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The Comets and Drillers won comfortably as Tulsa managed to get at least one of the games in, pushing the doubleheader to this Friday. Player of the day The standout player in the Dodgers’ minor league system early in the season, James Tibbs III, returned to the spotlight with one of his most impressive performances […]
The Brayan Bello Experience is turning into a complicated one in Boston on numerous levels. In the short-term, it’s unclear whether he should start or enter the game behind an “Opener.” In the season-long term, it’s unclear if he should be in the starting rotation or the bullpen. In the long, long term, it’s unclear […]
When it was happening, the San Diego Padres and their fans knew the walk-off wins and seventh inning surges would not propel them through the season — but it was fun. The most recent homestand saw the Padres finish with a 3-6 record over nine games at Petco Park and was hardly the result anyone […]
We took a little mini break from bases per out, but we were always going to come back. This is really about two suppositions. First, the Astros current pitching staff is MLB average. We saw that in the last lab that we ran on Wednesday. Yes, Josh Hader is due back next week. Hunter Brown […]
Astros 5, Rangers 1
Good morning, LSB. The Rangers lost to the Astros last night, 5-1. Shawn McFarland’s game story discusses the hole that Texas’ starting pitching has been digging in the early going of games. Kennedi Landry evaluates what’s gone wrong with the Rangers’ season one-third of the way into it. Skip Schumaker missed the game while attending […]
The league and the union are debating the future of baseball's economic structure. They took very different approaches in the proposals they each announced this week.
Happy Friday, everyone. It’s been a rough week to be a Tigers fan, and with the two upcoming series against the White Sox and Rays the Tigers are going to need to fight for every potential win. I never thought I’d say that about the White Sox, but they’ve just had their first winning month […]
The Cubs broke their long losing streak with a 10-4 win over the Pirates Wednesday, though that game was close until the late innings after the Cubs had taken an early lead. They followed the same script Thursday, though it took them a while to break through against Paul Skenes. Even so, a 3-0 lead […]
Jhoan Duran has been every bit the elite closer he was advertised as since arriving in Philadelphia last year. In 40 appearances since joining the Phillies at the trade deadline last season, Duran is 27 for 30 in save opportunities with a 1.93 ERA and 0.96 WHIP. He’s off to a great start so far […]
Back in February, Jordan Westburg got a double-whammy of bad news: after suffering an oblique strain, he started feeling elbow discomfort, only to learn he’d partly torn his UCL—a bad injury, under any circumstances. Most people figured that Jordan Westburg was gone for this calendar year (this even before it was announced in May that […]
As the most recent member of the 20 jacks club, Munetaka Murakami has proven that he’s the real deal. As the first rookie ever to blast 20 homers before June, Murakami quickly progressed from winning over White Sox fans’ hearts to gaining national traction. In less than two months, his name is already getting thrown […]
Lots of state legislative sessions are wrapping up this week, but it’s been oddly quiet around actual stadium news, leaving room for lots of spin doctoring and other questionable takes: Turns out today’s conclusion of the Florida legislature’s special budget session won’t be a deadline for a Tampa Bay Rays stadium deal, as everything appears […]
Somewhat of a big deal has been made of the fact that the Yankees have built up their solid record so far mostly on the back of below .500 teams. That leaves them somewhat in an interesting conundrum this weekend. This weekend the Yankees will face the Athletics, who come in at 27-29. A Yankees’ […]
On this week's Draft Podcast, Carlos and J.J. break down notable up-arrow players from BA's new Top 500 draft rankings. The post Breaking Down Key Risers In Our Top 500 MLB Draft Rankings | Draft Podcast appeared first on College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America .
The latest episode of the Five Heart Podcast covered a wide range of Nebraska athletics, with a heavy focus on postseason softball and baseball alongside football recruiting. Greg and Fred opened the show discussing Nebraska softball’s Women’s College World Series matchup against Arkansas, praising the Huskers’ remarkable season and highlighting star pitcher Jordy Frahm’s national […]
On Tuesday, Kiké Hernández was forced to exit early and was placed on the injured list just two days after making his season debut. On Wednesday, another Hernández got bit by the injury bug. Teoscar Hernández departed Wednesday’s game after suffering a left hamstring strain while trying to beat out a ground ball in the […]
The Atlanta Braves were firing on all cylinders as they collected a series win after Thursday’s 10-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Chris Sale was solid, throwing five innings of two-run ball. He issued three walks and struck out eight. Ronald Acuña Jr. showed a major sign of life and launched a grand slam […]
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Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 3, Durham Bulls (Rays) 0 (Completion of 5/27 game) Wednesday’s game was suspended in the fourth inning due to weather. The two teams resumed play today, and Norfolk needed only one swing to secure the victory. Creed Willems launched a three-run home run shortly after play resumed. The blast plated Heston Kjerstad […]
Happy Friday, everyone, and it is happy because the Cubs finally won a game! Let’s try to take that positive energy into the weekend, shall we? Before we can get to the weekend, though, we’ll round up a little bit of news from the latter part of the week. In today’s links, we look at […]
Meet the Mets For the first time in over two weeks, the Mets had the day off yesterday, but they’re set for a three-game series against the Marlins this weekend at Citi Field. While the Mets avoided falling to their lowest point below .500 in the David Stearns era with their win on Wednesday, Tim […]
The 2023 Minnesota Twins season will always represent a peak moment in my fandom. After 2022’s epic collapse, the ‘23 squad re-grouped to take the division and win a playoff series for the first time in two decades. Truly a great time to be a Twins fan. One of the key components of that turnaround? […]
Zach Agnos loves doing impressions. So when the outgoing 25-year-old got the text from Warren Schaeffer telling him he’d be starting instead of waiting in the bullpen on May 21 vs. the Diamondbacks, Agnos stuck with his pregame routine. That includes mimicking some of his teammates, including the pitchers he works with day in and […]
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants are back on the road this weekend, so it’s time to do our semi-regular temp check to see how everyone is feeling about how the season is going at the moment. Personally, getting swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks two weeks in a row doesn’t really inspire confidence. […]