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A Fresh Reminder of How Much More the Cubs *SHOULD* Be Spending

Relative to their market size and generalized revenue opportunity, the Chicago Cubs are a financially conservative franchise. To be fair, they would tell you that “every” dollar that comes into the organization is turned back around and spent on the organization in one way or another. But that has always rung a little hollow to me. Given how much more other teams are spending on their payrolls, the Ricketts are either not counting all of their broader organizational revenue as “team” reve...

Louisville vs. South Carolina State preview

Louisville Cardinals (0-0) vs. South Carolina State Bulldogs (0-0) Game Time: 9 p.m. Location: KFC Yum Center: Louisville, Ky. Television: ACC Network Announcers: Jay Alter (play-by-play) and Terrence Oglesby (analyst) Officials: TBA Favorite: Louisville by 35.5 Series: First Meeting Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville South Carolina State Statistics: Relevant Videos: About South Carolina State: South Carolina State is coming off of a season […]

Rays promote Ozzie Timmons to previous role of Assistant Hitting Coach for 2026

The Tampa Bay Rays have hired Ozzie Timmons as assistant hitting coach, the club announced today. Timmons, 55, spent the 2025 season in the Rays organization as special assistant, coaching development, after three years as the Milwaukee Brewers hitting coach (2022-24). He returns to Kevin Cash’s staff after beginning his major league coaching career as […]

2025 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Connor Seabold

Say it with me, folks: The Atlanta Braves used 46 pitchers in 2025. They used 71 players overall (a MLB record for a single season) and of those 71, 28 of them weren’t around for more than five games. Connor Seabold is one of those players, as he was only here for a brief period […]

Cubs in the AFL: Mesa Solar Sox Week 4 Update

Every Monday is an off-day in the Arizona Fall League, so it’s an excellent time to check in on how the Cubs Boys of Autumn are doing out in the desert with the Mesa Solar Sox. The Solar Sox had their best week of the season so far, going 5-1 and currently sport a four-game […]

The revival of the starting pitcher in October

The slow death of the starting pitcher has been a tragedy to watch in MLB over the last decade. In 2010, there were 92 qualified starters. That number dipped to 78 by 2015, 61 by 2019, and just 52 this season. Just 15 years after there were, on average, three starters per team that were […]

Arizona Fall League Update: October 28- November 2, 2025

The Arizona Fall League is already in its fourth week, and the White Sox have nine prospects in action, headlined by OF Braden Montgomery (White Sox No. 1/MLB No. 35) and LHP Hagen Smith (No. 5/No. 88). Rounding out the crew: IF Sam Antonacci (No. 11), RHP Tyler Davis, IF Ryan Galanie, RHP Carson Jacobs, […]

Fernando Valenzuela on 2026 Hall of Fame ballot

Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela is one of eight players on the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot for possible selection to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for the class of 2026. It’s the first time on a veterans committee-type ballot for Valenzuela, who received 6.2 percent of the vote on Baseball Writers Association of America […]

Monday Bantering: Jays Notes

Happy Monday. I will admit, I’m ok with no longer having GameThreads and Game Recaps hanging over my head every day. Getting into the off-season routine will take a few days; there is enough to discuss about the season just passed to carry us through to the new year. The Jays have four days where […]

Here, here: 2.5M visit T-Mobile Park in 2025

The Mariners reached their attendance goal in 2025. They’ll reach for more next year.  Just over 2.5 million fans attended regular season games at T-Mobile Park in 2025. That was the target the team set before the season, Mariners’ Chief Operating Officer Trevor Gooby told the Ballpark Public Facilities District last week.  “The team connected […]

Mets free agents and potential QO recipients

With the official start of the offseason yesterday, eight Mets have become free agents: None of these eight free agents are realistic candidates to receive a qualifying offer, which is set at $22.02 million for the 2025-26 offseason. Helsley might’ve been the most likely candidate among this group prior to the 2025 season, but players […]

Hot Stove Links – Top trade targets & free agents

The season is over, the tee-times are booked, and the players who are the fuel and backbone of Major League Baseball are beginning their rest after the grueling eight-ish months of the daily grind. It also flirted with 32 degrees where I am this morning, and the hot stove season has officially begun. The Cincinnati […]

World Series Is Over: Now the Offseason Gets Weird

In this episode of the Royals Rundown podcast, hosts Jacob Milham and Jeremy “Hokius” Greco dive into the aftermath of the World Series and what it means for the Kansas City Royals. With Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s breakout postseason, the Dodgers’ bullpen masterclass, and the Blue Jays’ gritty run, there’s plenty to unpack before the hot stove […]

2025 Phillies Player Review: Alec Bohm

In 2024, Alec Bohm put together the best season of his career, made the All-Star Game, and then struggled in the second half. He was benched in game two of the National League Division Series against the New York Mets and faced dozens of different trade rumors throughout the winter. Given Dave Dombrowski’s history of […]

Blast from the past: Ted Turner transforms Braves franchise into “America’s Team”

Before we jump into the transformation in 1976, when Ted Turner signed a deal to broadcast Braves baseball nationally, it’s important to first understand how it all started. Beginning in 1966, the Milwaukee Braves franchise was transferred to Atlanta. Although the franchise initially thrived after moving from Boston to Wisconsin, attendance began to decline around […]

Reviewing the Rule 5 eligibles

With the Dodgers having finished off the Blue Jays in an appropriately epic Game 7 to conclude one of the all time great World Series, the offseason is officially here and underway. And in just 15 — count ‘em, 15 — days, we have the deadline for teams to add players to the 40 man […]

Hey, Chicago Cubs Prospect Pedro Ramirez Also Won a Gold Glove!

The big league Chicago Cubs won an MLB-leading three Gold Gloves last night, with each of Nico Hoerner, Pete Crow-Armstrong, and Ian Happ taking home the deserved honors . But they are not this year’s only Gold Glove winners in the Cubs organization! On the minor league side, Rawlings hands out one Gold Glove at each position for all of the minor leagues , and what do you know, a Cubs prospect nabbed the honor at third base. Congrats to Pedro Ramirez: Pedro Ramirez has been name...

Happy Birthday Paul Quantrill and Ryan Tepera

Former Blue Jays reliever Paul Quantrill turns 57 today. He spent six seasons with the Jays and pitched in 386 games, sixth in team history for games (and no one will be passing him soon). His best season with the Jays was 1997, when he had a 1.94 ERA in 77 relief appearances. He had […]