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The Braves made a few minor moves today, grabbing two relievers off waivers from Charm City: Here’s something that bedevils me: for the last few years, the Braves have consistently made minor moves for relief-esque arms that have involved players with truly horrible stats. Look, the state of pitching development at this point is that […]
There are a lot of question marks throughout the Washington Nationals roster, but the most uncertainty lies in the teams starting rotation. This is a stark contrast to last offseason where the rotation felt relatively settled after a few breakout performers in 2024. However, after regression and potential trades, it is anyone’s guess as to […]
How Acquired The Braves signed right-handed pitcher Gensi Angeles out of the Dominican Republic for a small but unreported signing bonus at the start of 2025, in the same class as Diego Tornes. Angeles, who is 6’0, 165What Were Expectations? Angeles, who is 6’0, 165-pounds came in with no real expectations as a 17-year-old arm […]
It’s no secret. The Phillies’ outfield over the last two years has largely been a dumpster fire. Last year, Phils’ outfielders finished with a collective 3.5 fWAR, tied for 22nd, with a .710 OPS that was 18th. In ‘24, their .692 OPS was also 18th, with a 3.8 fWAR that was, wait for it, 22nd. […]
With three games remaining in the regular season, Missouri is 6-3 (2-3 SEC) and officially eliminated from the 12-team College Football Playoff. After a promising 5-0 start to the season, the Tigers have lost two out of their last three games to put them out of CFP contention. Mizzou, however, is still bowl eligible. The […]
The Virginia Cavaliers had a week of wins and losses this week – including football’s 19-6 loss to Wake Forest on Saturday, ending their seven-game winning streak. Meanwhile, the men’s basketball team dominated the Hampton Pirates 91-53 in a late game on Tuesday night. Senior center Ugonna Onyenso tallied a double-double with 18 points and […]
Peter Seidler, Ron Fowler and the ownership group that purchased the Padres in 2012 introduced a new era to San Diego baseball. It began with a payroll at $62.9 million in their first season and rose to a high of $257.2 million in 2023 after Peter Seidler bought out Fowler and assumed controlling interest in […]
2025 stats: 125 G (463 PA), .241 /.307/ .379, 16 HR, 71 RBI, .164 ISO, 7.3 K%, 19 BB%, 95 wRC+, -0.2 fWAR I don’t know Wilmer Flores. Have never met him, will never meet him, but he’s my friend. He’s our friend. And I say that as someone who prefers to leave celebrities alone […]
MILLVILLE, NJ (November 12, 2025) – Max Stallone took the lessons learned at the 2024 PT Autosport Aspiring Driver Shootout to capture the top prize in last week’s Mazda MX-5 Shootout after leading every single… The post PT Autosport’s Stallone Captures The Mazda MX-5 Cup Shootout first appeared on The MotorSportsNews.Net(work) .
The Arizona Cardinals went into training camp this year with what they considered a very good quarterback room. Veteran Kyler Murray was finally healthy, GM Monti Ossenfort had brought in journeyman Jacoby Brissett as an experienced backup on the same day that he inked DT Dalvin Tomlinson, and former fifth-round draft pick Clayton Tune had […]
The Yankee rotation faces a little more downside than I think we’d all like. Gerrit Cole is 35 and coming off Tommy John surgery, Carlos Rodón will likely start the season on the IL alongside Cole, Luis Gil never quite looked right coming off his own injury, and Will Warren was fine if unimpressive. That […]
The New York Giants (2-8) host the Green Bay Packers (5-3-1) on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at MetLife Stadium and will aim to halt a four-game losing streak. On the defensive side of the ball, the Packers have been a top-five unit, ranking fifth-best by allowing just 287.2 yards per game. They rank 12th on offense (349.3 yards per game). With 21.7 points per game on the offensive side of the ball, the Giants rank 24th in the NFL. Defensively, they rank 27th, giving up 27.3 points per contest....
The 1993 Cubs were a maddening team. (Not “Maddon” ing, incidentally.) In their second year under manager Jim Lefebvre, they had hoped to make a jump into contention, but struggled around .500 most of the year. One of the bright spots on the team was catcher Rick Wilkins, who had been a part-time backstop for […]
How Acquired The Braves drafted Isaiah Drake in the fifth round of the 2023 MLB Draft as an overslot prospect out of local North Atlanta HS following an impressive showing at the MLB Draft Combine.What Were Expectations? Expectations were fairly low for Drake heading into the year. He was drafted as a raw, but high […]
The 1993 Cubs were a maddening team. (Not “Maddon” ing, incidentally.) In their second year under manager Jim Lefebvre, they had hoped to make a jump into contention, but struggled around .500 most of the year. One of the bright spots on the team was catcher Rick Wilkins, who had been a part-time backstop for […]
For intense X’s and O’s analysis, I’m probably not the first Eagles fan you’re going to jump to for a question. When it comes to something utterly esoteric and borderline irrelevant, however, I am the person for the job. A random play against the Giants in 2002? I can see it like it was yesterday. […]
We’ve been doing this for several years now. We reviewed some of the top free agents, as rated by Keith Law in The Athletic and Ben Clemens at FanGraphs, using the contracts FanGraphs suggests they will receive, and asked if we should sign them. Ben Clemens (no “t”) has Framber Valdez his number 4 free […]
Part of the magic of baseball is that it seems to produce multiple feel-good stories every year. Perhaps the best kind of such story is the career minor leaguer who finally gets a taste of the Majors at long last. That’s not quite how it was with Otto Kemp and the Phillies this year, but […]
So that’s how they intend to get out of all those back-loaded contracts. Wink-wink. This morning, the Seidler family released a statement indicating their intentions to explore a potential sale of the San Diego Padres. That statement can be seen below . San Diego Padres Exploring a Sale Take it away, Seidlers: SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Seidler family today announced that it has decided to initiate a formal process to explore strategic options for the San Diego Padres, inclu...
The Tampa Bay Rays have announced single-game ticket information for the 2026 season at Tropicana Field that includes additional pricing options for all fans and redesigned spaces to improve fan experience. Tropicana Field will also see various enhancements including an expanded main videoboard, new video displays behind home plate and along both foul poles, a […]
Next up in our look back at the A’s players in 2025, we turn back to the position player side of things by remembering our brief time with rookie corner infielder CJ Alexander. Did we not give him enough of a chance with the big league team? Or is what we saw what we were […]
The Green Bay Packers have three losses by a combined 9 points in 2025. While the defense has held up their end of the bargain, the offense has been, at times, disjointed, undisciplined, and lacking in core philosophy. That’s the recipe that’s heating up head coach Matt LaFleur’s seat, despite being 5-3-1. New scene. Enter: The […]
No matter what sort of reports emerge on the Cubs’ spending intentions for this offseason, I remain steadfast in a general position I think we all should share: I’ll believe it when I see it. With that said, I will also continue beating the drum for them to spend more, citing reasons both (1) strategic ( read this one ) and (2) with respect to their market size, revenue opportunities, and relative financial austerity in the recent past ( read this one ). I will also continue sharing and c...
Amber Glenn is poised to make her first USA Olympics team in figure skating, after barely missing out in 2022. The post Out champion Amber Glenn is poised for her first Olympics on Team USA appeared first on Outsports .
It is Pat Hentgen’s 57th birthday today. Pat will always be one of my favourite Blue Jays. He was the Cy Young winner (the first Jay to win the award) in 1996, going 20-10 with a 3.22 ERA and pitching an outstanding 265.2 innings. He won the prize on this day in 1996, a terrific […]