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Time brings the mighty low. It makes the tall stoop, the proud humble themselves. We know this implicitly. We just wish it wouldn’t apply to our free agent signings. Enter Adolis García. At the end of the 2023 season he was riding a great Texas-sized wave, hoisting a Gold Glove, the ALCS MVP trophy, and […]
From The Good Phight | 3 months ago | 8 reads
Update Bill has won his third Pepsi Zero NFL Rookie of the Week Award ORIGINAL ARTICLE: This week, Commanders running back Bill Croskey-Merritt has been nominated for the Pepsi Zero NFL Rookie of the Week award for his outstanding play in the team’s Week 15 victory over the New York Giants. Many fans have been […]
From Hogs Haven | 3 months ago | 4 reads
We are doing #8 again because I didn’t include the voting form in yesterday’s post. Doh! Who is the #8 prospect in the Rangers’ farm system right now? Cast your vote below…
From Lone Star Ball | 3 months ago | 7 reads
We have a quartet of Blue Jays’ birthdays today. Jim Clancy would have turned 70 (but he died in July of this year), Roy Howell turns 72, Jeremy Accardo turns 44, and Willie Blair turns 60. Clancy was an original Jay, picked up in the expansion draft in 1976. The Jays called him up in […]
From Bluebird Banter | 3 months ago | 12 reads
Barcelona president Joan Laporta’s adviser Enric Masip has talked up a possible move for Atletico star Julian Alvarez. The Argentina international has been linked with Barcelona for a little while now, although it’s thought his lofty price tag will see the Catalans priced out of any potential move. Yet Masip says that Alvarez would suit […]
From Barca Blaugranes | 3 months ago | 1 read
The Hughes blockbuster may have cracked open a surprising door: a real, functional Trocheck trade fit. Is this the moment for the Rangers to reset their timeline?
From Blueshirt Banter | 3 months ago | 5 reads
Welcome back reader! If you are reading this, you’ve probably already read the earlier entry breaking down Royals hitter performances in the Arizona Fall League. If you haven’t, go back and read it! We’re back today to do the same for pitchers. Five pitchers from the Royals organization (as of the beginning of AFL play) took the […]
From Royals Review | 3 months ago | 6 reads
There’s something about baseball and fatherhood.* *I know this is extraordinarily early to put a caveat in a piece like this, but I want to acknowledge two things up front. First of all, saying ’there’s something about baseball and fatherhood’ does not exclude nor negate all the other wonderful ways that folks get into baseball […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 3 months ago | 7 reads
Good day everyone! The baseball news is slowing down a bit as we approach the holidays. With several of the top Asian players’ deadlines coming up, that will hopefully start to pick back up. Let’s check in on everything you may have missed from yesterday. In Mariners news… Around the league…
From Lookout Landing | 3 months ago | 7 reads
Thanks again to BCB reader JayWent for this article suggestion. Kris Bubic has talent — he was a No. 1 pick (40th overall) in 2018 out of Stanford. If that date and school sounds familiar, it should, because Nico Hoerner was the Cubs’ No. 1 pick out of Stanford that year, thus Bubic and Hoerner […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 3 months ago | 4 reads
Morning, all! Evan Grant observes that the Rangers are trying to put together a bullpen out of castoffs and spare parts but that they have a decent track record of actually pulling that off. And that’s all I’m finding this morning.
