Latest blog entries about MLB
Mariners 10, Nationals 2 Doing shots during a rain delay: Dominic Canzone, .17 WPA Shotgun weddings during a rain delay: with apologies to Zack Littell for the rare non-Mariner goat WPA, Zack Littell: -.33 WPA Game thread comment of the day:
Yankees 5 Blue Jays 8 Well, that was a baseball game. It had everything. Life doesn’t get much better. I always say that my two favourite things are a Jays’ win and a Yankees’ loss, and when I can get both in the same game, that’s even better. Trey Yesavage was not good. 5 innings, […]
Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson reached a significant career milestone in Friday night’s 7-3 win over the San Diego Padres at Camden Yards. The 24-year-old recorded the 100th home run of his major league career during a standout performance that included three hits and a walk. After entering the game stuck on 99 career homers […] The post Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson accomplishes impressive home run feat vs. Padres appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Charlotte Knights 12, Oklahoma City Comets 7Charlotte overwhelmed the OKC with small ball and some big hits. Ryan Galanie had a big night and continues to be one of the most underrated guys on the Knights, clobbering a home run and an extra-base hit to supply five of the team’s 11 RBIs. Korey Lee and […]
Iowa right-hander Connor Noland and catcher Casey Opitz were placed on the development list. Both threw too many innings and need a rest, I guess. Iowa right-hander Tyler Beede was activated off the development list. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs blinded the Louisville Bats (Reds), 6-4. Will Sanders was activated off the injured list just […]
On Friday night, the New York Mets opened up a series with the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field.They are coming off a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals (also at home) on Thursday.UPDATE: The Mets won 7-5.Mets Legend José Reyes Makes Heartfelt PostAlso on Friday, Mets legend José Reyes made a heartfelt post to […] The post New York Mets Legend José Reyes Makes Heartfelt Post appeared first on HEAVY .
Game Summary Jordan Lawlar made his return from injury and left his mark all over this game as the Diamondbacks had yet another comeback win. The team had plenty of heavy lifting to do in this one after Eduardo Rodriguez couldn’t find the zone early and ended up not getting out of the third inning, […]
It was always going to be a tall task facing burgeoning Yankee killer Trey Yesavage, so it certainly does not help when your own starter coughs up three runs in the first inning and two more in the second. Ryan Weathers simply did not have it today, and the Blue Jays rained the extra-base hits […]
Just like dealing with a moody teenager, you never know what you’re going to get with Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Roki Sasaki. It seems that half the time he pitches gems, and the other half are absolute duds. Worse for the Dodgers, with Shohei Ohtani out due to knee inflammation the White Sox had […]
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Jack Flaherty left Friday’s road game against the Cleveland Guardians after three innings because of lower leg discomfort. Flaherty’s outing ended after he threw 63 pitches, including 39 strikes, while allowing two runs on three hits, one walk and one strikeout. He departed with the Guardians holding a 2-1 lead. The […] The post Tigers’ Jack Flaherty exits Guardians game with leg injury appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Giants have named Caleb Kilian their closer, manager Tony Vitello told reporters before tonight’s game against the Cubs (link via Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area). They had used a committee approach but is moving to stricter roles in what has become a problematic bullpen. San Francisco inexplicably made almost no moves of […]
On Friday night, the Chicago Cubs opened up a series with the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in California.The Cubs most recently beat the Colorado Rockies (in Denver) by a score of 9-3 on Thursday.Cubs Announced Roster News Before GiantsAhead of their series with the Giants, the Cubs announced roster news.Vinnie Duber of Chicago […] The post Chicago Cubs Announced Roster News Before Giants Series appeared first on HEAVY .
Normally Sox Machine tries to offer a sober-minded oasis in a sea of reactive hot takes. But it's a Friday night at the end of a long week, a White Sox franchise that has lost 100+ games in each of the last three years has played three-straight games against the two best teams in baseball and won them all, and just used a seven-run fifth inning to rout the two-time defending World Series champs in front of a capacity home crowd. So by all means, crack one open or light one up if you have a m...
The Chicago White Sox pounced on Roki Sasaki during a seven-run fifth inning to beat the Dodgers 8-2 in Friday night’s series opener at Rate Field. The first four batters reached against Sasaki in the fifth inning, including a two-run double off the right field wall by old friend Miguel Vargas to give Chicago the […]
If you’re coming here looking for a flattering report on Shane Baz, keep looking. The Orioles starter’s command was off tonight, and MASN broadcaster Hall-of-Famer Jim Palmer was not impressed. Baz allowed six hits, three runs, and walked two, and at times it could have been worse. More tellingly, he threw 103 pitches and got […]
Ah yes, the once in a blue moon offensive firepower game that makes us want deliriously to believe again! We’re at that point in the torture cycle of this 2026 season. Still, I’ll take an entertaining game of baseball any day over the dreck we’ve seen lately by this Boston Red Sox squad. The top […]
Box Score We’ve gotten used to the idea that when Jacob Misiorowski pitches, you might see something you’ve never seen before. Tonight, I saw one of the greatest games ever pitched. Misiorowski, who’d never pitched in the eighth inning before, threw a complete game shutout. He did it on just 95 pitches. He struck out […]
Jacob Misiorowski pitched the game of his life, allowing one hit and facing the minimum in his first career complete game shutout as the Milwaukee Brewers (42-25) embarrassed the Philadelphia Phillies (37-32) to the tune of a 6-0 drubbing in the opening game of the weekend series at American Family Field. Misiorowski faced 27 hitters, […]
Go get ‘em, Javier.
The Texas Rangers scored one run but the Boston Red Sox scored ten runs. The Rangers collected three hits in their first four at-bats against tonight’s Boston starter Sonny Gray but because they’re now, paradoxically, a pop-less small ball team with slow baserunners, all three hits were singles and all three were required to score […]
Tonight has not gone well for the Atlanta Braves as they’re currently in a deep hole against the New York Mets in the opening game of this weekend series. They could be dealing with some more injury woes to their core players as Spencer Strider exited tonight’s game with trainer George Poulis following a concerning […]
Ansu Fati is expected to complete a permanent transfer from Barcelona to Monaco shortly after a season on loan with the Ligue 1 side. The two clubs are reportedly finalising details of the arrangement, with Barcelona keen to add a buy-back clause in the transfer. According to Mundo Deportivo, Ansu will sign a four-year contract […]
It is Friday night. The Orioles have beaten the Padres, 7-3. Gunnar Henderson reached base four times, with three hits – including his 14th homer. It was his 100th homer of his career, making him the fourth-fastest Oriole to reach 100 homers with the franchise. Tyler O’Neill had a pair of hits (really!), and Shane […]
Paul and Justin go over a very interesting board of options for next week's 2-start pitchers Source
As speculation grows about a potential Yankees reunion with Aroldis Chapman, Aaron Boone made it clear that the events of 2022 aren’t standing in the way. “I made the decision based on a lot of things and thought to leave him off, because that was the right thing to do for our club at the […] The post Yankees Manager Sends Strong Message on Aroldis Chapman as Trade Rumors Heat Up appeared first on HEAVY .