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Critical game on tap tonight in Seattle. The Mariners can put their foot on the throat of the Blue Jays with a win tonight to go up 3-0. And with the nearly non-existent history of 0-3 comebacks in baseball history, it’s as good as do-or-die for Toronto tonight. For the road team they’ll hope righty […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 1 read
1917 The White Sox won their second World Series title, beating the New York Giants four games to two. The score in the series clincher was also 4-2. Just two days after finishing the Game 5 win with two innings of relief, Red Faber threw a complete game six-hitter to secure the crown. A hapless […]
From South Side Sox | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Pirates fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The Buccos had another lost season. It’s obvious the current configuration is not working. One of […]
From Bucs Dugout | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The hot corner was a solid position for the D-backs this season. All told, it came in at 2.0 bWAR above average, with the Giants and Matt Chapman the only NL team to be more productive there. This was mostly due to Eugenio Suarez continuing his second-half surge from last season. On July 21st, he […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Yainer Diaz arrived on the scene in Houston like a shooting star. Acquired from Cleveland in the Myles Straw trade, his debut in 2023 seemed like the Astros had stumbled onto the second coming of Johnny Bench. He’s gotten steadily worse every year. It’s as though he joined the Astros when he was 34 years […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Padres fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Ruben Niebla has been a member of the San Diego Padres organization since 2021 and has […]
From Gaslamp Ball | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Boston Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman will be opting out of the final two years of his deal, per multiple reports. Bregman, who turns 32 in March, was one of the marquee free agents this past offseason, but struggled to land the long-term deal he was looking for. He ended up signing a three […]
From Lone Star Ball | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Today the nominees for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award were announced. Each league has three nominees per position. As a poor defensive team, the Nationals did not have a lot of representation. Only one National got nominated, and unsurprisingly that was Jacob Young. Young is developing a reputation as one of the best defensive center […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
In 2024, a 17-year-old second baseman from Bonao in the Dominican Republic had a solid, if unremarkable season with the Colorado Rockies’ Dominican Summer League. The unranked, relatively unknown prospect hit .254/.360/.314 with nine doubles, a triple, and 24 stolen bases over 54 games, playing roughly 60 miles away from his home town at the […]
From Purple Row | about 2 months ago | 1 read
MLB unveiled the Gold Glove Award finalists this morning over on X, The Everything Evil app but also took the time to compile the list in a post on their main site. This year, two San Francisco Giants have entered the finalists round: Logan Webb and Patrick Bailey. Bailey should come as no surprise. He’s […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
It’s not rocket science to see why the Dodgers and Mariners are on a collision course to face off in the World Series. Not that the Brewers or Blue Jays have thrown in the towel yet, but both find themselves behind the proverbial eight ball going into game 3. Hitting is important and defense is […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Brian Cashman's Biggest Challenge Is Fixing The Yankee Offense Bill Madden, Daily News, October 11, 2025 Now that another Yankee season has concluded prematurely without a championship trophy, the usual finger-pointing begins and fans in every corner of Yankeeland are looking for culprits. But I'm here to say in this latest playoff elimination at the hands of the Blue Jays the blame should fall squarely on the players themselves. In short, the Blue Jays proved themselves to be a better t...
From the joy of sox | about 2 months ago | 1 read
This Brewers season has been one filled with hope. A franchise-record 97 wins. Two winning streaks of 11-plus games. Securing baseball’s No. 1 seed. Knocking off the division-rival Cubs in the NLDS. Earning a chance to avenge a 2018 NLCS loss to the Dodgers and advance to the World Series for the second time in […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 2 months ago | 1 read
See which prospects had the best seasons of 2025! Alonzo Tredwell Tredwell was the Astros 2nd round pick back in the 2023 draft and he had a breakout season this year. The right-hander pitched across three different levels and posted a 3.69 ERA with 122 strikeouts over 100 innings. This included a dominant 40 strikeouts […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Rays infielder Taylor Walls has been named one of three American League finalists for a Rawlings Gold Glove Award at shortstop, joining Texas’ Corey Seager and Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. Despite appearing in only 101 games, Walls’ 18 defensive runs saved were third most among major league infielders behind Toronto’s Ernie Clement (22) and […]
From DRaysBay | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
From Purple Row | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
After a lot of firings, Paul Toboni is now starting to build the Nationals front office in his own vision. He made his first Assistant GM hiring, poaching a big name from his old club, the Red Sox. Paul Toboni is taking Red Sox scouting director Devin Pearson with him, where he will be a […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 1 read
It’s the Wednesday Crawfish Boil! Houston Astros News Injuries and roster moves Looking at Walker’s home field problems Blubaugh and his journey with roller coasters (MSJ) Click to interview for Rockies GM job (NYT) A season in photos (HC) Now the broadcasters are getting hurt (Chron) AL West News Could Polanco lead the M’s to […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Good morning A’s fans! The playoffs are set to continue as we head back to the American League. The Championship series heads to Seattle for the first time in over two decades as the Seattle Mariners are set to play host to the Toronto Blue Jays in a critical Game 3. Our rivals to the […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Extending young stars is not something the Nationals organization has done very successfully in its history, with countless homegrown stars such as Bryce Harper, Juan Soto, Anthony Rendon, and Trea Turner eventually leaving via free agency or being traded before their contracts with the club could run out. There has been some success stories, such […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Dodger pitching has utterly dominated a Brewer offense that has looked jumpy, unprepared, and not ready for the big moment in the first two games of the National League Championship Series. If Milwaukee is going to get this series back to Milwaukee, that offense will need to find itself in a hurry. But let’s put […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Good morning, baseball fans! Today’s playoff game will be Game 3 of the American League Championship Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners. The game will start at 5:08 p.m. PT, airing on Fox Sports 1, with national radio coverage available on ESPN Radio. It seems as though the Blue Jays’ time […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The Detroit Tigers were eliminated from the postseason just five days ago, but MLB news piles up quickly in October. There’s enough to fill a weeks worth of posts. While the Brewers-Dodgers and the Mariners-Blue Jays continue to battle it out for trips to the World Series, let’s run through some of the biggest news […]
From Bless You Boys | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The Leafs did the thing and got us all back on board. Now it's time for the Jays to do the same.
From Pension Plan Puppets | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The Arizona Fall League is in full swing and after one week of play MLB.com writer Joe Trezza compiled his list of the top performers from the first week of action. Among his choices was Pirates’ prospect Esmerlyn Valdez representing the Salt River Rafters. Just a week in but Valdez helped himself stand apart from […]
From Bucs Dugout | about 2 months ago | 1 read