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Good morning! The Mariners fell to the Milwaukee Brewers 3-6 yesterday, with their three runs coming from big homers by Leo Rivas and Brennen Davis. Starter George Kirby had many good moments but wasn’t completely satisfied with his outing, specifically the movement on his sliders. Kate highlighted yesterday that Kirby is now calling some of […]
Bullpens are funny things. They can be invisible when everything is working and painfully obvious when they’re not. Over the course of a long season, though, they quietly shape the outcome of dozens of games. And for a rebuilding team like the Colorado Rockies, they matter more than ever. The Rockies’ bullpen in 2025 was… not great. […]
Team news [Arizona Sports] Brandon Pfaadt: Staying aggressive on defense is ‘the ultimate game plan’ for 2026 season – “One of the interesting things (Torey Lovullo) told us was when we’re on defense, we’re on offense,” Pfaadt said on Arizona Sports’ Wolf & Luke. “I think that kind of stood out to me, and spring […]
Baseball @ Purdue An early start (9AM Pacific) let the Ducks recover from a disappointing Saturday performance at the plate. Oregon’s offense run-ruled the Boilermakers in the 8th inning 15-4 to take the rubber match in their first conference series of the season. The first two games had been tight affairs, and in the first […]
We’re about two and a half weeks into the Dodgers’ Cactus League schedule, with another roughly two and a half weeks of exhibition games to go. It’s the first year that an automated ball-strike challenge system will be used in real, actual major league games, and thus far the Dodgers have been quite unsuccessful in […]
This is the second installment in analyzing team trends as we move towards the regular season. It’s still early and the exact numbers matter less than the trends they point toward – especially when compared to the same measurements from the 2025 season. The underlying data from Rays outfielders has stood out the most so […]
Texas A&M stayed perfect at home (12-0 #branding) and cruised to a three-game sweep of Oakland this weekend. Mother Nature was the #22 Aggies’ friend this weekend, allowing the Maroon and White to play all three games, albeit with a Friday doubleheader and Saturday morning first pitch. In their final tune-up series before conference play, […]
Giorgi Mamardashvili appears all but certain to get the start for Liverpool when the Reds return to action in the Champions League against Galatasaray in the Round of 16 after first choice goalkeeper Alisson Becker was left out of the travelling squad heading to Istanbul due to an injury. Alisson reportedly suffered an injury in […]
Monday, March 9 Baseball: Purdue gm 3 recap – THSoftball: Nevada gm 2 recap – THWLAX v Kent St 12pm PT B1G+ – KFUC Davis, Delaware St, & Kent St recaps – KF Tuesday, March 10 T&F: Big Ten Indoor Championships recap – KFMTEN/WTEN: UNCW, Illinois, Northwestern, Maryland, & Rutgers recaps – THMBB Big Ten […]
We finally get to the end of the positions on the hitting side of the equation. Keep in mind, we are trying to include all of the relevant candidates to be on the opening day roster. Fans and analysts alike sometimes forget the dimension of time. In other words, what the roster looks like on […]
The 2026 World Baseball Classic is well underway. Early mornings, extra innings, slaughter rules, ludicrous dingers from Kyle Schwarber, and walkoffs—so far, this tourney has had it all. With pool play set to wrap up in a few days, I thought now would be a good time to take stock into how the Red Sox’s […]
Good morning. Shawn McFarland has observations from camp for the Texas Rangers as manager Skip Schumaker has tough decisions to make. Evan Grant checks out how the Rangers fared in a messy game against the Angels yesterday in Cactus League action. Grant writes that Schumaker injected a dose of perspective into camp by bringing brain […]
Last weekend was not a particularly kind one for UNC athletics. Both the UNC women and men’s basketball took painful (if not surprising) losses, and the baseball team dropped two of three games against an unranked Virgina team. All of this took place while UNC fans were dealing with the news that we probably have […]
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! Sunday wasn’t the most action-packed day at the WBC on paper. Favorites Team USA […]
This offseason, the Orioles acted like a team focused on the present. They gave out a big contract to a slugger on the “wrong side” of thirty. They traded a pitcher with four years of control for an outfielder that will be gone in a year. And they swapped a package of four prospects and […]
Week four is almost officially in the books, and it has been an eventful time in Mountain West baseball over the last week. Top teams both rose and fell in stock since March 2, while the programs in the middle and bottom of the pack have shuffled amongst themselves as well. All in all, over […]
A mix of game types happened on Sunday — some close (and maybe surprisingly so), some where a team obliterated another. If you’re only here to read about the Braves, well: Japan 4, Australia 3. Who had Japan beating a team in pool play by a run or less? After not quite smashing Korea, this […]
Newcastle United remain subject to transfer speculation following Alexander Isak’s departure to Liverpool last summer, a move that reshaped outside perceptions of the club’s ability to hold onto their star players. “Ever since Alexander Isak downed tools and forced his departure to Liverpool last summer, there has been a steady flow of stories speculating which […]
Hello and happy Monday, folks. It’s amazing that we can finally see grass again. I was going to make “How happy are you that the snow is melting?” my question of the day, but there are more pressing matters for the Boston Red Sox to attend to. What in the world is up with Romy […]
Meet the Mets In the televised Spring Subway Series, Freddy Peralta and the Mets defeated Ryan Weathers and the Yankees by the score of 10-4. Freddy Peralta isn’t just an incredibly good pitcher, he’s also a pretty solid hang in the clubhouse. In International Met News, Juan Soto hit a mercy rule walk off home […]
Louis Varland is a 28-year-old, right-handed reliever. He was a 15th round draft pick by the Twins, in 2019. Louis has one option year left. He will likely be arbitration eligible after this season (Super 2) and he would be free agent eligible after the 2030 season. He could be a Blue Jay for a […]
Japan winning Pool C puts them in the final eight of the World Baseball Classic, and locks them into a quarterfinal matchup on Saturday night in Miami against the Pool D runner-up, likely either the Venezuela or the Dominican Republic. Though nothing has yet been announced regarding Japan’s pitching plans for the next round, Saturday […]
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Scottsdale, Ariz. — Matt Buschmann, like many coaches, is new to the Colorado Rockies in 2026. He came to the Rockies after working for both the Toronto Blue Jays and San Francisco Giants, and has been making his mark on the team right out of the gate. “I learned a ton [in my previous positions],” […]
After a few weeks of work that generally has zero predictive value on the upcoming season, spring training is finally reaching a point where pitchers and hitters are no longer just shaking off the winter’s rust. The Grapefruit League season concludes on March 25. Opening Day is March 27 in San Diego. So while we […]