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To say the least, the Green Bay Packers’ plan of signing Nate Hobbs, paying him like a slot defender and hoping that he could develop into outside cornerback is not exactly working out so far. Just in case you thought you were hallucinating yesterday’s performance against the Arizona Cardinals, I decided to look at the […]
From Acme Packing Company | 3 months ago | 4 reads
Everyone knew who the Arizona Cardinals needed to stop on Sunday. The best defensive player in the NFL, Micah Parson was lined up across from the Arizona Cardinals and while his stats were not eye-popping coming into the day, 2.5 sacks, one tackle for loss, and eight quarterback hits. In a single game, he basically […]
From Revenge of the Birds | 3 months ago | 3 reads
Real Madrid were back on the training pitch at Valdebebas on Monday morning, just a day after grinding out a 1–0 win away to Getafe. The session brought encouraging news for Xabi Alonso’s side ahead of Sunday’s El Clásico at the Santiago Bernabéu: Trent made a partial return to group training, signaling another step forward […]
From Managing Madrid | 3 months ago | 1 read
Freddy Peralta has been an outstanding pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers for the past eight seasons, giving the Chicago Cubs fits along the way. He has become something of an anchor for the Brewers rotation, pitching like an ace in 2025, and is just 29 years old. So it’s high time for the Brewers to trade him. From The Athletic : “In this case, as the winter unfolds, the Brewers are expected to at least field offers for starting pitcher Freddy Peralta, according to people fami...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Dodgers have punched their ticket to the World Series and await the winner of Game 7 between the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners tonight. Despite having the best record in the majors this season, the Milwaukee Brewers could not overcome the pitching prowess of the Dodgers, with their four starters of Blake Snell, […]
From Twinkie Town | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The fires are mild this summer. I know because we’ve journeyed east on schedule. It will be five years before my window for this time shrinks from a Carlos Vargas target to George Kirby’s. Five years til we go from seasons of adventure to a weekend in August, sandwiched between 80 of my baseball games […]
From Lookout Landing | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Arizona Fall League has now finished their second week and the Mesa Solar Sox won three and lost three over the past week. That gives them an overall record of 4-6, which puts them in fifth place in the six-team AFL. However, they’re just three games out of first and a game and a […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Louisville has received a commitment from London Johnson, a 21-year-old point guard from the class of 2026. Johnson has spent the past three seasons in the G-League. According to multiple sources, Johnson plans on enrolling at U of L in December, and will be eligible to play during the 2026-27 season. Johnson is “expected” to […]
From Card Chronicle | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Albert Pujols won’t be the next manager of the Angels, according to a report from Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Heyman writes that Pujols and the club have broken off talks due to differences between the sides regarding “coaches, resources, and compensation.” The Athletic’s Sam Blum reports that while circumstances could change, it’s believed…
From RotoFeed | 3 months ago | 3 reads
As the Astros construct their 2026 team over the off-season, their assessment of promising rookies’ performances will be an important input. A.J. Blubaugh is one of the more promising 2025 rookie pitchers. His 2025 pitching at the major league level definitely showed promise. But the sample size is small (32 innings) and his potential role […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 3 months ago | 2 reads
It is the ninth year of Top Prospect voting at South Side Sox! First, let us review past years: To make sure we give the SSS readership a strong vote in our South Side Sox Top 100, we’re going to run five or 10 polls before kicking off our Top 100 Prospect countdown. Ideally, we […]
From South Side Sox | 3 months ago | 3 reads
As the Padres search for a replacement for retiring manager Mike Shildt, they’re setting their sights on a big name: future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols. According to a report from Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, Pujols is set to interview for the position with the Padres, though it’s not yet known when…
From RotoFeed | 3 months ago | 3 reads
