The New York Yankees have lost their grip on the AL East that they held through the season's first six weeks. They now find themselves 4.0 games back of the Tampa Bay Rays. With high-leverage relievers David Bednar and Camilo Doval each sporting ERAs above 5.00, it's likely they'll try to firm up the back end of the bullpen once again at this year's trade deadline. In 2025, Bednar and Doval were each brought in, but given the volatility of closers, it's a new year, and new reinforcements...
The Pittsburgh Pirates are promoting one of the biggest power-hitting bats in the organization to the Major Leagues. First baseman/outfielder Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to join the Pirates in Toronto on Friday before the Pirates begin a three-game series against the Blue Jays. BBWAA member Francys Romero was first to report the promotion. Regarded as […]
The Crosstown Classic is not for the faint of heart. It doesn’t matter which team is winning more coming into the games, or which team has the better roster on the field. There is something about the North Side v. Southside that just inspires a whole other level of competition between the Cubs and White […]
Good Thursday afternoon, Dawg fans!! Before getting into the SEC Tournament, the Dawgs wrapped up the regular season on an impressive high note. Georgia swept the LSU Tigers and secured a series win over the Auburn Tigers, finishing that stretch with a dominant 5-1 record while outscoring opponents 51-39. The strong finish helped solidify Georgia’s […]
After an incredibly stable stretch of 13 game days in a row in April, the Dodgers just completed a much more chaotic 13-day span with pitching turnover more than every other day. In the previous long stretch of games, from April 17-29, the Dodgers only made one pitching roster move during the 13 days, calling […]
The Yankees initially decided to bring in Paul Goldschmidt ahead of the 2025 campaign to be their first baseman. Throughout the first couple months, the signing was a coup, as he hit a scalding .338/.394/.495 with a 148 wRC+. Plenty of folks in the Yankees’ orbit thought that he had found the Fountain of Youth. […]
After a couple of feel-good wins in Miami, the Braves can take the four-game set with another victory on Thursday night. Ha-Seong Kim returns to the lineup, and Chadwick Tromp will make his first start of the year as the Braves take aim at Sandy Alcantara. For the Marlins, it’s mostly a familiar set of […]
Game Summary The Pirates re-asserted themselves today to take the game and series from St. Louis, somewhat returning the favor from the Cardinals recent visit to Pittsburgh. The Pirates took no quarter, outscoring the Cardinals 13-2 in the final two games of the set. Dustin May and Braxton Ashcroft lead out in an early pitcher’s […]
Home runs and scoring are surging across the minor leagues at historic rates in 2026, and not even MLB seems to know why.
The post Home Runs Are Exploding Across The Minor Leagues—And No One Knows Why appeared first on College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America .
The fourth game of the Tigers’ miserable series against the Guardians kicked off this afternoon and the best thing I can say about this series is that it’s almost over. The other positive was that Casey Mize was on the mound for the Tigers, up against Joey Cantillo for the Guardians. The Tigers learned a […]
Let’s be so honest – would you even believe the Atlanta Braves had the best record in baseball if you’d been told that both Sean Murphy and reigning NL Rookie of the Year Drake Baldwin were on the IL at the same time? For eight glorious days we had our elite catching tandem, arguably the […]
These Nats just continue to score runs in bunches. Last night, they put 8 on the board in a comfortable win over the Mets. Offensive performances like the one from last night just seem to be par for the course right now. Hopefully they can keep it up with a chance to get over .500 […]
The Tigers added another transfer to its 2026-27 roster, signing Jordan Crawford from South Dakota
Mets lineup 1. Carson Benge – RF2. Bo Bichette – SS3. Juan Soto – LF4. Mark Vientos – 1B5. Brett Baty – 3B6. Marcus Semien – 2B7. A.J. Ewing – CF8. MJ Melendez – DH9. Luis Torrens – C SP: David Peterson (LHP) Nationals lineup 1. James Wood – LF2. Curtis Mead – 3B3. Andrés […]
It was the type of start we’ve come to expect from Aaron Nola. First inning, we see vintage Nola. Pinpoint command. Two strikeouts. A 1-2-3 opener. The type of beginning that makes you remember why the Phillies signed the veteran right-hander to a seven-year, $172 million contract before the start of the 2024 season. Then, […]
The Cincinnati Reds opted to designate outfielder Rece Hinds for assignment earlier this week. The team had turned to him for some power production after outfielder Noelvi Marte had stumbled out of the gate to begin the 2026 season, yet Hinds couldn’t quite provide the kind of production Cincinnati desperately needed in the corners. Once […]
Gavin Cecchini joins the From Phenom To The Farm Podcast to talk about his life in baseball and path to the big leagues.
The post Former Mets Prospect Gavin Cecchini On Life In A Baseball Family | From Phenom To The Farm appeared first on College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America .
After completing a sweep of the Chicago Cubs in a rematch of the 2025 NLDS, the Milwaukee Brewers will look to repeat that performance in a rematch of the 2025 NLCS, as they’ll host the Los Angeles Dodgers for three games beginning Friday night. The Dodgers, who of course swept the Crew in last year’s […]
At the 2025 Trade Deadline, one of the Yankees’ primary acquisitions was for a defense-first third baseman. Ryan McMahon, who had spent the past nine seasons with the Colorado Rockies, was known as one of the game’s finest defenders at the hot corner, one that could hit enough to get by in the majors, culminating […]
With the conference tournament just mere hours away, many eyes and ears will be focused on Mesa, Ari. to see who will be the victor of the 2026 baseball season – including all of us here at Mountain West Connection. Despite many fans being willing to argue why their favorite program will hoist the trophy […]
The Washington Nationals made a somewhat surprising move in the bullpen. With Clayton Beeter coming back from the IL, the Nats decided to option PJ Poulin to Triple-A. On the surface, this move seems pretty odd. Poulin leads the Nats in appearances with 23 and has posted a solid 2.91 ERA. However, when you look […]
The offseason brings a lot of rankings, and with where the Arizona Cardinals are at in their process they are not going to be ranked too highly in most of these rankings. One that came out today was about the rankings of all the NFL general managers, and for the Arizona Cardinals and Monti Ossenfort […]
Some of the plans for the Dodgers’ bullpen went out the window in an unceremonious fashion quite early on, but the unit continues to function at a high level. Among other things, that’s down to the emergence of Kyle Hurt as one of the top setup men in the National League—a big statement for a […]
Back in 2022-2023, the pitching matchup in tonight’s Braves-Marlins series finale would’ve been heralded far and wide. Things are a little different these days, but that doesn’t mean that either team will have an easy path to a victory. The Braves can no longer lose this series after yesterday’s victory, but they can indeed still […]
The Cubs, as you know, have had multiple pitching injuries. That list got a bit longer Wednesday when Edward Cabrera left the game with a blister. Fortunately, that’s not usually a serious injury. Maybe he misses a start, maybe not. The Cubs are not alone in having many rotation starters injured. Look at the Blue […]