The 20 most-read MLB blog posts · Oct 27–Nov 2, 2025
Earlier this week, I asked you via the SB Nation Reacts survey which long-time Cubs player you would most like to see get a contract extension. The result really was no surprise at all: Nico Hoerner’s age, defensive ability and offensive consistency do call for the Cubs to keep him for a few more years. […]
The New York Rangers are in an interesting position where they should still be at the top of the standings with the talent on their team, but have once again struggled and are 5-5-2 on the season. An injury to Vincent Trocheck hasn't helped them, but this is a team that may need to go through a bit of a transformation to get back to the top of the mountain. To this point, David Pagnotta said, "Braden Schneider is another guy that a lot of teams were poking around on. He's an RFA next summer, a...
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers need to win or the season is over, adding clarity and immediacy of purpose after two home losses that followed frustratingly similar patterns. A winnable start through six innings goes south in the seventh inning with a shaky handoff to a struggling bullpen, and an offense not performing anywhere close […]
The Atlanta Braves had one of the more unfortunate seasons in recent memory, especially with regard to injuries to their rotation. In fact, there was a point where all five members of the Opening Day rotation were on the Injured List at the same time. This resulted in quite a few roster moves to bring […]
Tuesday, November 4th CountryBox247.com, 8:00 pm ET, CountryBox: Where Music Meets Boxing. I don’t want anyone to get alarmed… But, there’s no word on who will be the musical side of this show. I can tell you that Maidel Sando makes his 5th CountryBox: Where Music Meets Boxing appearance. But, who will bring the music?? […]
The 2025 MLB season is fully in the books, the Dodgers repeating as champions and burnishing their case as one of the great dynasties in league history. Though the champagne in the clubhouse has hardly dried, the rest of the league, the Yankees included, has been glancing ahead at the offseason for some time, and […]
The Colorado Rockies were expected to announce early this week their decision on their new head of baseball operations. Whether they would have the title of president of baseball operations or general manager has yet to be determined. Two candidates who had interviewed for the position last week were Matt Forman, Cleveland Guardians executive vice […]
How was he acquired? The Braves selected Miami lefty Herick Hernandez in the fourth round of the 2024 MLB Draft. It was a slight surprise at the time for a kid who put up a 6.14 ERA and 1.58 WHIP in his lone season with the Hurricanes, but the team believed in his fastball – […]
The Dallas Cowboys will host the Arizona Cardinals on Monday Night Football this week, but they won’t face Kyler Murray. The game at AT&T Stadium, where Murray has a pristine 9-0 record, will now be Dak Prescott versus Jacoby Brissett. Murray, who is now missing his third straight game, had seemed on track to return […]
To an extent, baseball has lost some luster over the last few decades. Football blew by it in the 1970’s and while baseball is still called the national past time, it’s not what it once was. Kids used to want to be Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. Now, they want to be Ja […]
With the Dodgers fighting to stay alive and the Blue Jays trying to finish off a stunning run to a title, the two sides played another classic. A nip-and-tuck battle gave way to a thrilling finish, a shocking final play delivering the Dodgers’ a vital Game 6 win. This World Series has already produced a […]
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts during postgame interviews and during his media availability after Game 6 of the World Series at Rogers Centre in Toronto was noncommittal about his starting pitcher for Game 7. But it looks like Shohei Ohtani, who makes the most sense, will get the ball first in the winner-take-all game against the […]
Dodgers 3 Blue Jays 1 The Dodgers scored their three runs in the third inning. With one out, Tommy Edman doubled. With two outs, we intentionally walked Shohei Ohtani. Will Smith followed with a double scoring one. Freddie Freeman walked. And Mookie Betts singled home two. That was the only inning Kevin Gausman had any […]
Paul Toboni and the Washington Nationals made a bold move hiring Blake Butera. At just 33 years old, he will be the youngest manager in over 50 years. Thursday was a big day for Butera, as he not only became a manager, but also became a father. Talk about living the dream. The last manager […]
How the rotation for Arizona performed this year kinda depends on what metric you choose, as well as how you look at it. By straight ERA, they were mediocre: 4.29 ranked the D-backs’ starting pitching nineteenth. It was considerably better than the 4.79 ERA and 27th ranking they managed in 2024. They certainly got their […]
With the World Series about to wrap up, I thought it would be a good time to reintroduce the MaiLLbag to answer your burning questions about the Mariners and the wider world of baseball. We got a pretty good response from the initial call for questions so I’m hoping to make this a regular feature […]
The salary structure and team control matrix for Major League clubs is complicated and convoluted, but there are at least a couple of tenets to it that generally hold. Clubs get six years of team control over players, and the players typically operate at or around league-minimum salaries for the first three of those years […]
The bullpen and its troubles, a recurring topic during this postseason, especially as the performance of the last two starters was greatly affected by how much they had to be pushed to minimize the impact of the relievers coming in. With the Dodgers biggest, hopefully two games of the season coming up, we shall be […]
The Dodgers need to win two games at Rogers Centre to win a championship, but in order to win Game 7 they first have to beat the Blue Jays Game 6 on Friday night in Toronto. The Blue Jays come home riding high up three games to two in the series after winning the last […]
The Kentucky Wildcats were unable to end their SEC losing skid in last week’s blowout loss to Tennessee. Now, the Wildcats get one of their most winnable games left on the schedule on Saturday when they travel to The Plains to face the Auburn Tigers. Ironically, this will be a battle of two head coaches […]