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Pre-season prognosticators were virtually unanimous: The Seattle Mariners will win the AL West. And they may well do so, but if they win the division it will not be on the strength of the season’s first 1/3. The Mariners completed their 54th game yesterday, an 8-6 loss to the Royals that left them 25-29 for […]
Mercer seemed to do everything asked of mid-majors in 2026 to make the NCAA Tournament, but didn't. Jacob Rudner shares his thoughts on the snub. The post NCAA Selection Committee Makes Mockery Of Mid-Major Success With 2026 Baseball Tournament Field appeared first on College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America .
The first series of the Orioles’ season-longest 10-game homestand went reasonably well. The O’s took advantage of a reeling Tigers team to take two out of three games, though let’s not try to think about the fact that they were one strike away from losing the series. Now the task gets much tougher with a […]
There was not a lot of drama and anticipation for the Ole Miss baseball team headed into the NCAA Baseball Championship Selection Show on Monday morning. The Rebels (36-21) had squandered any chance of hosting a regional after being upset by 16-seed Missouri in the SEC Tournament. Ole Miss was simply waiting to see where […]
NWSL week 9 gave us a ton of action! Check out the top three goals and saves in terms of the difference between their post-shot expected goals (PSxG) and expected goals (xG). Basically, these are the goals where the player taking the shot added the most value just on shot quality and the saves where […]
Whatever listlessness is plaguing the Mariners currently, it would be great if they figured out how to snap out of it this week. This series against the Athletics represents the last time Seattle will face the current AL West leaders until September. It’s actually the last series against a division rival until the final week […]
The Philadelphia Phillies’ righthanded hitters have been a massive disappointment this season. Of their regular players who hit from the right side, Trea Turner has the highest OPS at .619. Adolis Garcia, signed to be the regular right fielder is batting .203 with four home runs. Despite that weak production, Nick Castellanos has done little […]
A high national seed in hand, Georgia now knows more about the roadblocks in its way when it comes to a trip to Omaha and the College World Series. As expected, the Diamond Dawgs were highly rewarded on Monday for sweeping the SEC regular season and tournament titles, being awarded a No. 3 overall national […]
Greetings to all of you on this Memorial Day! The Brewers finally lost a series over the weekend, their first series loss since April 24-26 against Pittsburgh, but it was still a good week, as Milwaukee went 4-2 against the Cubs and Dodgers. They’ll try to keep playing good baseball against another NL Central foe […]
The San Diego Padres took a tough loss in the series finale against the Athletics on Sunday. After Michael King gave up three runs in the first two innings, the Padres found themselves in a hole they couldn’t get out of. They managed to accrue nine hits, but failed to score until the sixth inning […]
Good morning! The Mariners suffered another disappointing defeat yesterday as some defensive miscues led to a 6-8 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Bryan Woo finished his 4.2 innings of work with four earned runs on six hits and four strikeouts as the Royals took advantage of a fifth-inning rally to secure their series win. […]
Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, May 25, 2026, 1:35 p.m. ET Location: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA Broadcast: KDKA AM/FM, Sportsnet Pitching Matchup: Ben Brown (1-2, 2.09 ERA) vs. Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3, 3.96 ERA) The Pittsburgh Pirates are at home hosting the Chicago Cubs today at beautiful PNC Park. Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines. […]
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Worcester: PPD, Rain The Red Wings (Nationals AAA) and WooSox postponed the final game of this series until the week of June 9-14 after yesterday’s storm that made the Red Sox game such a mess. Rochester and Worcester, unlike Boston and Minnesota, face each other another time this season, so it was an easy decision […]
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 […]
Barcelona midfielder Gavi has admitted he’s in dreamland after being called into the Spain squad for World Cup 2026 Gavi made coach Luis de la Fuente’s squad after successfully returning from a serious knee injury that saw him hit by another lengthy injury absence The Barca star celebrated wildly after learning of his call-up and […]
The last time the Royals beat the Yankees was on October 7, 2024 – Game 2 of the American League Divisional Series. The Royals dropped the last two games of that series, and have not won a regular season game against the Bronx Bombers since in nine tries. They were swept in New York against […]
Welcome back to Monday Stat Party, a weekly series showcasing some of the most curious and nostalgia-inducing statistical developments from the past week of Mets baseball. What unites each entry is the sense of intrigue which they aim to spark, and the unbridled love of the game’s anomalies from which they arise. Without further ado, […]
For the last four seasons, I’ve dialed up the old analog machine to project the balance of that current season. As silly as it sounds, there have been time – like last year – when the predictive outcome was more accurate than anyone would like. Before this goes any further – this is tongue-in-cheek. This […]
The New York Yankees have had over 1,700 players play for the organization since its first season in 1901. Oddly enough, one of the repeated names in that history is Bobby Brown. You are never the other Bobby on your birthday, so to get that out of the way early this is not about Dr. […]
It was an exciting night in Knoxville, TN as the Savannah Bananas played the Texas Tailgaters in front of a sold-out crowd of over 101,000 fans in Neylan Stadium. But during the fifth inning, the crowd had an even bigger reason to get excited. Banana Ball founder Jessie Cole introduced a special guest, New Orleans […]
There are safer picks at five, but few players in this draft bring Björck’s mix of skill, intensity, and production. The question is whether the Rangers are willing to bet on talent over size.
Monday notes… Cubs lineup: The Pirates lineup was not available at posting time. Please check BCB social media for the Pirates lineup. Ben Brown, RHP vs. Carmen Mlodzinski, RHP Ben Brown’s first two starts this year, after being pressed into the rotation due to injuries, were very good. The third, last Tuesday vs. the Brewers, […]
Tacoma Rainiers It was a brutal week for the Rainiers, dropping five of six to the Salt Lake Bees on the road. This team has weathered a substantial amount of turnover as of late and is certainly down several of their core players, but with plenty of injury issues still present on the big league […]