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Coming off a pair of 84 wRC+ seasons in 2024 and 2025, Luis Robert Jr. was traded by the White Sox to the Mets in late January. The oft-injured 28-year-old Cuban center fielder had been with Chicago since playing rookie ball in 2017. At his very best in 2023, Robert was a force to be […]
Something that Colorado Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta said at Rockies Fest has stayed with me. I’m paraphrasing, but he told fans to expect to see players in spring training games playing positions they have not generally been associated with. We’ve discussed this notion of “optionality” quite a bit. (See here and here.) […]
Happy Tuesday! The Mariners fell just short in a 1-2 walkoff loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks yesterday, but starter Bryan Woo impressed through four innings with three hits, no walks, and four strikeouts. The Mariners will face the Kansas City Royals at 1:10 PM this afternoon as RHP Cooper Criswell takes the mound. With another […]
Diamondbacks News Diamondbacks honored by state of Arizona for charitable giving milestone by Alex Weiner [Arizona Sports] March 9 is a foundational day on the calendar for the Arizona Diamondbacks, as on this day in 1995, Major League Baseball awarded an expansion franchise to Phoenix. Thirty-one years later, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs proclaimed March 9 […]
On March 9, 2025, long-time Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran announced his retirement. In the midst of the World Baseball Classic, Spring Training and the seemingly never-ending stream of injuries to Atlanta Braves starting pitchers, it is unfortunate that it was a shoulder issue that caused Teheran to miss his scheduled start for Columbia […]
Meet the Mets The Mets blanked the Marlins 9-0 behind Zach Thornton’s three scoreless innings and Carson Benge’s three runs batted in. With Juan Soto suiting up in the WBC, A.J. Ewing is seizing his moment at Mets’ camp this spring. Soto did some dugout pushups after hitting balls to the warning track twice. David […]
Randy Vasquez had his first misstep of Spring Training in the San Diego Padres 4-1 loss to the Texas Rangers at the Peoria Sports Complex on Monday. He allowed two runs on three hits, walked two and had two strikeouts over four innings. That may not sound great, but when you consider how Texas was […]
With the bankruptcy and complete collapse of Main Street Sports, which had the local TV rights for nine MLB teams (and previously others who had left the group), the local TV landscape for baseball is changing again for 2026. In past editions of this article, I’ve been able to cobble together what each team was […]
The Rangers handled the Flyers again, and the top line is suddenly a lot of fun to watch—even if winning right now might complicate the tank.
I’m not sure why Ronald Acuña Jr. felt he had to activate beast mode to basically single-handedly destroy Nicaragua, who already had the most heartbreaking story of the tournament, but he did. The victory had Venezuela join four other teams as still undefeated in the tournament, and sets up an exciting Venezuela-D.R. matchup to determine the […]
It’s no secret that the Orioles have a problem developing pitching under the Mike Elias regime. When Brandon Young debuted for the O’s last April, he became the first undrafted free agent to debut for the Baltimore since 2019. A month later, Kade Strowd became the first pitcher drafted by Elias to debut for the […]
Good morning. Shawn McFarland has a few observation from a Cactus League win for the Texas Rangers over the San Diego Padres yesterday. Kennedi Landry writes about Andrew McCutchen making his spring debut with Texas where the former NL MVP smacked an RBI double. Kevin Sherrington checks out what impact the new ABS challenge system […]
Welcome to Pinstripe Alley’s coverage of the 2026 World Baseball Classic! We previewed Pool A, Pool B, Pool C, and Pool D in the linked articles. Since the first several days of the WBC feature a bevy of games, we’ll be recapping them in batches. Enjoy! Pool B: USA (3-0) 5, Mexico (2-1) 3 While the United States jumped out […]
We have some teams moving on to the next round, some teams going home without a win and some teams guaranteeing a spot in the next version of the World Baseball Classic. Let’s wrap up yesterday’s action. Korea 7, Australia 2 This was a matchup that would basically decide who would travel east with Japan […]
When the Red Sox signed Masataka Yoshida on December 15, 2022 it was to mixed reactions. Xander Bogaerts had signed with the San Diego Padres a few days earlier, lost to free agency sorta-kinda because of the addition of Trevor Story. Kyle Schwarber the year before had been deemed “too expensive” when he signed with […]
1914 The White Sox their World Tour vs. the New York Giants to final rest with a banquet in the Gold Room of the Congress Hotel. Pitcher Joe Benz had to skip the celebration — he was getting married that day! Manager Nixey Callahan also had to book out west right after the celebration — […]
It was another day of both positive and negative news for the Braves (which is now the norm.) On one hand, the Braves bats continued to look good in a win over the Twins while Ronald Acuna Jr. dominated for Venezuela in the WBC. However, the Braves once again received “worse case scenario” news in […]
The Arizona Cardinals are knee deep in the free agency period. Usually, the first day will bring in a splash or two, and also a lot of whispers, cheers, and doubts. Cardinals GM Monti Ossenfort earns a huge portion of his paycheck during these first three days. On Day 1, he inked RB Tyler Allgeier, […]
His name is no longer just Will Klein. It will now forever be linked with the moniker World Series Hero Will Klein. In the marathon game that was Game 3 of the 2025 World Series, it was Klein that kept the Dodgers tied with the Toronto Blue Jays. He gave everything he had, going four […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! I’m back from a few days off for my birthday, so let’s take a look at what the San Francisco Giants have on deck for this week. Tuesday The Giants will head to Goodyear Ballpark to take on the Cleveland Guardians at 1:05 p.m. PDT. Audio coverage will be available through […]
Results Unless or until the Minnesota Twins win another World Series—one I’m not a toddler or a kindergartener for—it is possible that September 25, 2008, will remain my Twins fandom zenith. Timing and circumstance matters a lot, and in late ‘08 I had just graduated college and reveling in the “summer after being done” (not […]
As Trent Pierce swished a three to put Missouri into the lead with just over a minute gone in overtime, I had a moment where I thought the Tigers were going to pull it off. But on the next possession, the failed to collect two rebounds, giving Arkansas three shots at retaking the lead, and […]
Tyler O’Neill’s debut season in Baltimore was a disaster. The 30-year-old was placed on the IL three times for three different ailments. He had neck inflammation in April, a left shoulder impingement in May, and right wrist inflammation in August. That limited him to just 54 games and a .684 OPS. One season into his […]
DID YOU SEE THAT PLAY LAST NIGHT FROM BOBBY WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE *Heavy breathing intensifies* That’s my shortstop. Jaylon Thompson also wrote about the same plays. How about some more coverage of those two plays from MLB dot com? Royals.tv will allow viewers to watch Thursday and Friday’s games for free. Games will air […]