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The first two games the Yankees played at Tropicana Field since the park’s reopening have proceeded quite…troppily, if you will. New York’s anemic offense was at least able to find a pair of go-ahead hits from José Caballero in yesterday’s 10-inning defeat, though the bullpen wasted little time coughing up the meager advantage to the […]
First Chuck: 12:37 PM CDT (click here each week for a new anthem!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Bluebird Banter With the Minnesota Twins battling the 2025 AL Champion Toronto Blue Jays this weekend, it got me thinking how our boys have historically fared against the previous year’s […]
It’s series finale time! The San Francisco Giants are facing the Baltimore Orioles one more time, and then they’re off to Cincinnati, albeit with a well-deserved day off first. For the Giants, it will be righty Adrian Houser on the mound, as he makes his third start of the year for the team. The 33-year […]
It’s going to be a beautiful day in downtown Baltimore. Clear skies. A modest breeze. Highs near 70. That’s baseball weather, folks, and I can think of no better setting for the Orioles to take a series from the visiting Giants. It will be up to Cade Povich to make it happen. To the surprise […]
Mets lineup Francisco Lindor – SSJorge Polanco – DHJared Young – 1BBo Bichette – 3BBrett Baty – RFMarcus Semien – 2BCarson Benge – CFLuis Torrens – CTyrone Taylor – LF Freddy Peralta – RHP Athletics lineup Lawrence Butler – RFNick Kurtz – 1BShea Langeliers – CTyler Soderstrom – LFCarlos Cortes – DHMax Muncy – 3BJeff […]
At the start of the Athletics weeklong trip to New York City to play the New York Yankees and Mets, few thought the team would walk away with two series wins. The A’s have proved doubters wrong as they enter today’s series finale against the Mets with a chance to sweep their first series of […]
Today’s roster move: Here Sunday notes… Cubs lineup: The Pirates lineup was not available at posting time. Please check BCB social media for the Pirates lineup. Jameson Taillon, RHP vs. Bubba Chandler, RHP A long time ago (16 years, to be exact) Jameson Taillon was the Pirates’ No. 1 pick (second overall) out of high […]
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS PHILLIES Ildemaro Vargas – 2B Trea Turner – SS Corbin Carroll – DH Kyle Schwarber – DH Geraldo Perdomo – SS Bryce Harper – 1B Jose Fernandez – 1B Brandon Marsh – LF Nolan Arenado – 3B Bryson Stott – 2B Tim Tawa – LF Adolis Garcia – RF James McCann – […]
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The Milwaukee Brewers have had a rough week. After wrapping up their third consecutive series win last weekend in Kansas City, Milwaukee moved to 8-2 with a series-opening win in Boston on Monday. Since then, however, they’ve lost four straight. In those four losses — two to the Red Sox and two to the Nationals […]
After pulling out a narrow win on Saturday afternoon, the Phillies will go for the series win against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. Andrew Painter will make the third start of his young career in the rubber match. The Diamondbacks will go with veteran righthander Zac Gallen. Gallen has had success against the Phillies over […]
A.J. Russell made his second pro appearance for the Crawdads, using 34 pitches in one inning of work, striking out two, walking two, allowing two hits and giving up two runs. Louis Marinaro struck out four in 1.2 shutout innings. Yolfran Castillo had a hit, two walks and a stolen base. Paulino Santana had a […]
The United Football League (UFL) is in full swing. They have some different rules this year, and that is by design. It tests new ideas of rules, plus the league is a training ground for referees and coaches. One of the new rules is that field goal attempts from 60+ yards becomes four-points instead of […]
The Cubs signed left-hander Charlie Barnes to a minor-league deal in January. Barnes did appear in two Spring Training games for the Cubs, throwing two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. He was assigned to Triple-A Iowa and has pitched in three games there, posting a 2.38 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 11.1 innings. Today, the […]
Alex Vesia got the final out of Saturday night’s Dodgers win over the Texas Rangers, striking out the potential tying run at the plate to earn his first save of the season. Vesia, a longstanding member of Dave Roberts’ trust tree in the bullpen, has 15 career saves, 14 of them in the regular season […]
Game three of three with the Twins. Yesterday, I mentioned driving to Minneapolis , that we were slowed at the border. Because of sitting at the border for two hours and kind of being mentally tired after the grillign, we didn’t get as far afterwards as we hoped. We ended up stopping at Minot, North […]
There was a lot of talk about running it back this offseason. After a frustratingly brief trip to the Elysian Fields of the playoffs, the fans, writ broadly, wanted change. Few, if any, would’ve wanted a change in Jesús Luzardo, though. His first season in red pinstripes (and blue/black gradient thing; not to fear, City […]
When T.S. Eliot wrote “April is the cruellest month,” he definitely wasn’t talking about baseball, but he might as well have been. April is the month when small sample size reigns supreme, convincing even the most hard-hearted fans that a long-awaited breakout is happening, only to leave them in shambles once May rolls around. In […]
So far this season, Foster Griffin has been the Washington Nationals best pitcher. The soft tossing lefty has used his craftiness and deep pitch mix to weather the storm against three really good lineups. He has faced the Phillies, Dodgers and Brewers, and has gone at least five innings while allowing two or fewer runs […]
Having once again built a bullpen that was intended to have plenty of roster churn, the Mets have started churning those spots on the roster. Today, the team has designated right-handed reliever Luis García for assignment and called up fellow right-handed reliever Joey Gerber to take his place in the bullpen. The Mets signed García […]
The vibes are back in New York—and so are the big rumors. Brady Tkachuk's name is surfacing, the Trocheck picture is clearing up, and the Morrow verdict is getting harsh.
The Mariners are swinging slower and hitting worse, but connecting these dots isn’t as simple as it seems. Bat speed is down for half the Mariners’ lineup over the first 2 1/2 weeks of the season. These batters are swinging 0.7 mph slower on average than they were last year. It’s become a fixation in […]
Another day of minor league baseball is in the books. See the results below. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (9-5) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE) Ullola started for Sugar Land and allowed 1 run over 2.2 innings before leaving with an injury. It appeared to be leg related and not arm related. Fleury went the next […]
Good morning, folks… The Texas Rangers fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of 6-3 last night. Shawn McFarland’s game story from the loss talks about the team feeling they are able to come back from deficits. An MRI on Wyatt Langford resulted in his being determined to be day-to-day with his quad […]
For the first time in seven opportunities this season, all four Dodgers affiliates won on the same day. Player of the day Wyatt Crowell put up more zeroes for Double-A Tulsa, with seven strikeouts in five scoreless innings against Springfield. It was the second appearance of the season for the left-hander, who pitched three scoreless […]