Right now, everybody’s talking about bullpens. Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Dodgers put newly signed closer Edwin Diaz on the injured list after a disastrous start to his LA career, as he undergoes surgery to remove loose bodies from his elbow. Over in Queens, their two new bullpen arms, Devin Williams and Luke Weaver, […]
With the 2026 NFL Draft beginning tonight, we take a look at the two Syracuse players with the best odds of being selected….up first is the latest alum of #PunterU, Jack Stonehouse. Punting at the professional level has always been in Stonehouse’s blood. His father, John, punted for the New York Giants, and his cousin […]
The Royals have stumbled out to an 8-17 start, the worst record in baseball. Despite playoff aspirations coming out of spring training, they may have already played their way out of contention before the calendar hits May. The frustrating aspect of their losing is that on paper, this is not a terrible team. They largely […]
Last night was a very on brand game for the 2026 Nats. The offense was there, but the pitching was not good enough and they made a couple mistakes on defense. With Cade Cavalli on the mound, they will hope to get better results on the mound. They need Cavalli to go deeper into ball […]
The latest news on the Houston Astros and from around MLB: Yordan Alvarez is unstoppable: Do the Astros have a major Bryan Abreu problem? Jose Altuve vs Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell at 2000 games mark: This is what happens when the top 4 guys on your CF depth chart all go down at the […]
The Brewers are about to face both reigning Cy Young winners in back-to-back games. Yes, you read that right. Reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal is on the mound today in Detroit, and tomorrow the Brewers return home to a warm welcome from 2025 NL Cy Young winner Paul Skenes. Per Sophia Minnaert, this […]
Thursday notes… Cubs lineup: Phillies lineup: Edward Cabrera, RHP vs. Cristopher Sánchez, LHP Edward Cabrera has been as advertised so far this year. His power changeup results in a lot of strikeouts — 17 in 22.2 innings. It also has led to a fair number of walks, 11, which is too many. Cut down on […]
Regardless of what happens in Thursday’s series finale at Washington, the Atlanta Braves will have still not lost a series this season. Having won two of the first three games of the four-game road set, Atlanta is guaranteed at worst a split. But a win would mean a fifth straight series victory, a 6-1 road […]
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The Philadelphia Phillies have released starting pitcher Taijuan Walker, per multiple reports. In the 2022-23 offseason, the Phillies signed Walker to a four year, $72 million deal that even at the time looked…aggressive. Fangraphs, in their free agent projections for that offseason, had Walker at around 3 years, $42 million. Dave Dombrowski has a history […]
The National farm system is flush with hitting talent, especially in the middle infield. Names like Ronny Cruz, Yeremy Cabrera, and Devin Fitz-Gerald have gotten off to hot starts to begin the 2026 campaign, making pushes to be on top 100 prospect lists soon. One area that the Nationals’ farm system is lacking, however, is […]
Prior to Thursday’s game against the Cubs, the Phillies announced that Taijuan Walker was released. Walker pitched Wednesday night’s game behind Kyle Backhus, allowing five runs, four of them earned, in only four innings. It was not all of his fault; Justin Crawford dropped a shallow flyball that eventually led to a run. But it […]
A dominant offensive performance and eight-run seventh inning propelled Northwestern to a 15-5 win over St. Thomas on Wednesday afternoon at Rocky and Bernice Miller Park. The ‘Cats (16-21, 5-13 B1G) earned their second straight win in as many days, carrying over momentum from their victory over Bradley the day before. The Wildcats’ 15 runs […]
The Yankees were a powerhouse team of the late 1990s and the early 2000s, powered by some of the game’s best players of all time. However, they weren’t the only team consistently vying for a World Series championship. The Atlanta Braves were the National League’s elite squad, as from 1991 through 2005, they won a […]
Happy 2026 NFL Draft Day one and all. The Arizona Cardinals and the rest of the NFL will get things started for their three day extravaganza of picks, trades and immediate judgements passed. For the Arizona Cardinals they will get things kicked off early in the process, and based on the past several years, even […]
1919 Perhaps the most talented White Sox team ever opened the season in St. Louis and destroyed the Browns, 13-4. The offense pounded out 21 hits, which remains tied for 40th-most ever by the White Sox in a game. Lefty Williams got the win, throwing a complete game. Six months later, after winning the American League pennant, […]
Shohei Ohtani struck out seven in six scoreless innings on Wednesday night against the San Francisco Giants, continuing his strong pitching start to 2026. He’s gone exactly six innings in each of his four starts and has only allowed two runs, one of them earned. That gives Ohtani a minuscule 0.38 ERA so far this […]
After a two-day hiatus as a designated hitter, Drake Baldwin is back behind the plate and catching the Braves’ series finale at Washington Thursday afternoon. No doubt it’s smart to sneak in some days off and this stretch of 10 games in as many days certainly takes a toll. But it’s good for the Braves […]
The times, they are bad. The vibes, they are also bad. Pretty much everything associated with the Phillies right now is bad. Nothing is going right and the product on the field is approaching (if it hasn’t already reached) unwatchable. Change has been demanded by many that follow the team, but realistically, what can they […]
Worcester: L, 6-7 (BOX SCORE) Anyone noticing Dave O’Brien and Lou Merloni having some sophomoric fun during the Red Sox’s second consecutive scoreless game by repeating the 6-7 meme about, as our own Bryan Joiner put it, “about 6-7 months late”, the scoreboard of the WooSox game has some bad news. The game looked to […]
Yesterday was a tough day for the Friar Faithful. The San Diego Padres broke up a three-game win streak, falling 8-3 to the Colorado Rockies. They’ll now play their second consecutive rubber match today hoping for a series victory. The problem lately has been scoring runs, and that problem finally reared its ugly head when […]
Another day of minor league baseball is in the books. See the results below. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (12-8) POSTPONED AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (10-7) won 12-1 (BOX SCORE) The Hooks got on the board first thanks to a Ferreras 2 run HR in the 4th inning. Mayer got the start for the Hooks […]
Just for curiosity, I checked the math on flipping a coin and getting heads eight consecutive times. You’d expect to find four such sequences out of 10,000 flips, or about once every 2,500 times. I think I could take that math and apply it to once every 15 years if you were a team that […]
Your Oregon Ducks baseball and softball teams were both in action on Wednesday evening, both facing off against the Oregon State Beavers. Let’s kick things off with the ladies, who were playing host to the Beavs, and looking to keep their winning streak going. Oregon would jump ahead real early, going up 2-0 on a […]
Team News Vargas on a heater to begin 2026, bringing unexpected power to D-backs https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/ildemaro-vargas-hits-two-home-runs-for-d-backs-against-white-sox Ildemaro Vargas Powers Diamondbacks to Ugly Win Over White Sox https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/ildemaro-vargas-powers-diamondbacks-ugly-win-white-sox Latest Ildemaro Vargas-Diamondbacks reunion paying off big-time early: ‘He always brings energy’ https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/ildemaro-varg...