Chicago Cubs catching prospect Owen Ayers is on fire to start the Arizona Fall League season, getting plenty of attention for his feats. But Ayers is not the only Cubs positional prospect raking here at the start of the AFL season: Cubs No. 17 prospect Cole Mathis goes 454 feet for his first homer this Fall! It extends the lead for the Solar Sox, 9-4 pic.twitter.com/zYbKsIolTo — MLB's Arizona Fall League (@MLBazFallLeague) October 19, 2025 Cole Mathis, 22, was the Cubs sec...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Coming off a season where they made a surprise push towards contention and ultimately finished just four games out of a playoff spot with a 79-83 record, the Marlins look poised to try and take a step forward towards more serious contention this winter. That could mean looking to add, and reporting has already indicated…
From RotoFeed | 3 months ago | 5 reads
Most years – like most Royals fans, I expect – I haven’t paid a ton of attention to the MLB playoffs. Even when I have, it’s been only to follow the Royals when they’re participating. This year, however, I decided I wasn’t ready to be done watching baseball. So I picked an AL team (the […]
From Royals Review | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Bronx. Manhattan. Brooklyn. Queens. Staten Island. New York’s five boroughs permeate the story of baseball, from its humble beginnings as a working class bat and ball sport in the mid-19th century, to its explosion in popularity and commercialization in the late 1800s, through its emergence as the nation’s great pastime throughout the 20th century. […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Yankees once again fell short of the ultimate prize in 2025, bowing out to the Blue Jays in the ALDS one day after an incredible Aaron Judge homer that could’ve been one for the books had it not just ultimately been a stay of execution of sorts. But they were still a 94-win ballclub—matching […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 3 months ago | 6 reads
We’re into our brief intermission phase here at BYB, waiting for the offseason. There’s a temptation to jump the gun and write the host of offseason articles we have in the works right now, but as Tigers fans, including ourselves, lick our wounds for a bit, let’s just start setting the offseason stage to a […]
From Bless You Boys | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Over the next few weeks I will be looking at the top performers at each level in the Astros system. This week is the Asheville Tourists. Joseph Sullivan, OFSullivan came into the season with some hype thanks to his performance in Spring Training, and he performed up to that level of expectation. He started the […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 3 months ago | 1 read
In this episode of the Royals Rundown podcast, hosts Jacob Milham and Jeremy “Hokius” Greco deliver a wide-ranging and heartfelt conversation that bridges football fever with a deep love for baseball. As the Kansas City Chiefs dominate the NFL, the guys aren’t quite ready to let go of baseball season—especially with the Royals entering a […]
From Royals Review | 3 months ago | 2 reads
It’s that time of year again, where we review all of the players that donned the red pinstripes during the 2025 season. For a team as veteran laden as the Phillies are, there were a lot more random players that played a part in the team’s NL East division title than I initially thought. One […]
From The Good Phight | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Since the National League implemented the designated hitter in 2022, the position has not been kind to the New York Mets. They have consistently struggled to get solid production out of the spot, as they have put together a .229/.316/.398 triple slash from the position since 2022, good for a whopping 103 wRC+, 18th in […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 3 months ago | 1 read
Angels coach Bo Porter is hoping to get another chance to manager in the majors, as he told The Athletic’s Britt Ghiroli recently. More specifically, Ghiroli writes that Porter is “very interested” in the current managerial vacancy in Anaheim. Porter, 53, was previously the manager of the Astros from 2013-14. That stint in Houston did not…
From RotoFeed | 3 months ago | 3 reads
At about the halfway point of the Arizona Fall League season, we’re here to provide you with a peek at the stats for the Milwaukee Brewers’ eight prospects in this year’s AFL. As a reminder, here’s a short article Adam wrote at the start of the season outlining each prospect involved. Surprise Saguaros The Saguaros […]
From Brew Crew Ball | 3 months ago | 2 reads
If anyone stepped into the Major League Baseball scene for the first time and hit just .184/.231/.263 with 49 strikeouts in 122 PA, you’d have some initial concerns. Maybe they’re just getting their feet wet. Maybe they’re still young enough to figure it out. It’s rough out there at first, after all. If they backed […]
From Red Reporter | 3 months ago | 1 read