From Lone Star Ball | 3 months ago | 6 reads
The New York Rangers (16-15-4) have -142 moneyline odds to win when they visit the St. Louis Blues (13-15-7), who have +119 odds, on Thursday, Dec. 18 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN+. You can tune in to watch the Rangers try to beat the the Blues on ESPN+. Rangers vs. Blues Game Info & Odds When: Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET TV Channel: ESPN+ Live Stream: Fubo Live Stream: ESPN+ Where: Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri Favorite: Rangers (-142) Underdog: Blues (+119...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 9 reads
We have talked a lot about how the Nationals need pitching and first base help. However, one position we have not really talked about is DH. For most of last season, Josh Bell was the DH, while Nathaniel Lowe played first base. With both of those guys gone, what will the Nats do at the […]
From Federal Baseball | 3 months ago | 6 reads
In what was the final season of his historic career, Clayton Kershaw gave Dodgers fans one last hurrah as he ended his career as a three-time champion and one of the greatest pitchers in franchise history. Kershaw played a minor role in helping the Dodgers maintain their supremacy in the NL West in 2024, making […]
From True Blue LA | 3 months ago | 4 reads
Welcome back to the 2025-26 edition of Smash or Pass, in which we examine potential free agent and trade targets to determine whether the Red Sox should pursue them and what it would take to land them. Next up, an in-house veteran who is one of the best hitters in the game… in one particular scenario. […]
From Over the Monster | 3 months ago | 4 reads
Yu Darvish may have thrown the final pitch of his career in his playoff outing against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, but for those of us watching or listening on the radio, we had no idea. News broke following the conclusion of the season that Darvish had elbow surgery. The 39-year-old right-hander miss all […]
From Gaslamp Ball | 3 months ago | 5 reads
I had a thought process. Early this morning, I was reading about the Nationals’ trifecta of relative youngsters: Paul Toboni, their new head of baseball ops, is 35. Newly-hired manager Blake Butera is 33. And now, Toboni has added Ani Kilambi to do the day-to-day stuff as GM, and Kilambi is 31. You add any […]
From Talking Chop | 3 months ago | 7 reads
No Joe, no goals, no clear future. Eric and Chip take a hard look at why the Rangers lack elite talent—and why that might doom them to purgatory.
From Blueshirt Banter | 3 months ago | 5 reads
The Orioles acquired a legitimate ace for the 2024 season when they traded for Corbin Burnes. Baltimore did its best to keep Burnes around for 2025 and beyond, but the former free agent eventually signed with the Diamondbacks. Burnes departure left the O’s banking on Zach Eflin and Grayson Rodriguez to lead the rotation last […]
From Camden Chat | 3 months ago | 9 reads
It didn’t come as much of a surprise, but earlier this week Dave Dombrowski confirmed what many were thinking in the wake of the Adolis Garcia signing. The Phillies plan for the outfield, at least for now, will be Garcia in right field, Justin Crawford in center, and Brandon Marsh/right-handed batter platoon in left field. […]
From The Good Phight | 3 months ago | 8 reads
Offense gets fans in the seats, but defenses win championships. Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon is a defensive-minded. He brought over his strategies that worked well when he was the DC for the Philadelphia Eagles, who had just lost the Super Bowl. The Cardinals were in need of some defensive changes, and Arizona owner […]
From Revenge of the Birds | 3 months ago | 8 reads
Prior to the start of each season, the Draysbay community takes part in an excercise in which the top prospects in the Tampa Bay Rays system are ranked by popular vote. This season, the Draysbay community ranked the top 25 prospects in the Rays system with several others receiving votes but just falling shy of […]
From DRaysBay | 3 months ago | 7 reads
Harrison took an early stab at predicting the Opening Day 26-man roster yesterday, and it got me thinking about something that’s come up in conversations lately, and that’s whether the Brewers will have any left-handed pitchers in their starting rotation. That also led to the question of whether or not it actually matters whether there […]
From Brew Crew Ball | 3 months ago | 8 reads
Meet the Mets The Mets are reportedly signing former-Yankee Luke Weaver to a two-year deal worth $22 million. Weaver should help solidify the back end of the bullpen along with Devin Williams. They also claimed catcher Drew Romo off waivers, and DFA-ed Brandon Waddell as the cooresponding move. Both Nolan McLean and Clay Holmes will […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 3 months ago | 7 reads
It’s been a slow week since for the Dodgers since their signing of Edwin Díaz, and although their names have been attached to marquee outfield names, they have yet to pull the trigger. While the Dodgers have been linked to players such as Kyle Tucker and Cody Bellinger, they have also been in the mix […]
From True Blue LA | 3 months ago | 8 reads