When the Toronto Maple Leafs claimed Troy Stecher on waivers from the Edmonton Oilers back in November, it was sort of a "break glass in case of emergency" situation, as Toronto needed to add some defensive depth with the team being riddled with injuries to their blueline. But Stecher immediately grew into a crucial, valued member of the Leafs' defense corps. His high level of compete and tenacity earned him significant ice time in the top-four, while averaging over 20 minutes of ice ti...
An Indiana Hoosier will be competing on the grandest stage in men’s professional basketball for the second consecutive year. OG Anunoby has returned to the NBA Finals for the first time since winning his first championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019, this time with the New York Knicks. He follows Thomas Bryant, who joined […]
That was a little better. Spencer Miles continues to impress, stretching out to 4.1 innings this time while stifling the Marlins offence with a steady stream of induced ground balls. The offence was distributed, with seven Jays sharing the 12 hits and three different guys going deep. Braydon Fisher worked as the opener today. Otto […]
As we gear up for the NHL Draft, free agency, and the Maple Leafs’ hiring of a new head coach, the Toronto Marlies keep finding ways to win playoff series. It hasn’t always been pretty, but the Marlies are off to the conference finals after winning their third winner-takes-all game this postseason. It’s only positive […]
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In a thin upcoming free agency class, how much could pending centre Jason Dickinson get on the open market? That’s a question looming above the Edmonton Oilers, who spent a conditional first-round pick and Andrew Mangiapane to acquire Dickinson and Colton Dach at the Trade Deadline. There just aren’t that many good centres available on…
Word started to leak out a few days ago that the Toronto Maple Leafs are interested in seeing if they can convince highly sought-after young coach David Carle to leave the University of Denver and take on their head coaching job. Insider Elliotte Friedman has doubled down on that report, telling Donnie & Dhali that the Leafs are definitely interested in the three-time NCAA champion. "I think they're working through that... I think everybody's trying to gauge what the possibility is, real...
The Minnesota Wild are trying to make another splash, and this time it's down the middle of the ice. General manager Bill Guerin has made it loud and clear to other executives around the league that his team will be in the market for a top-line center this summer. They've been linked to some big names already, including Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins, and New York Rangers' Vincent Trocheck. Guerin isn't shy when it comes to big offers, as t...
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While the Toronto Maple Leafs might not necessarily move their captain Auston Matthews, that won't stop from a whole lot of speculation happening. The team is bad and the elite centerman is a free agent in two years, so it's bound to happen. But recently, a list of landing spots tha...
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: Offday Double-A Somerset Patriots: Offday High-A Hudson Valley Renegades: Offday Low-A Tampa Tarpons: Offday Florida Complex League Yankees: L, 3-8 (7) at FCL Blue Jays 1B Richard Matic 2-2, 2B, 2 BB — perfect day at the plateRF Wilberson De Pena 0-3, HBPC Queni Pineda 1-2, 2 BB, K, SB, picked off3B […]
Often outworked and sometimes unable to match the Toronto Raptors' defensive intensity during a seven-game first-round escape, the Cleveland Cavaliers went the distance for a second straight series against the top-seeded Detroit Pistons.
Purdue's three-year Opening Day starter & 2018 All-Big Ten honoree called up by Blue Jays
And the hits just keep on coming for the Toronto Blue Jays' rotation. Dylan Cease has hit the injured list and becomes, incredibly, the SEVENTH starting pitcher on the team to be hit with the injury bug this season. News: Dylan Cease is going to be placed on the 15-day IL (left hamstring) #BlueJays — Keegan Matheson (@KeeganMatheson) May 25, 2026 It's a left hamstring strain, and he will go on the 15-day IL. Cease left his Saturday start against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the ...
Eric Lauer will make his Dodgers debut by starting against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers acquired the veteran left-hander from the Toronto Blue Jays on May 17. It’s a battle of southpaws on the mound, with Kyle Freeland starting the middle game of the series for Colorado. Tuesday game […]
The Nashville Predators have been taking their sweet time making a decision on a new general manager. Now, rumors have started spreading as to what may be leading to the delay. First, a report emerged on the weekend from a Toronto Star writer, suggesting that there was a rumor spreading that the Preds were planning to poach current Colorado Avalanche GM Chris MacFarland and give him a shiny new title of VP of Hockey Operations. If true, won't go over well in Toronto, lots of buzzing out ...
I’m sure you’ve heard the news: Lineups: Today’s Lineups MARLINS BLUE JAYS Xavier Edwards – 2B George Springer – DH Liam Hicks – 1B Nathan Lukes – CF Otto Lopez – SS Yohendrick Pinango – LF Kyle Stowers – DH Kazuma Okamoto – 3B Jakob Marsee – CF Jesus Sanchez – RF Javier Sanoja – […]
The Toronto Maple Leafs may be starting next season without forward Max Domi. The Leafs announced on Monday, Domi underwent surgery on an ailment that was bothering him all of last season, and there's been some complications following the procedure. As it stands right now, Domi will be re-evaluated at the start of training camp in September. pic.twitter.com/obMsro9HFA — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) May 25, 2026 Domi, 31, has two seasons left on his contract with the Leafs, paying him $3.7...
He was an All-Star for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2022 (though it says more about the state of the team that year than anything else). Now, after batting just .220 for the LA Dodgers in a utility role this season, Santiago Espinal has been designated for assignment. Kiké Hernández is ACTIVE and expected to make his season debut for the Dodgers tonight 🚨 Santiago Espinal was DFA’d to make space on the roster, and Hyeseong Kim stays up for now. How do you feel about the move? pic.twitt...
Per Wilner: Lukes isn’t having a great season, slashing .250/.286/.327 (a 73 wRC+) in 56 PA before he went down with a hamstring injury. To be fair, though, he was hampered by some strange issues with vertigo in the first three weeks of that time. In 21 PA since seeing a specialist to work out […]
What started out as a good week for the Yankees turned into a tossup, as they opened with two straight wins against the Blue Jays before dropping the next two to split the series and then opened their second meeting with the Rays in embarrassing fashion blowing the lead late. They got rained out on […]
Ever since John Chayka and Mats Sundin were named as the new Toronto Maple Leafs management team, everyone has been anxiously awaiting their first meeting with Auston Matthews. Would the captain buy into what Chayka and Sundin were selling? Is his future still in Toronto? According to insider Elliotte Friedman on his 32 Thoughts podcast , the first meeting has finally taken place—but not in person. The meeting took place via Zoom. At some point last week, there was a lengthy Zoom c...
After an unexpected couple of weeks’ hiatus, I wanted to get back to looking at one promising Blue Jays prospect each week. Today, the Blue Jays’ intriguing 12th round selection in last year’s draft, who’s nearly matching the performance of his much more highly touted teammate, first rounder Jojo Parker. Blaine Bullard was considered a […]
Tonight, we are at the 1/3 mark of the season. The team is 25-28, which, rather amazingly, puts them just one game back of a Wild Card playoff. The AL is not exactly firing on all cylinders this year. A year ago, the Jays were 26-27, which had them two games back of a Wild […]
Will be re-evaluated in September
Scottie Barnes was left off an All-NBA roster this year, and the Toronto Raptors forward was understandably not a fan of the snub.
Now that Masai Ujiri is back at the helm of an NBA club with the Dallas Mavericks, could he be thinking of dealing with his old team north of the border on a huge trade? All eyes are on Kyrie Irving's future in Dallas as the offseason starts to move along, and there have been many suggested potential trade partners already. We recently took a look at a blockbuster that could move Kyrie to a Western Conference contender. Another rumor that comes to us would be the potential of Ujiri calli...