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The Winter Meetings didn’t bring much in the way of American League Central news — at least not much outside of the realm of speculation and fantasy. For fans of branching realities, it was a great week. For fans of canon events, it left a little to be desired. But fret not! Even a slow […]
From Dodger killer turned Dodger, the 2021 NLCS MVP Eddie Rosario appeared in just two games with the Dodgers at the big league level in April before bouncing around between the Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers minor league systems. Rosario was coming off a disappointing 2024 season where he spent time between the Washington Nationals […]
Ouch. The Montreal Canadiens looked like they were taking the dog for a walk early on against the New York Rangers. Ahead 3-0 and cruising…and then bad stuff happened. Before you knew, the Rangers were only down one at the intermission. The Habs restored the lead to 4-2 but then gagged that away, as well,…
The Cubs decided to go old-school in 2005 and 2006. From 1993-2004 they had put names on the back of home uniforms. Names had been on the back of Cubs road uniforms since 1982. But in 2005 management decided to go back to the pre-1993 look and take the names off. What they did not […]
The San Diego Padres have been part of various trade rumors since the MLB Winter Meetings. There has not been nearly as much conversation or coverage about their free-agent targets, if there are any. San Diego has three spots to fill in the rotation after Dylan Cease and Michael King reached free agency and Yu […]
In case you missed the early morning news, the Arizona Diamondbacks have pulled off the rare “trade away your player and re-sign him in the offseason” move with Merrill Kelly. Let’s start there today. When the Diamondbacks traded Kelly to the Rangers this July, they landed Kohl Drake (#6 prospect in the D-Backs system), Mitch Bratt (#9), and David Hagaman (#15), a tidy sum for a 36-year-old rental starter. And now they get him back, albeit at a very substantial $20M per year for tw...
Reports: Merrill Kelly, Diamondbacks agree to 2-year, $40M deal https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47302930/reports-merrill-kelly-diamondbacks-agree-2-year-40m-deal Arizona Diamondbacks, Merrill Kelly on verge of reunion https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2025/12/14/merrill-kelly-contract-diamondbacks/87762366007/ James will have Merrill Kelly’s review on January 3rd. Ketel Marte to play in World Baseball Classic for Dominican Republic https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizon...
Sheary scrutiny, Miller upheaval, a looming “reset,” and fresh questions about Braden Schneider—this week’s NHL media circuit had plenty to say about the Rangers.
For however dead the 2026 MLB Winter Meetings felt, the days thereafter have seen some consistent activity. This morning, that begins ( per Ken Rosenthal ) with free agent starter Merrill Kelly re-upping with the Arizona Diamondbacks, with whom he spent 7.5 of his 8 big-league seasons. Merrill Kelly Back to the Diamondbacks Merrill Kelly was a rumored Cubs trade target at the 2025 MLB Trade Deadline, but he was eventually dealt to the Rangers, for whom he was serviceable, but not muc...
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A night that should’ve spiraled turned into a comeback clinic, with Laba, Cuylle, Robertson, and J.T. Miller dragging the Rangers back from the brink.
The MLB Winter Meetings have come and gone and the San Diego Padres did not do anything to address any of the team’s needs. Pitching, starting pitching, is the most definitive area of need for San Diego and to address that need, it appears Padres general manager A.J. Preller will turn to the trade market. […]
For the 2026 version of the St. Louis Cardinals, I will call Saturday’s signing of Dustin May a “splash” move for the organization. Until this point, their biggest transaction was trading away from the rotation but the newest member of the Cardinals does provide some stability to a rotation full of question marks. Of course, […]
Meet the Mets The Mets signed veteran infielder Jorge Polanco to a two-year, $40 million contract yesterday. The 32-year-old switch hitter is coming off his best offensive season since 2021 and was a key player in the postseason for the Mariners, who wanted to retain him, but were outbid by the Mets. Polanco is expected […]
Guys, I am not going to lie. This was not a fun podcast to tape. The reason being in this is one of the more lopsided matchups I can remember featuring the Arizona Cardinals. The Houston Texans elite defense is just different, and the Arizona Cardinals offense is a MASH unit, and their offensive line […]
Later today, 44-year-old Philip Rivers will start for the Indianapolis Colts, taking his first NFL snaps since the 2020 season. During that absence, Rivers has coached his son’s high school football team, become a grandpa after his daughter Halle gave birth, and seen his name as a semi-finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame […]
If we’re to read the tea leave correctly, it looks like the next move the team makes (after the Realmuto sweepstakes conclude) is some kind of trade. There have been rumors of Alec Bohm being moved, of Matt Strahm being moved, of the team literally “begging” for Nick Castellanos to be taken off their hands. […]
Are the Red Sox willing to trade Marcelo Mayer? With several big name free agents off the board, trade talk is starting to dominate offseason discourse and Mayer has been named as a possible return for someone like Ketel Marte. According to one source, the “Sox have shown reluctance to deal him, but haven’t treated […]
Tarik Skubal has been the talk of the town regarding star players on the trade block, and the Dodgers are certainly in the mix for his services. Should they succeed at luring him in, they would undoubtedly sport the greatest five-man starting rotation in the game. Such a trade would require the Dodgers to send […]
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The Washington Commanders are visiting the New York Giants this week as they start their four-game stretch against NFC East teams to finish the season. This will be a sad game to watch with two teams that have five wins between them in Week 15, and they’ve already played each other once. Jayden Daniels won’t […]
Braves Franchise History 1916 – The Boston Braves acquire outfielder Joe Kelly from the Cubs in exchange for coach Fred Mitchell who will take over as Chicago’s new manager. 1949 – The Braves trade Alvin Dark and Eddie Stanky to the New York Giants in exchange for Willard Marshall, Sid Gordon, Buddy Kerr and Sam […]
Sources tell us that Burl Carraway is no longer in the organization. He was once a promising prospect with a big fastball from the sinister side, but his future didn’t turn out so well. So far, the offseason cache contains two MLB relievers and one player signed to a minor-league deal. *means autoplay on, (directions to […]
Good morning, baseball fans! Earlier this week, it was announced that ESPN’s Joe Buck had received the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award, to the consternation of San Francisco Giants fans for multiple reasons. The most unreasonable being that some Giants fans just kind of hate Joe Buck. A lot of it seems to […]