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All my homies hate Craig Breslow, but I don’t. I think he’s done a good job under constraints that seem to be slowly lifting as the years go by, as witnessed by the big-money signing of Ranger Suarez this winter, which woulda been unthinkable a few years ago. The team made the playoffs last year […]
Welcome to the 2026 Pre-Season Contest! This is the 15th year that the current version of the contest has been in place. Back in 2011, the contest had 27 questions, including 15 “Which will be higher?” that featured gems like, “Which will be higher – Brian Matusz’s ERA or a gallon of gas at Royal […]
Super lightweight veterans Arnold Barboza Jr and Kenneth Sims Jr receive the DAZN spotlight this Saturday evening, duking it out in a must-win main event in Anaheim, California. Bad Left Hook will have LIVE coverage of the card starting at 8:00 pm ET. Sims (22-3-1, 8 KO) saw a nine-fight winning streak go up in […]
It was all going a little too well, wasn’t it? The sun was shining at Camelback Ranch, the beer was cold enough to forget the 2025 win-loss column, and Munetaka Murakami launched a grand slam in the World Baseball Classic. We were allowed to have nice things for exactly three weeks. Then came the medical […]
Common convention states that the modern MLB needs as many as seven, eighth, and maybe even nine starting pitchers to make it through the grind of a season. Ryan Yarbrough exemplified teams’ approach to this problem, signed initially on a one-year deal to fill the vacant longman and lefty reliever roles in the bullpen. He […]
Aaron Nola held the fate of the United States in his hands. Unlike their manager, Nola rose to the occasion and successfully bailed out Team USA with a gem of a performance for Team Italy that secured the Americans a berth to the quarterfinal round. For real this time, Mark. Meanwhile, our neighbors to the […]
Wednesday’s three games wrapped up the pool play portion of the WBC, and hurtled us towards the knockout round. Here’s what happened, and how the first knockout round looks like. If you’re only here to read about the Braves, well: Canada 7, Cuba 2. It was a changing of the guard in this only-winner-advances game, […]
Baseball completes mid-week sweep of Xavier Mia named finalist for 2026 Women’s College All-Star Game 2027 4-star S Kaleb Elkins lists Oregon in top 6 Highlight of the Day: Highlights from Oregon’s win over Xavier
The pool stage is complete, the matchups are set, and we’re in line for what should be five days of box office baseball starting Friday night when U.S. takes on Canada in Houston and Korea takes on the Dominican Republic in Miami. (Hard to believe the D.R. crowds could get any wilder than they were […]
Meet the Mets Bo Bichette seems to have a knack for clutch hitting, which he credits to his father Dante. Opening Day is now just two weeks away, and a potential roster is starting to take shape after a month of Grapefruit League games. Carson Benge and Nolan McLean’s college coach weighed in on what […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers are back-to-back World Series champions, but they may not have back-to-back White House visits. Bill Plunkett of the OC Register has all of the details of how a trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave may or may not happen. The main roadblock is that the Dodgers are playing the Washington Nationals in […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants will take on the visiting Chicago White Sox tonight at 6:05 p.m. PDT, with broadcasts on both NBC Sports Bay Area and KNBR. In the meantime, we are just under two weeks out from Opening Day, which is the best news I’ve heard in a long time. […]
If you didn’t watch the WBC game last night, Royals 1st baseman Vinnie Pasquantino saved Team USA’s bacon with his historic 3 home run game over Mexico. It was quite the evening for Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino, who put on a show for Team Italy in the World Baseball Classic. Pasquantino hit […]
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Demario Davis says goodbye to New Orleans, expressing his love and gratitude Hope that Davis has success in New York. It just got a lot more expensive for Saints to re-sign Cameron Jordan A reunion may be less likely now. Carolina Panthers Linked to Saints Star Alvin Kamara After Rico Dowdle Exodus The Panthers?!
The Arizona Cardinals have several positions that need quality bodies, and other rooms that, on the surface, appear to be good. Like tight end. Or cornerback. And maybe receiver? Or, maybe not. The Cardinals’ receivers have two really good ones in Michael Wilson and Marv Harrison. But, after that? Everyone knows a good offense needs […]
I would not exactly be breaking news to inform you that Joey Ortiz had a rough year in 2025. The infielder who was part of the return for superstar pitcher Corbin Burnes had an extremely promising rookie season in 2024, but to call the step back he took at the plate in 2025 “significant” would […]
I am genuinely kind of surprised Ortiz is this low and it’s not necessarily because I disagree with his ranking so much as he certainly felt like a prospect that would be ranked a lot higher based upon the last three top 20s I’ve run. Speaking for myself, I think what hurts him is that […]
Coby Mayo is definitely not the biggest star in Orioles camp, but he’s casually become the center of attention. Mayo has put his bat on full display while hitting .500 (13-for-26) with a homer, three doubles and 10 RBIS. But it’s not just his performance at the plate. Fans, media, and Baltimore’s front office are […]
In March the sun rises in Arizona just before 7:00 a.m. It varies slightly from team to team but, for decades spring training work has generally been expected to start around that time. Just last month the Arizona Diamondbacks social team showed off their players arriving to camp in darkness: This schedule is widely disliked […]
Wednesday marked the final day of pool play in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, and it was not short on excitement. The first two of the three-game slate were elimination games, while the final was a star-studded matchup between two already-clinched powerhouses. Here’s a look at how things finished up, and how we stand headed […]
1921 All eight Black Sox (Joe Jackson, Eddie Cicotte, Lefty Williams, Swede Risberg, Fred McMullin, Chick Gandil, Happy Felsch and even Buck Weaver) were suspended for life by commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. None will play in the Major Leagues again. Jackson is banned for life, despite hitting .375 in the sordid 1919 World Series; Weaver […]
Kansas Jayhawks News The daughter of a former NFL star committed to run track at Kansas Bill Self addressed rumors of his retirement with reporters CBS brings you even more new quotes from Self about Darryn Peterson’s season Links! Big 12 p players have a variety of complaints about the fancy court in Kansas City […]
With a dominating second half performance, the Northwestern Wildcats took down the Indiana Hoosiers, and maybe pushed them off of the bubble onto the dark and dank area that is the NIT, for the right to face the Purdue Boilermakers in Thursday’s evening matchup in the Big Ten Tournament. These two teams of course met […]