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Hello, friends. There are now 32 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day. They’ll be playing near-daily exhibitions from now until March 23. Yesterday’s game was an 8-2 loss to the Pirates, helped along by Dietrich Enns managing to give up six runs in one-third of an inning. The O’s hit the road for the first […]
Dodger baseball is officially back in session, and it began on Saturday with a thunderous 15-2 victory over the Angels at Tempe Diablo Stadium. Getting the nod for the cactus opener was the reigning World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who tossed 29 pitches over 1 2/3 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) while striking out […]
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The Cubs were at it again at Sloan Park on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. A mite cool for locals but clear and sunny. Just ask PCA how sunny. Sources say they’re still adding less-well-known players. “Everyone’s replaceable in this game,” Taillon said after giving up three runs in two innings in the Chicago Cubs’ spring […]
The New York Yankees enter the 2026 season with a plethora of choices to pick for their leadoff spot. That said, one might be tempted to claim this team doesn’t have a prototypical leadoff hitter, but to do so, one would have to determine what makes a prototypical leadoff hitter these days. In 2026, the […]
The Red Sox are entering 2026 coming off a lot of highs. Some lows, but a lot of really exciting performances, including by many, many outfielders. Like those playing center field. With one player in particular expected to claim the vast majority of the playing time. The Starter: Ceddanne “Nuf Cedd” Rafaela Ok, this isn’t […]
Another Phillies game on TV today? In this economy? Listen, in between shifts of the United States-Canada gold medal match, check in on some of the news surrounding the Phillies today. On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
For me this is an easy question. Anyone who has a vested interest in the Tampa Bay Rays success knows there’s one team whose presence looms over the franchise, and soon the new owners will seek to undo decades of damage when they build a stadium that shadows over big brother. Yes, I’m talking about […]
We’re back with another daily question, and today’s question is: Who do Brewer fans overrate? Earlier in the week, we asked who you defend no matter what, but today’s question is something of an inverse. Who’s that one player that everyone seems to love (or defend), but the results on the field just aren’t there? […]
The Yankees hosted their spring home opener yesterday afternoon, and it was a fun one. Spencer Jones hit a mammoth home run, Aaron Judge already looked like he was in GOAT-mode with two dingers, and pitching prospect Carlos Langrage showcased some filthy stuff in an impressive start, a day after fellow prospect Elmer Rodríguez looked […]
The entire bullpen was traded and never really replaced. Pablo Lopez is out for the season. Trevor Larnach is still on the roster. This team has had a rough start to Spring Training. After the Lopez injury, I wrote that the Twins success this year wasn’t going to rise or fall with Pablo, and I […]
Introduction One of the many reasons for the disappointing D-Backs’ 2025 season? Their dismayingly ugly defense. It felt like a constant refrain throughout the season’s broadcasts when either Steve Berthiaume or Bob Brenly would remark on how defensive errors or miscues drive a manager like Torey Lovullo crazy. That ugliness caught my eye early and […]
Well we officially have Braves baseball back in our lives, as Spring Training kicked off Saturday. Mike Yastrzemski had a nice debut, with a homer and a single, while bullpen candidates Hayden Harris, James Karinchak, and Dylan Dodd showed out nicely in one inning of work each. We’ll be treated to a Chris Sale start […]
MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Aaron Judge and Spencer Jones both went deep on Saturday as the Yankees steamrolled the Detroit Tigers 20-3. Jones’ homer was no cheapy, leaving the bat at 111.7 mph and traveling an official 408 feet (though the outfielder chided that metric as conservative). Judge expressed optimism about Jones’ reworked swing. “He doesn’t […]
You never forget your first, especially when it takes this long to get it. Arizona finally broke into the win column on Saturday night, rallying to beat UConn 5-4 at Hi Corbett Field to earn its first victory of 2026 after six losses. “Finally we got one, and hopefully it just snowballs forward,” said catcher […]
Sure it’s early, and we’re only two games in, and the Colorado Rockies are at a promising .500 after trashing the Arizona Diamondbacks earlier today. I get it: Spring training doesn’t matter. But this is — at least for Rockies fans — an interesting team because anything could happen. (And whatever does happen, at least […]
In absolutely heartbreaking news, reports emerged Saturday that former Arizona Cardinals receiver Rondale Moore is dead at age 25, according to multiple reports. His death was confirmed by the New Albany, Ind. police chief Todd Bailey. Moore was reportedly found in a garage, but very few details are available at this time. There will be […]
Spring Training is a funny time. It’s funny for a lot of reasons, but it’s funny first and foremost because games aren’t binary. In the postseason, you either win or you lose; there’s no in between. In the regular season, you either win or you lose, but you can have relatively bad wins and relatively […]
Still undefeated!!! The Sox are a mighty 2-0, with total runs of 19-3. Can we call it a season now? The A’s decided not to play any major league regulars in their Cactus League opener and the White Sox took advantage, scoring five runs in the first three innings, mainly thanks to Edgar Quero having […]
In Saturday’s tilt against the top-20 Arkansas, the luck of number 73 seemed to die out in Fayetteville. Heading into the game, the Tigers were a perfect 18-0 if they reached at least 73 points. However, Billy Richmond III and the Hogs matched Mizzou offensively and shut the door on the visitors. After both teams […]
After losing their spring training home opener, the Colorado Rockies came back to soundly defeat their Salt River Fields roomies, the Arizona Diamondbacks, 11-6. For more details, go here. We’re not yet to the point in the season where we’re doing game recaps, but we wanted to share manager Warren Schaeffer’s postgame comments and some other […]
The Kentucky Wildcats will travel to the Plains to take on the Auburn Tigers on Saturday night. Game time is set for 8:30 PM ET on ESPN. The Cats are 3.5-point underdogs. Mark Pope’s squad is now 17-9 after dropping two straight games to the Florida Gators and the Georgia Bulldogs. The Florida loss was […]
Well we got baseball. Some ugly baseball for A’s fans but baseball nonetheless. The Athletics dropped their first game of the 2026 season this afternoon, dropping the first Cactus League game to the Chicago White Sox 11-2 to kick things off down in Arizona. Right-hander Jack Perkins was on the bump this afternoon, hoping to […]
Chase Burns got the start in Saturday afternoon’s contest between the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Guardians in the two teams’ combined complex in Goodyear, Arizona, and in doing so officially began their Cactus League campaign. Burns kept the Guardians off the board in a pair of scoreless frames, doing so without so much as allowing […]
Record: 1-1. Change on 2025: +1. 5-inning record: 0-2. Yeah, after yesterday’s well-pitched endeavor, this was very much the opposite. It was probably worse than the score actually indicates, since the Diamondbacks put up a crooked number in both the eighth and ninth innings, to leave the final tallies looking more respectable than they deserved […]