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*In an effort to make the nomination voting easier for everyone, I will comment, “NOMINATIONS”, and you may reply to that with your picks and upvote the player you’d like to see on the next nominee list. We’re approaching the end of our annual CPL with just a few spots left. Right-hander A.J. Causey finds himself landing […]
Wow. What an evening in the World Baseball Classic. All of a sudden, Team USA is in real danger of not making it out of pool play for the first time ever. Pool A (San Juan): Canada 3, Puerto Rico 2 Puerto Rico had already qualified for the quarterfinals, but Canada can now knock them […]
Competitions for those last roster spots are intriguing and compelling. Who will be at 3B on March 27th when the A’s visit the Blue Jays? Who will round out the bench and which relievers will break camp with the big league club? As the March to the 27th fast approaches, fans are atwitter (or is […]
This morning, the Washington Nationals officially announced that Cade Cavalli will be their Opening Day starter on March 26th. If you have been following the team, this is not much of a surprise. However, it is still a cool moment for Cavalli, who will be making just his 12th career start. It is rare to […]
Apple TV on Wednesday announced its schedule of ‘Friday Night Baseball’ games for the first half of the 2026 season, through the end of June. Included are three Dodgers games, two at Dodger Stadium and all in California. The Dodgers’ first game on Apple TV in 2026 comes April 24 against the Chicago Cubs at […]
Washington’s backup quarterback (and mentor to Jayden Daniels), Marcus Mariota, got with the DMV sports journalists today to talk about his decision to return to Washington on a third 1-year contract. He mentioned that he arrived to the facility straight from a ‘red eye’ flight that left Portland at 11pm, but he was upbeat and […]
As Spring Training progresses for the 2026 Atlanta Braves, it is becoming clearer by the day that for Atlanta to once again be a true contender, their offense must be among the best in the league. And while the likely loss of Jurickson Profar for the season is a setback, nearly every other offensive regular […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rangers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. As Rangers fans, we all dislike the rest of the teams in the American League West. […]
They say that the World Baseball Classic can be a blessing for a hitter. An earlier ramp-up and encounters with high-level pitching weeks before the beginning of the regular season has may positively affect hitter performance, with a study by RotoWire finding that, on average, hitters who played in the WBC played better in April […]
You might not have noticed, but one of the major narratives of the Phillies’ off season was whether or not Bryce Harper is still an elite player. After Dave Dombrowski (correctly, but curiously) said that Harper’s 2025 season was not up to his previous standard, that set off a lot of people talking, including Harper […]
The wind chill was 25 degrees, the sky was gray and a thick, dreary fog sat over Rocky and Bernice Miller Park. Yet that didn’t stop the persistent handful of fans who showed up to watch the return of baseball in Evanston. The 6-7 Wildcats took on the 4-10 University of Illinois-Chicago Flames in their […]
Your Oregon Ducks played host to the Xavier Musketeers on Tuesday afternoon, looking to build off of a series win over the weekend. The Ducks would have to work their way out of a bases loaded jam right off the jump, on a walk, a single and a HBP, but would escape unscathed. Oregon would […]
39-year-old Caleb Thielbar defied Father Time to be effective for the Cubs in 2025 and is returning, hoping for more of the same. At some point he’s bound to run out of gas, but maybe not yet. He was 3-4, 2.64 last year, but hasn’t had that kind of result in the spring so far. […]
Following consecutive losses to Oklahoma and Arkansas in the final week of the regular season, Missouri men’s basketball finds itself back in a familiar place heading into the SEC Tournament. The Tigers spent most of the last two months on the bubble, which we’ll define as the projected first eight teams in and eight teams […]
6) Louisville Cardinals (22-9, 11-7) vs. 11) SMU Mustangs (20-12, 8-10) ACC Tournament Second Round Game Time: (Approximately) 2:30 p.m. Location: Spectrum Center: Charlotte, N.C. Television: ESPN Announcers: Kevin Brown (play-by-play) and Jay Williams (analysis) Favorite: Louisville by 6.5 Series: Louisville leads, 10-3 Last Meeting: SMU won, 95-85, on Feb. 17 in Dallas Series History: Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville SMU Statistics: SMU’s Season […]
The Atlanta Braves announced in late-February that their TV network BravesVision was coming our way. This came long with a future promise to announce what the future of their streaming options would be and as it turns out, it’s a familiar one if you’ve been following baseball in recent years. Via press release, the Braves […]
Morning, all! Josh Sborz has had decent results so far this spring, but his fastball is still down 4 mph from before his injury plagued 2024 and 2025 campaigns. Andrew McCutchen has hit the ground running after spending most of the spring unsigned, collecting two doubles in four at bats over two games. Jacob deGrom […]
It is finally SEC Tournament time, and the Kentucky Wildcats will tip things off in the opening game as they face the LSU Tigers. Game time is set for 12:30 PM ET on SEC Network. Emotions of the BBN are all over the place, as on one hand, it is finally one of the best […]
The Washington Nationals were playing the Marlins in Jupiter yesterday, but that was not where I wanted to be. I learned that the Nats prospects were playing in some backfield games against the Astros prospects. This allowed me to see some players I had never seen before. There were four games going on, two on […]
Since arriving with the Mets, David Stearns has had a fairly predictable pattern when it comes to starting pitching acquisitions. He has largely foregone the bigger available names on the open market, believing that committing significant resources to good but not elite starters to be a bad investment—particularly for a team that had little internal […]
The Colorado Rockies enter the 2026 season searching for consistency across much of its lineup. For the Rockies last season, most positions were a revolving door. Swapping out struggling players, testing out prospects, and dealing with player injuries all contributed to the overall lack of stability. As the organization continues to evaluate young talent and […]
Happy Wednesday A’s fans! While spring training games rarely serve as predictors for how a team will play in the regular season, they can indicate certain things about every team’s roster. Through 18 spring training games, the general consensus around the Athletics is that the team’s offense will once again drive its success, due to […]
Hello my friends, and happy Wednesday! The Mariners finally got themselves into the win column yesterday with a close 4-3 victory over the Royals. However, the big news of the day was that Cal Raleigh and Randy Arozarena had a supposed 24-hour beef. Allegedly, everything is OK now, but as of this writing we’re still […]
Typically, at this time of year, the headlines are filled with stories from spring training camps as Major League Baseball teams prepare for their upcoming campaign. However, things are a little bit different this season with the World Baseball Classic being played until the middle of this month. The games are being played at four […]
1930 Former White Sox coach and player in their minor league system, Bobby Winkles, was born, in Tuckerman, Ark. Winkles was signed by the White Sox out of Illinois Wesleyan University in 1951, though he would soon miss two seasons due to Korean War service. Winkles ended up playing seven minor league seasons, reaching Triple-A […]