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NJ.com | Adam Zagoria: In case you were in a coma Friday night or decided to do an ayahuasca retreat or were for some other reason not watching the Dodgers game, Shohei Ohtani went nuts. Three montstrous home runs and 10 strikeouts over six innings. It’s inarguably on the short list for the greatest single-game […]
The Blue Jays are staring down elimination as they head back to Toronto following a tough loss to the Mariners in Game 5 of the ALCS yesterday. Manager John Schneider spoke to reporters this evening about the health status of a couple of key players, as well as the club’s pitching plans headed into the…
The Rangers fully shook off their early-season scoring woes with a hard-fought 4–3 win over the Canadiens.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray, who was a limited participant in practice throughout this week, is expected to miss Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers and return to the starting lineup after the Cardinals’ bye week. Murray has been dealing with a Lisfranc issue in his foot, which also […]
Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs played through an illness last weekend, stating that he threw up before and during the team’s win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Throughout the week, he was on the Packers’ injury report with an illness designation, but added a calf designation on Friday. This didn’t appear to be a […]
The Cardinals are entering what could be a multi-year rebuilding period where they focus more on strengthening their farm system and player development apparatus than winning games at the major league level. That’s a pivot that started last winter, but a number of key veteran players with no-trade clauses wanted to stick with the organization…
The Dodgers are back in the World Series to defend the title they won last year after sweeping the Brewers out of the NLCS, but while they wait to see which of the Mariners and Blue Jays will emerge from the ALCS to challenge them for the commissioner’s trophy it appears their front office has…
Clemson hosted SMU today in a rematch of last year’s ACC Championship game. The Tigers came in favored but had to rely on Christopher Vizzina at QB since Cade Klubnik couldn’t play because of an ankle injury suffered last week. Poor offensive line play made things difficult for the Tigers and the defense gave up […]
Green Bay Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon was given an illness status on the team’s injury report adjustment on Saturday. He’s now listed as questionable for the game, as is cornerback Nate Hobbs (knee), who apparently got injured during Friday’s practice. If, for some reason, Nixon and Hobb can’t play against the Arizona Cardinals this week, […]
Earlier today, the Giants made waves when it was reported that the club is “closing in on hiring” University of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello as their next manager. While no deal is in place at this point, the news still came as a surprise. That’s not only because Vitello has no experience in professional baseball but…
Dan Wilson and the Mariners announced at a pregame conference on Saturday that Logan Gilbert will take the mound for Game 6 of the ALCS. The Blue Jays will also run back their Game 2 starter, starting rookie Trey Yesavage. Gilbert didn’t have a strong outing against the Blue Jays in Game 2, getting bailed […]
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Left fielder Rothrock drives in winning run against RSL.
The road has been very unkind to Arizona of late, with its previous four away games all losses by 20-plus points. Down two touchdowns entering the fourth quarter, another lopsided road defeat looked possible. Instead, the UA rallied to tie it with less than five minutes to go but never got the ball back. Ethan […]
Saturday afternoon will see Cincinnati Reds starter Rhett Lowder return to the mound for the Peoria Javelinas in Arizona Fall League play, this time at home at the Peoria Sports Complex opposite the Salt River Rafters. It will be familiar territory for Lowder, who fired a pair of scoreless innings against the very same Rafters […]
The San Francisco Giants are “closing in” on hiring as their next manager University of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello, per the Athletic. When word broke that the Giants had fired veteran Bob Melvin after two seasons, the immediate speculation was that president of baseball operations Buster Posey would be looking to hire his former manager, […]
If Andrew Baggarly isn’t as close to an unimpeachable source when it comes to Giants rumors and breaking or near-breaking news, then no beat writer is. He mentioned Tennessee Volunteers coach Tony Vitello as a possible replacement for Bob Melvin when this whole search began, and just moments ago on The Athletic, he, Brittany Ghiroli, […]
Is there anything to discuss today besides Shohei Ohtani? Talk about waking a sleeping giant. Ohtani almost makes this look easy, and it’s hard to remember that this incredible skill didn’t happen by chance—Ohtani built himself this way over years and years of single-minded dedication. Makes you wonder what you can do if you really […]
It has been my belief for a while that the baseball season does not “need” to be 162 games long. A far shorter season is more than sufficient to determine who are the best teams, with everything after that largely being limited to the re-arranging of playoff spots. In April this year, I looked at […]
The Giants’ managerial search seems to be nearing an end, with a surprising name emerging from the college ranks. The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly, Brittany Ghiroli, and Ken Rosenthal report that “the Giants are closing in on hiring” University of Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello as their next skipper. Vitello told The Athletic by text that…
Mark P It occurs to me that I could’ve been called myself “Moderator Mark” for the last six years of these chats. While I wince at the missed opportunity, let’s take some of your questions and address some admittedly more relevant baseball topics! Ca$hman Does Trent Grisham get a qualifying offer? Does he accept it if…
I always wonder what I would have done. I think, I would have brought Hoffman in and tell him “you have six outs to get, I’m not going to take you out no matter what. This is why you are here.” The worry would have been that he has given up a lot of home […]
The 2025 season was a disaster for Jake Irvin pretty much from start to finish. Really, Irvin has not been the same guy since that insane July 4th start against the Mets in 2024. He showed so much promise in the first half of 2024, but has really pitched his way out of the Nationals […]
I’m used to it: Art Howe, Ken Macha, Bob Geren, Bob Melvin, and Mark Kotsay have shared one quality and it’s that if you ask AN they don’t know how to manage a bullpen, decide when to bunt, choose whether and when to yank a starting pitcher… Certainly my critiques of Kotsay’s tactical acumen have […]
During the Phillies end-of-season press conference, President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski announced that Mike Calitri will transition from bench coach to Major League Field Coordinator and the club will pursue another voice on the bench. No other coaching changes are planned and Phillies fans seem very excited about it. Because the off-season is boring […]