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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 | 4 months ago | 6 reads
The 2025 season appears that double-digit losses will become a reality. Bummer. And now that five games are remaining on the schedule, after last weekend’s loss to Tampa Bay, the league eliminated the Arizona Cardinals from any playoff contention. RELATED: IS THERE ANY CONFIDENCE LEFT? In the Christmas cartoon “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” the toys […]
From Revenge of the Birds | 4 months ago | 7 reads
The San Diego Padres have several needs address on their roster prior to the start of the 2026 season. The most critical of those needs is starting pitcher. Dylan Cease departed in free agency and has signed with the Toronto Blue Jays. Michael King also departed in free agency and has not yet signed with […]
From Gaslamp Ball | 4 months ago | 5 reads
Dale Murphy is another who looked like a sure Hall of Fame choice, in the middle of his career, but his numbers fell off a cliff soon after he turned 30. He played 18 seasons, most of them with the Braves, then three with the Phillies and one with the Rockies. He came up as […]
From Bluebird Banter | 4 months ago | 7 reads
The Pittsburgh Pirates are looking to be aggressive this offseason. According to MLB insiders Jeff Passan and Kiley Mcdaniel there are a bunch of players that could be a potential fit for the Pirates via trades. There have been rumors and reports of players being linked to Pittsburgh but there has not been any official […]
From Bucs Dugout | 4 months ago | 7 reads
My older kid is funny. It took her losing like three teeth to discern that the tooth fairy was not real and just an act put on by parents… but she’s convinced that not only is Santa real, but that the full range of Santa-related accoutrements are internally and logically consistent, i.e., that a mall […]
From Talking Chop | 4 months ago | 5 reads
Earlier this week, it was reported by Katie Woo of the Athletic that St. Louis Cardinals’ 1B/catcher Willson Contreras has become more open to waiving his no-trade clause to facilitate a trade out of St, Louis. It comes in the wake of former teammate Sonny Gray doing the same thing and in turn being traded […]
From The Good Phight | 4 months ago | 6 reads
Oregon Moves up to 2nd in the recruiting rankings for the 2026 Class WBB picks up a win in the civil war Stein officially introduced as Kentucky Head Coach Big Ten Announces Football All-Conference Teams and Individual Awards Highlight of the Day: Katie Fiso absolutely torching the Beavers
From Addicted To Quack | 4 months ago | 3 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. Today we look at someone who could create that vaunted “super pen.” With Sonny Gray in the fold, many […]
From Over the Monster | 4 months ago | 5 reads
A numbers-heavy Ombudsman dive: jersey trivia, goalie lore, Sheary sitting, and a whole lot of “actually…” corrections for Joe and Eric.
From Blueshirt Banter | 4 months ago | 7 reads
As we at BlessYouBoys continue to write up interesting free agents that the Detroit Tigers should, or are reported to be interested in, only one free agent from the 2025 team stands out for a potential reunion. That would be right-hander Kyle Finnegan, who posted a stellar August after a midseason trade and quickly became […]
From Bless You Boys | 4 months ago | 8 reads
Meet the Mets The Mets officially announced that they signed Devin Williams to a three-year deal worth $45 million. The team is still reportedly actively pursuing free agent Cody Bellinger. Re-signing Pete Alonso would solve some of the offense’s run production issues. Byron Buxton could be an option for the Mets if he decides to […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 4 months ago | 4 reads
Jackson Chourio’s 2025 season was not, exactly, a disappointment. Despite a slow start, he finished with a 112 OPS+ and between two and three WAR (2.2 via Baseball Reference and 2.9 via FanGraphs) while playing a whole bunch of center field, something he wasn’t exactly expecting to do at the beginning of the season. It […]
From Brew Crew Ball | 4 months ago | 7 reads
Most sportsbooks have the Cleveland Browns favored to win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. The Titans are coming into this game with one win over the Arizona Cardinals, while the Browns enter this matchup with 3 wins. Tennessee’s rookie QB Cam Ward has struggled quite a bit this weekend, and the offensive struggles will certainly be […]
From Dawgs By Nature | 4 months ago | 5 reads
Dodgers manager was a guest Wednesday night on ‘Good Sports with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson’ on Amazon Prime, and was asked if Major League Baseball should have a salary cap. “I’m alright with that,” Roberts said. “I think the NBA’s done a nice job of kind of revenue sharing with the players and the […]
From True Blue LA | 4 months ago | 3 reads
Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the NHL
From Blueshirt Banter | 4 months ago | 6 reads
We cover the coverage like PCA covers center field. Scott Kingery is the newest Cub, signed to a minor-league deal. Likely that puts Willi Castro in the rearview as they’re at least superficially the same kind of player. Nicky Lopez is reportedly a Rockie. Anthony Kay is a White Sock. The Winter Meetings are almost […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 4 months ago | 9 reads
After waiting for what seemed like forever, the main trio of the Rockies rebuild is complete. The team officially announced yesterday that they have hired their general manager: Josh Byrnes. Byrnes most recently served as the senior vice president of baseball operations for the formidable Los Angeles Dodgers and had been in that position since […]
From Purple Row | 4 months ago | 8 reads
Jaylon Thompson at the Star asks three critical questions of the Royals ahead of the Winter Meetings ($): How will the Royals improve their offense? The Royals scored 84 fewer runs in 2025. It was a significant downturn from their 2024 campaign that led to a postseason berth. The Royals struggled with runners in scoring […]
From Royals Review | 4 months ago | 4 reads
The Yankees invested a heavy amount of trade capital to build a super bullpen in 2025, dealing away a dozen players to bring in Devin Williams, Fernando Cruz, David Bednar, Camilo Doval, and Jake Bird between last winter and the trade deadline. Suffice to say their efforts did not pan out, the relief corps representing […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 4 months ago | 7 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! Earlier this week, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reported that infielder Casey Schmitt had undergone surgery on his left wrist on Tuesday. Schmitt is right-handed, which means that the surgery was on his glove hand, which should help recovery go more smoothly. Per Pavlovic’s post on social media, the […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 4 months ago | 7 reads
So you want to trade Willson Contreras? I hadn’t intended on making this post, but since Contreras is apparently more open to getting traded, if it’s the right fit, might as well see what any potential return will bring back. I already did this with Sonny Gray (I was wildly wrong, so take this with […]
From Viva El Birdos | 4 months ago | 9 reads
Braves History 1968 – The Astros trade 3B Bob Aspromonte, who lost his job to Doug Rader, to the Braves for infielder Marty Martinez. Aspro was the last original Colt .45 on Houston’s roster, and when he retires, he will be the last Brooklyn Dodger to play in the majors. 1975 – Ted Turner enters […]
From Talking Chop | 4 months ago | 6 reads
Donny Baseball is an interesting case: his career lasted only 14 seasons. At his peak, he was great, one of the very best players in baseball for a few seasons, but back problems brought his stats down, so he doesn’t have the counting starts that get you into the Hall. I’m guessing that his time […]
From Bluebird Banter | 4 months ago | 5 reads
Hello, friends. There are now 112 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2026. There are a few more days to go yet until the winter meetings, which could be a focus for activity. As we’ve already seen this offseason, however, Mike Elias isn’t waiting around if he gets his hands on a signing or trade […]
From Camden Chat | 4 months ago | 8 reads