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The Rangers' draft lottery played out in the worst possible way, Toronto somehow won the right to draft Gavin McKenna, and Hartford fired its entire coaching staff. Eric and Joe sort through all of it—live—in Episode 83 of Blueshirt Bandwidth.
I keep telling you that there’s something special about this Cubs team. Maybe if they keep pulling out wins like the one Wednesday night against the Reds, you’ll believe me. I almost have no words… oh, wait, I’ve got about 1,700 words to describe Wednesday’s amazing comeback win. After the team had one of their […]
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 9-7 (10) at Worcester Red Sox 3B George Lombard Jr. 1-3, 3 BB, KSS Anthony Volpe 0-6, K — had a nice Tuesday but an ugly follow-upCF Spencer Jones 1-5, 2B, BB, RBI, 2 KRF Yanquiel Fernández 4-5, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, K — huge day for Yanquiel, and his […]
At the conclusion of the 2025 NFL season, four teams ended up with 3-14-0 records: the Tennessee Titans, New York Jets, Las Vegas Raiders, and the Arizona Cardinals. As a franchise, the Cardinals set a new team record for the most losses in a single season. When the NFL draft was slotted, the Raiders had […]
Well, they got the series loss out of the way. Not surprisingly, it came in a series where the games weren’t really managed with urgency on the pitching side. Now, the season standings are what they are, so I can get soft-pedaling things, though it’s not actually any more enjoyable to watch in the moment […]
Despite their recent winning ways, the Phillies offense is still struggling to produce runs on a consistent basis. There hasn’t been much power to be found outside of Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper, and Brandon Marsh is still the only other hitter who has been anything close to consistent. Perhaps the Phillies should look to […]
Cole Ragans exited after just 3 innings, in last night’s 3-1 loss. After just 58 pitches thrown across three innings, starter Cole Ragans exited the Royals’ 3-1 loss to the Guardians on Wednesday with left triceps and elbow soreness. He’ll undergo further testing and evaluation on Thursday to determine the severity and next steps. Ragans […]
Raphinha has been passed fit by Barcelona after several weeks out with a hamstring injury picked up on international duty with Brazil in the United States. The Brazilian didn’t make it off the bench against Osasuna last time out but is expected to feature on Sunday when Barca face Real Madrid in El Clasico. Speaking […]
Meet the Mets The offense showed up in a big way in the Mets’ 10-5 win over the Rockies. Marcus Semien led the offensive charge with a four-hit night that included a home run. Juan Soto also went deep leading off the game to set the tone early on. The pitching struggled a bit, but […]
Hickory starter Aidan Deakins struck out five and walked three in five innings, allowing one run. Owen Proksch struck out one in two scoreless innings. Louis Marinaro struck out two and gave up a solo homer in two innings. Hector Osorio was 3 for 4 with a homer. Daniel Flames was 2 for 4 with […]
Rangers 6, Yankees 1
The Los Angeles Dodgers finished their road trip at .500, and are exhaling in a multitude of ways. The most immediate concern was for their starting pitcher, Tyler Glasnow, who exited Wednesday’s matinee game against the Houston Astros just after taking the mound to warm up for the second inning. Initial news was that it […]
When, amid a seven-game win streak, the Buckeye baseball team surpassed last season’s win total before the end of March, hope started to grow that this team was finally finding its identity and rhythm. Still, it hadn’t yet become clear whether head coach Justin Haire’s plans to turn things around in Columbus were starting to […]
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A few weeks ago upon the news of Angels franchise icon Garret Anderson passing away, John wrote a tribute to him, saluting him as one of the great Yankee Killers of recent vintage. Although David Ortiz was far more famous, Yankees pitchers were also quite flummoxed by having to pitch to Garret. Now today, we’re […]
Triple-A: Gwinnett Stripers (Braves) 8, Norfolk Tides 6 Norfolk’s offense did some good things in the losing effort. José Barrero hit two home runs, bringing his season total to six. Creed Willems added a two-run shot, which was also his sixth round-tripper of the year. The only other RBI came from Christian Encarnacion-Strand, who went […]
Good morning, baseball fans! We are in the middle of a new feature for May that I’m calling the “12 Days of Mays-mas” because I won’t be around for this week, and I want to leave you guys with some fun things to watch while I’m gone. For the seventh day of Mays-mas, I thought […]
The Cardinals had found their replacement for Ozzie Smith, but you don’t actually want to be the guy who replaces the legend. You want to be the guy after that. Poor Royce Clayton, who had to follow his childhood idol, and was perfectly cromulent, but he wasn’t Ozzie Smith. Targeted for free agency and with […]
The slow decline in the prominence of the starting pitcher in baseball has been in full swing for decades. In the place of hurlers that would routinely throw every pitch of a game when called upon has come an increasingly large carousel of single-inning (or less) relievers. The prevailing strategy throughout the league can be […]
I’ve been a lifelong Cubs fan, so to see them win their 13th straight at Wrigley is awesome. If you want them to lose at home, I have an idea…send me. I’ve been to the friendly confines 7 times and yet to see them win. I’ve seen them lose to the Astros, Reds, Giants (x2), […]
Today’s Reflections I was just wrapping up Cub Tracks for you good folks, checking for mistakes and broken links, giving the news feed one last refresh— I (and probably a lot of Cub fans) feel like they are standing on the precipice of either the second World Series appearance in a decade (the Dodgers just […]
At the end of last week, Thomas Nestico made the following post and caught many Red Sox fans off guard: Yes, that’s the Boston Red Sox up near the top of the teams leaderboard in Defensive Runs Saved, and you know what, I don’t think it’s a fluke. Up until the last handful of days, […]
With Sonny Gray returning to the rotation last night and Ranger Suarez (hopefully?) avoiding a trip to the IL, it’s time to stop and reassess what’s the best version of the Red Sox rotation going forward. Garrett Crochet last pitched on April 25th and would be eligible to come off the IL as soon as […]
The San Jose Sharks' top objective of the offseason should be to improve their defensive group. They need to make multiple upgrades to it, and they are also entering the summer with many pending unrestricted free agent defensemen. One player who the Sharks certainly could kick tires on this offseason is New York Rangers defenseman Braden Schneider. The Sharks were among the teams connected to Schneider leading up to the deadline, and it would make sense if they targeted him again. It is ...
Kansas Jayhawks News 247 takes you through what the advanced metrics say about KU’s basketball roster as it stands now The Topeka Capitol-Journal says a Big 12 title is within reach for Kansas baseball While the baseball team is making more headlines, KU’s softball team will be the 5 seed in the Big 12 Tournament […]