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Freddy Peralta, one of the Mets’ latest additions in a very busy week, began his professional career in baseball as an international signing with the Mariners out of the Dominican Republic in 2013. Following a solid season in the Dominican Summer League that year, Peralta was promoted to Seattle’s rookie ball affiliate in Arizona for […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 8 reads
In the winter/offseason of 2006-07, the prized pitcher on the market was Daisuke Matsuzaka. The 26-year-old was posted by the NPB’s Seibu Lions after a decorated career with them that included a 2004 Japan Series championship and a star turn in the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic, where he was MVP. Many teams were interested […]
From Pinstripe Alley | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Baseball America announced their preseason Top 100 prospects for 2026 and two Cubs prospects were named to the list. Catcher Moisés Ballesteros was named the 36th-ranked prospect and right-handed pitcher Jaxon Wiggins was named the 78th-best prospect. Recently-traded outfielder Owen Caissie, now of the Marlins, was named the 43rd-best prospect in the game. Additionally. two […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Well, the first round of voting was a bit of a non-shocker. Shortstop Leo De Vries absolutely ran away with the top spot on this year’s Community Power Rankings, winning over 95% of the vote en route to being named the top prospect in the Athletics’ system by the fans. It comes as no surprise. […]
From Athletics Nation | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Taylor Rogers was one of the Cubs’ deadline acquisitions last year, and, although he’s long been an effective reliever, his role always felt pretty marginal with the Cubs. Candidly, as you can see up there, I never even had a good opportunity to retrieve a Rogers-in-Cubs-uniform image during his 17-appearance tenure with the team. Kinda telling. That isn’t to say the trade, which sent outfield prospect Ivan Brethowr to the Pirates, was a dud for the Cubs. It was a fine move on paper, it w...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
We’ve known for some time that the Hillsborough College (HC) Dale Mabry site was the leading candidate for a potential Tampa Rays stadium, and on Tuesday the HC board unanimously approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) authorizing the college to pursue a partnership with the Rays. Now, thanks to Neil deMause of Field of Schemes, […]
From DRaysBay | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Getting more Chicago Cubs games on exclusive national broadcasts in the current environment is sometimes a mixed bag. On the one hand, it means the games sometimes get time-shifted, don’t feature our home broadcast crew, and may appear on a streamer that not everyone has. On the other hand, it means the games are available for some folks to watch who might not otherwise have Marquee, and, in theory, it can be some nice additional exposure for the team and the players. That’s especially ni...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
As we enter the mock draft season we will likely just focus on one mock draft a week from outside of SB Nation or our own brain, and discuss things. Yet, when the Godfather drops his first mock draft of the 2026 season, we have to talk about it. Check out the first Mel Kiper […]
From Revenge of the Birds | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Robert Eckl Sr. and Robert Eckl Jr., Jack Wenninger’s grandfather and uncle, respectively, both played baseball at the University of Wisconsin, but Jack decided to not follow in their footsteps, instead committing to Murray State University after graduating from Cary-Grove Community High School in 2020. Wenninger’s numbers in his freshman season were only pedestrian, posting […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
Writing a primer on a player who it feels like Mets fans simultaneously don’t know very well but also know intimately well in Luis Robert Jr. is an interesting position to be in. The 28-year-old Cuban-born center fielder defected in 2016 and signed with the White Sox the following year, spending his entire career until […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
Baseball is a young man’s game. And all who play it at the major league level are young; at least compared to the members of other professions. There are doctors in their seventies; there are no shortstops at that age outside of Old Timer’s Day. But age is relative; while none of the boys of […]
From The Good Phight | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
With the 2025 Texas Rangers season having come to an end, we shall be, over the course of the offseason, taking a look at every player who appeared in a major league game for the Texas Rangers in 2025. Today we are looking at outfielder Michael Helman. Michael Helman was one of the good, fun […]
From Lone Star Ball | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Ah prospects. Sometimes they really hurt you. After watching the Detroit Tigers pass on Zach Neto and instead select Jace Jung in the first round of the 2022 amateur draft, there was some hope of redemption in the second round. The Tigers picked up an athletic shortstop with power out of the University of Oklahoma […]
From Bless You Boys | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The quest of the Cincinnati Reds to never again be last while feigning interest in actually being first continued over the last week whether they liked it, or not. Off the board came Kyle Tucker, first, whose signature with the Los Angeles Dodgers further solidified their modern Evil Empire status. The New York Mets, meanwhile, […]
From Red Reporter | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
The hot stove is starting to heat up this month as players find homes before spring training. The Yankees brought back Cody Bellinger. The Mets landed Bo Bichette and traded for Freddy Peralta and Luis Robert Jr. And the Dodgers made the biggest move, landing top free agent Kyle Tucker with the largest average annual […]
From Royals Review | about 1 month ago | 11 reads
Morning, all! Jake Burger is hoping to have a bounceback year in 2026 after a career worst performance in 2025, and is hoping that being reunited with Skip Schumaker is the key. Cody Bradford is expected to be ready for the big league mound in May after a little over a year recovering from internal […]
From Lone Star Ball | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
It feels increasingly likely that MacKenzie Gore will be on the Nationals Opening Day roster. Those odds only went up when the Mets swung a trade for Brewers ace Freddy Peralta. The teams desperate to make a move for a starting pitcher are decreasing by the day. With that in mind, it really feels like […]
From Federal Baseball | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
There isn’t a straight-line between these two things, but they are interrelated enough that I think they are worth pairing up for this post. Especially when it’s a topic I’m already a little tired of regurgitating. With the arrival of Alex Bregman at third base, Matt Shaw is being pushed into a super utility role, which, per Jed Hoyer at the Cubs Convention, could include some reserve time in the outfield. Although it’s not a position he’s played, Shaw is a sufficiently good athlete that ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Just five days ago, one of the hottest rumors making the rounds involved the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox having discussions involving Astros 3B Isaac Paredes and Red Sox OF Jarren Duran. As typical to baseball offseason talks, however, that could all be a thing of the past just as fast as it was […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
Trocheck is the kind of player that every contender wants. But the Rangers are not a contender, so he's not a player who shouldn't be here after the trade deadline.
From Blueshirt Banter | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
26. Cole Messina (86 points, 14 ballots) Cole Messina is the only catcher we’ve got on this Purple Row Prospects list, so it’s a good thing the Rockies have All-Star Hunter Goodman manning the position right now. As a prospect, Messina combines decent plate discipline with good power potential and leadership qualities behind the dish. […]
From Purple Row | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The Yankees teams of the 1980s were a relative wasteland in the context of the franchise’s history. They made the playoffs just twice right at the beginning of the decade before falling into an extended stretch of inconsequentiality (though they did have a tough 97-win situation in 1985 that was only good for second). However, […]
From Pinstripe Alley | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
I’ll preface this by saying I was not at this year’s Cubs Convention. BCB’s Sara Sanchez was, though, and wrote up this informative article earlier this week about how overcrowded the event was, and it seems clear to me that this event is far too large for a venue like the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 1 month ago | 1 read
In true Chris Getz fashion, the White Sox are once again in a position that warrants more questions than answers. On a cold and random late January night, the Sox dealt Luis Robert Jr. to the Mets for prospects Luisangel Acuña and Truman Pauley. This trade is anything but straightforward, so let’s dive into it. […]
From South Side Sox | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Hello folks! It’s been a busy few days in the baseball world. Let’s recap all of the latest happenings as you get your day started. In Mariners news… Around the league…
From Lookout Landing | about 1 month ago | 0 reads