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TODAY’S GAME: The Houston Astros (16-23) and Cincinnati Reds (20-19) play their second game of a three-game series this afternoon at Great American Ball Park with first pitch scheduled for 3:10 p.m. CT. RHP Spencer Arrighetti (4-0, 1.96 ERA) is on the mound for the Astros looking for his fifth consecutive winning decision, while the […]
The Braves face the Los Angeles Deathstars in game 2 of their weekend 3-game series and this is the game with the biggest name value in the pitching matchup, as Spencer Strider faces off with Blake Snell. Strider’s first outing of the season last week went pretty poorly in Colorado, but it was also in […]
#3 Georgia Tech Baseball’s magic number for the ACC Regular Season title coming into Friday was 5, and they head home tonight at that same number/one step closer after a 10-9 win to the Duke Blue Devils in extra innings. Tech is now 40-8 (20-5 ACC) on the season. They have now surpassed their conference […]
Nothing, and I do mean nothing has gone right for the Cincinnati Reds for the better part of two weeks. On Saturday, they’ll once again get the chance to show they’re better than they’ve been during this brutal 8-game losing streak, and they’ll fortunately have their resident ace on the mound in young Chase Burns. […]
UPDATE: The game has been postponed and will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on July 17. This may be stating the obvious, but weather will be a factor in this game, folks. (It’s sunny here in Seattle!) The Sox and Rays will either play through some serious bouts of rain this […]
Close one yesterday. Time to make it two in a row, right? The series continues this afternoon with right-hander Aaron Civale on the mound for the good guys. He’s been a revelation of a pickup for the club so far and is on a roll so far for his new team. Let’s jope he can […]
There’s no arguing that the Diamondbacks offense has taken a step back this season. Last year, they ranked sixth overall in runs per game at 4.88. This season, after last night’s extra-innings loss, they are below league average (4.38 vs. 4.47). And if you break it down further, to the individual level, perhaps the biggest […]
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers claimed pitcher Charlie Barnes off waivers from the Chicago Cubs on Saturday, adding to their potential starting pitcher depth. Barnes pitched once for the Cubs this season, allowing four runs (three earned) in three innings of bulk relief on April 13. Most of the left-hander’s work this season has been […]
Building on a one-game winning streak. And Addison Barger is back (with Piñango the casualty). It was a weird spot….we are hip deep in lefty hitters, but then picking someone who isn’t hitting at all, just because he swings from the right side seems silly. The Lineups: Today’s Lineups ANGELS BLUE JAYS Zach Neto – […]
As discourse in baseball touches on how the Tigers will fare in the absence of Tarik Skubal, the reigning back-to-back champs take the field with Blake Snell on the mound for the first time in 2026—they do so, having managed his absence about as well as anyone could’ve hoped for, particularly given the outstanding efforts […]
Thanks to Ian Malinowski and Adam Sanford in our Slack channel for suggesting that Chandler Simpson may be getting more pitches to run on when Junior Caminero is at the plate. Lineup protection is the idea that a hitter performs better when a strong hitter bats directly behind them in the lineup. The theory is […]
On Monday, we got the very sad news that former Yankees’ radio announcer John Sterling had passed away at the age of 87. The announcement was met with sadness from Yankees’ fans, but also from around the baseball world. The tributes from Yankee fans are hardly unexpected. Sterling had been the radio voice of the […]
1976 White Sox pitcher Wilbur Wood’s career essentially was ended after his left kneecap was shattered by a sixth-inning line drive off the bat of future South Sider Ron LeFlore in Detroit. Wood had gotten off to a fine 4-3 start, with five complete games and a 2.49 ERA, when the injury took place. He got credit for a 4-2 win, […]
Weather will play a factor this afternoon at Fenway Park as the Rays and Red Sox try to play game three of a four game game set at 4:10pm. As of 12:30pm, the game is still on per Chris Cotillo: However, the outlook does not look promising. Below is a simulated radar from the HRRR […]
Last night, the Brewers put together a strong performance to open up their series against the Yankees, shutting them out 6-0. While the final score reflects a complete game from the Brewers as a team, it was Jacob Misiorowski who generated the talk of the game. Not only did he dominate a strong Yankees’ lineup, […]
A tough week for the Atlanta Braves in terms of franchise history and luminaries just got even tougher, as the franchise will now have to mourn the loss of yet another massive figure in the organization. Just days after the passing of legendary owner Ted Turner, former Braves manager and Baseball Hall of Famer Bobby […]
Raddysh tied with Adam Fox for the team's best plus-minus. That's about the best there is to say here for a depth guy who was just fine.
You won’t find many games where two teammates not only homer, but also double TWICE in the same game; but that was the case for Rome as Eric Hartman and Isaiah Drake had stellar nights for the Emperors on Friday. (23-13) Gwinnett Stripers 9, (13-23) Norfolk Tide 1 (GAME ONE) Box Score Owen Murphy dominated […]
Chase Burns emerged from Wake Forest University with the reputation of being a legitimate ace, a guy who at dawn on the fifth day would ride in from the east at first light to rescue his team from the depths of hell. A guy who, amid a horrid losing streak, could take the mound and […]
Well, this one surprised me. We knew Addison Barger was going to be activated today, but we didn’t know who would be going to Buffalo to make room. Davis Schneider? Lenyn Sosa? Nope. Yohendrick Piñango. The one hitting .423/.444/.462. I get that he has options and all, and we know Piñango wasn’t going to continue […]
LOS ANGELES — Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas left Friday night’s game against the Atlanta Braves after seven innings, feeling something in his hip earlier in the game. Rojas said he first felt it coming out of the batters box in the second inning, then again in the fifth inning while trying to turn a double […]
The San Francisco Giants have decided to part ways with their one-sided catcher Patrick Bailey. The two-time Gold Glove winning catcher will be shipped to the Guardians for left-handed pitching prospect Matt Wilkinson (who’s nickname is reportedly “Tugboat”) and the 29th overall pick in the 2026 draft. If Wilkinson is a tugboat, then Bailey has […]
Diamondbacks News Snakes Fall to Mets in ExtrasRyan Waldschmidt made his MLB debut coming off the bench for Arizona. He singled in his first Major League at-bat. However, the spark of the highly-anticipated rookie making his debut was not enough to wake the offense up. The Diamondbacks still managed only one run across ten innings, […]
Vincent Trocheck will be one of the top trade candidates to watch during the offseason. The New York Rangers made him available for trade leading up to this year's deadline, and the expectation is that they will again during the summer. Because of this, let's look at three teams that could end up landing Trocheck this summer. Detroit Red Wings It isn't exactly a secret that the Red Wings were one of the teams heavily interested in Trocheck leading up to the deadline. After missing the pl...
Upon trading for superstar Alex Rodriguez in February 2004 and moving him to third base, the Yankees could rest easy knowing that they had secured a real long-term answer for the hot corner. For the better part of nine years, the Yankees planned their seasons with A-Rod penciled in at third, but by 2014, they […]