-ahead one.
The next time Bryan Woo pitches, it will count for real. The Mariners beat the White Sox 2-1 in the next to last game of the preseason. Woo got the start and looked sharp. He needed just 73 pitches to get through his scheduled six innings. He struck out four, walked none, and gave up […]
Cubs 12, Brewers 0: Cade Horton is ready for the season Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Brewers, Sunday 3/22, 2:05 CT First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Brewers, Sunday 3/22, 2:05 CT Cubs vs. Brewers at Mesa preview, Sunday 3/22, 2:05 CT
Tomorrow is Opening Day for the Rockies, which means we can officially close the door on spring training 2026. However, it’s still worth reflecting on in hopes of predicting what they might do in the regular season. On Tuesday, we asked you to grade the Rockies’ spring training. More than half of you gave them […]
Good morning! The Mariners secured a 4-2 win yesterday against the Chicago White Sox behind six dominant innings from Bryan Woo. He allowed one run on three hits with four strikeouts through 73 pitches. The Mariners will play in their final Spring Training game today (!) with Luis Castillo on the mound to face the […]
The Athletic | Chris Kirschner: (subscription required) Following yesterday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies, the New York Yankees announced their rotation to start the season: Max Fried, Cam Schlittler, Will Warren, and Ryan Weathers. Notably absent, of course, was 2024 AL Rookie of the Year Luis Gil. With the number of days off during the […]
The Brewers were able to kick things off pretty early against touted lefty Jamie Arnold. Luis Pena singled to score Brewers top prospect Jesus Made. Blake Burke’s single made it 2-0 and a third run would be tacked on against Arnold via passed ball. In the bottom of the 2nd, the A’s tied it right […]
Here at Brew Crew Ball, normally our game recaps provide a play-by-play (or, at least the important plays) of the game that we’re recapping. Since today’s Spring Breakout is an exhibition game, more of an excuse to showcase prospects than a game that really counts for anything, I thought I’d do this recap a bit […]
Cincinnati Reds lefty starter Nick Lodolo has repeatedly dealt with blister issues on his left index finger, and left index finger blisters are pretty problematic when you are a lefty starter. On Sunday in his final start of Cactus League play before Thursday’s Opening Day in Cincinnati, Lodolo was forced to exit after facing only […]
The Jays last spring game. Then, Opening Day is March 27th. And I’ll be on my way to Japan by the time the game is over. I’m putting this together early so I don’t have the lineups but it should be Nick Martinez and Dylan Cease starting. And we’ll likely have a better idea of […]
The Phillies will play their penultimate game of the 2026 Grapefruit League season on Sunday when they travel to Tampa to face the New York Yankees. Aaron Nola, coming off a strong performance in the WBC will get the ball in his final appearance before the regular season. The Yankees will go with righthander Will […]
Ty France celebrated the news that he made the Opening Day roster for the San Diego Padres by getting the start at second base when the Padres took on the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Fields of Phoenix on Saturday. San Diego lost the contest 6-1, but France finished his outing with a 1-for-3 performance. […]
Good morning and happy Sunday everybody! We’re only three sleeps away from meaningful Major League baseball and that means rosters are being finalized and difficult decisions are being made in front offices across the league, all to bring us closer to the baseball we so desperately desire. And all so we can spend Thursday night […]
Consistent is the best word to describe Mizzou wrestling’s performance at the NCAA Championships this season. The Tigers took 14th place as a team, the same finish they had last season, but with 34 points this time around compared to 32 points in 2025. Aeoden Sinclair and Cam Steed were the only two wrestlers from […]
The Spring Breakout game may be the most fun game of Spring Training and the Cubs prospects hit four solo home runs to beat the Padres prospects, 7-5 at Sloan Park. Will Sanders started for the Cubs and he was impressive, throwing his fastball at an average 95 miles per hour, which is about 2.5 […]
Cubs 7, Mariners 1: Colin Rea’s ready Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Mariners and Padres, Saturday 3/21, 8:05 and 8:10 CT First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Mariners and Padres, Saturday 3/21, 8:05 and 8:10 CT Cubs vs. Mariners at Peoria and Cubs vs. Padres Spring Breakout game preview, Saturday 3/21