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The starting pitching portion of Major League Baseball's 2025 trade deadline was unusually quiet. Merrill Kelly, Adrian Houser and a then-injured Shane Bieber were the biggest names on the move, and that isn't saying much.
Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (32-30) SYRACUSE 5, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 0 (BOX) One night after getting no-hit, Syracuse blanked the RailRiders, with opener Nate Lavender, starter Jack Weisenburger, and Jonathan Pintaro combining to keep Scranton/Wilkes-Barre off the board, scattering seven hits and walking one. Ji Hwan Bae homered in the bottom of the first to give Binghamton the […]
All good things must come to an end, they say, and that applies to the Detroit Tigers as well. On Saturday afternoon, their four-game winning streak came to an end at the hands of the Seattle Mariners, who used some hard contact to hand Keider Montero and Co. a 4-0 loss at Comerica Park. Never […]
The weather decided not to cooperate with the Yankees last night, as the rain would’ve had the team waiting around until well after 10 p.m. to start Saturday’s scheduled game. With a matinee on deck today, that timeline was deemed too brutal to wait things out, and thus we have another two-game set with a […]
Iowa Cubs 7, Toledo Mud Hens 5 (Gm1)(F/7)(box) The Hens swung the bats well in Game 1 but Dylan File took a beating from the Cubs. The right-hander gave up seven runs, six earned on 10 hits and a walk, with five strikeouts. Hao-Yu Lee opened the scoring in the top of the first with […]
ESPN | Jorge Castillo: Perhaps unsurprisingly, one of the first questions to arise in the wake of Austin Wells’ surprise IL trip pertained to whether the Yankees’ best healthy hitter could help take up some slack at catcher. While Aaron Boone did not shut the door on Ben Rice donning the tools of ignorance, he […]
The Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday landed a commitment from defensive lineman Yahzeen Zion for their 2027 class, beating out the Oklahoma Sooners, LSU Tigers, and Mississippi State Bulldogs. Zion announced his decision during the weekend of his official visit to Wisconsin. Zion is listed as both a three-star and four-star prospect depending on recruiting services, […] The post 4-star DL picks Wisconsin over Oklahoma, LSU appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Chicago Cubs added another arm to their organizational pitching depth on Saturday, acquiring left-handed reliever Antoine Kelly from the Los Angeles Dodgers. The move comes as Chicago continues to work through injuries within its pitching staff. Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer has stressed that the team’s focus is not yet on the […] The post Cubs acquire pitcher in trade with Dodgers appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Los Angeles Angels were forced into several roster changes Saturday, chief among them the placement of veteran outfielder and designated hitter Jorge Soler on the 10-day injured list because of a left oblique strain. The Angels made the move ahead of their 9-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and it was retroactive to […] The post Angels lose Jorge Soler to injured list before Dodgers game appeared first on ClutchPoints .
In front of a Sewell-Thomas Stadium record crowd of 7,573, the Alabama Crimson Tide inched closer to a return to Omaha for the College World Series for the first time since 1999. The 7th overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, Bama defeated St Johns 8-0 on Saturday night. With a win on Sunday the Tide […]
VEGAS — You know a hockey game has been good when you can ask the question, “Which of the three NHL records was your favourite?” The hockey world was treated to another classic in the 2026 Stanley Cup final as the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes battled it out in Game 3 of the…
On Saturday, the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers improved their regular season record to 42-23 with a resounding 9-2 victory over their nearby rival Los Angeles Angels at Dodger Stadium, their 18th win in their last 23 games and fifth straight over the Angels, whom they have outscored 41-5. And it was an […] The post Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani home run caps off insane 9-run 1st inning vs. Angels appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The San Diego Padres organization again has two teams in the Domincan Summer League (DSL). The players live and train on the campus of their Domincan Academies and play their games on the grounds of the the team-operated training sites and academies. Padres Gold and Padres Brown began playing on June 1 with several top […]
Coming into tonight’s matchup, it felt like the Colorado Rockies had an uphill battle to fight against the red hot Milwaukee Brewers and their flamethrowing ace Jacob Misiorowski. The Miz leads the league in strikeouts while the Rockies offense is bottom-five in that department. The game seemed like it would hang on starting pitching even […]
The NFL world is still spinning after the blockbuster acquisition by the Los Angeles Rams of Myles Garrett, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, from the Cleveland Browns. In return for Garrett, the Rams sent third-year edge rusher Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round pick, a 2028 second-round pick, and a 2029 third-round pick […] The post Dodgers’ Dave Roberts ditches Chargers fandom after Myles Garrett trade appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Mets were quiet offensively again tonight in a game where the top of the lineup did not hit much and lost 3-2 to the Padres. Nolan McLean struggled with walks but only allowed one run again. In the second inning, Marcus Semien walked, and A.J. Ewing hit a single into right field, bouncing it […]
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers had their best scoring inning in five years in yet another lopsided defeat of the Angels, 9-2 on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium. The first six Dodgers got hits off Angels starter Jack Kochanowicz, who retired only one of his eight batters faced. By the time he departed after 38 […]
Box Score Jacob Misiorowski is approaching his one-year anniversary of his Brewers debut. Tonight, he showed just how much growth he has made in that year. Before Misiorowski could take the field, the Brewers staked him to an early lead. That came from Brice Turang, who hit the first pitch he saw 444 feet out […]
Brewers 7, Rockies 1 Leverage Index & Box Score Graphics via FanGraphs. I wear my sunglasses at night: Blas Castaño, +0.14 WPA It’s not what you want: Brennan Bernadino, -0.22 WPA Game thread comment of the day Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!
A day after a trio of Giants clubbed a pair of home runs each in an 18-3 frolic, they were outdone and undone by a sole Cub clubbing a pair of his own. Pete Crow-Armstrong launched two equalizers towards the El tracks in right over the course of Chicago’s 3-2 extra-inning win on Saturday: the […]
The Cubs signed right-hander Andrew Wantz and assigned him to Triple-A Iowa. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs split a doubleheader with the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), winning game one 7-5 and losing the second one 8-1. The good news in game one is that Matthew Boyd started and got the win. The bad news is […]
The Braves now have two top 100 position-player prospects in high-A Rome. Eric Hartman continues to hit the cover off the ball with a tantalizing power-hit-speed package as a 19-year-old who was taken in the 20th round of the 2024 draft. That seems like incredible value and frankly incredible luck that the Braves still signed […]
Royce Lewis is back in the majors, as the Twins announced that the infielder has been called up from Triple-A St. Paul. Outfielder James Outman was designated for assignment in the corresponding move, so Minnesota now has an open spot on its 40-man roster. Lewis’ ugly .163/.261/.279 slash line over his first 119 plate appearances […]
The Astros sent catcher Cesar Salazar outright to Triple-A Sugar Land, per Brian McTaggart of MLB.com. He successfully passed through waivers after getting designated for assignment on Thursday. Salazar could’ve elected free agency, but he’s chosen to accept the assignment. This is Salazar’s second trip through the DFA process this season. The previous outright gave […]
Postgame Update: Warren Schaeffer provided an update on Freeman after the game: “He took it about as good as anybody can take 101 off the helmet. Obviously, it didn’t feel good, but he seems fine.” There was a scary moment in the sixth inning where Rockies right fielder Tyler Freeman took a 98.2 mph cutter […]