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The four NFC West teams made three picks in Round 1, and the Seattle Seahawks further distanced themselves from their respective rivals on Thursday night. In fact, the rest of the West tripped all over themselves in pursuit of the divisional lead that, unfortunately for them, just fell a little more out reach. Arizona Cardinals […]
Good morning, LSB. The Rangers beat the Pirates last night, 6-1. Shawn McFarland writes about Evan Carter making his second electric play of the week. Kennedi Landry writes on another 10-K night for Jacob deGrom who continues to slide up the all time strikeout list. McFarland also writes about journeyman reliever Peyton Gray finally making […]
James Wood has 9 homers in his last 18 games. I don't do math real well* but I think that works out to 81 homers for a season. He's also walked 19 times which would be 171 walks for a season which would be fourth all time. Yes it would come with.... carry the two... 207 strikeouts (t16th all time) but if you are doing the first and the second, the third doesn't matters as much. Now James does seem to be an early season guy. Could be the effort of running around for 150+ games in th...
Good Friday morning, Dawg fans!! The Georgia Bulldogs have wrapped up another demanding stretch of SEC play as the regular season begins to wind down, and the margin for error continues to shrink. With just 13 games remaining, every inning now carries postseason implications for a team with its sights set firmly on Omaha. Over […]
Mason Miller was given the chance to tie Cla Meredith for the San Diego Padres franchise record for most innings without allowing a run at 33.2 innings, thanks to a late-inning rally that gave the Padres a 10-8 win in the rubber match with the Colorado Rockies. Miller came on to close the game with […]
Tristan joins me to review the Diamond Ducks’ wins over the Huskies, Beavs, and Illini, and discuss the tape on DB transfers Carl Williams IV and Koi Perich.
Watching Houston sports these days is akin to taking a few shots of tequila. There is that sudden rough aftertaste that can only be cured with a lime wedge. In these moments we have confronted with a choice. We can certainly analyze what has happened and offer critiques. We can also find a diversion and […]
The 2026 Red Sox season can’t continue as is, right? After a 9-16 start, the team finds itself seven games behind the New York Yankees after a three-game sweep in Boston this week. On Thursday night, Fenway Park felt alive again for the first six innings, as Payton Tolle struck out eleven Yankees and left […]
Series Preview #20 Nebraska Cornhuskers (31-10, 15-3 B1G) at Illinois Fighting Illini (20-19, 8-10 B1G) Location: Illinois Field, Champaign, IL Dates: April 24-26th Times (all CDT): Friday @ 6pm , Saturday @ 3pm, Sunday @ 1pm Coaches: Will Bolt (7th season, 201-136-1) & Dan Hartleb (21st season, 617-462-1) TV/Stream: All games on B1G+ Radio: All Nebraska games on Huskers Radio Network, Huskers.com, […]
Three seasons, two coaches, 42 games, three points. Othmann's Rangers tenure ended the way most of it played out—quietly.
It’s hard to pinpoint the biggest problem with the Phillies right now. They haven’t done anything right in any facet of the game for any consistent stretch of time so far this season and they’ve lost nine games in a row. In fact, they’re tied with the Kansas City Royals for the worst record in […]
So, the Arizona Cardinals selected the draft’s best offensive player when they selected Notre Dame running back Jeremyiah Love with the third overall spot. Now, on to rounds two and three on Friday night. GM Monti Ossenfort realizes that after hiring an offensive coach, a coach who specializes in creating an awesome offensive unit, he […]
Okay, I don’t have a great title for this one, but this is probably less a question post than a thoughts post, just masquerading as a daily question post. With the best record in baseball, the Braves are surprising to probably everyone, except maybe themselves. I thought they’d be good, but not best-team-in-baseball good. Sure, […]
Happy Friday, everyone! Extra happy that the Tigers do not need to play the Brewers today. Their exceptionally short trip back to Detroit is over and they’re on their way to Cincinnati to play the Reds this weekend. We’ve got some fun news bites to keep you occupied until tonight’s game. We’ll break down the […]
The Orioles came into the 2026 season talking about rotation depth, and for once with actual justification. The team had failed to sign a big-name ace in the offseason, but they did have six starters for five spots (Trevor Rogers, Kyle Bradish, Shane Baz, Chris Bassitt, Zach Eflin, Dean Kremer)—seven, even eight, if you counted […]
Hickory starter Kamdyn Perry went three innings, allowing three runs, striking out three and allowing a homer. Jormy Nivar struck out three in five shutout innings. Paulino Santana drew three walks. Dewar Tovar was 2 for 3 with a homer and a walk. Esteban Mejia had a hit, three walks and a stolen base. Josh […]
Happy Friday, everyone. Both baseball and softball are in Knoxville this weekend. Baseball started off their series well, beating Tennessee 12-8 last night. The ladies have a three game series against the 8th-ranked Vols starting tomorrow. We will have additional coverage of that later. Both Ty Simpson and Kadyn Proctor went in the first round […]
Rangers 6, Pirates 1
After a rivalry showdown in Fenway Park, the Yankees keep with the theme and head to another rival’s outpost in Houston. The Astros have had what can safely be described as a bad start to the 2026 season, despite a valiant effort from a Bondsian Yordan Alvarez. The Yankees will look to take advantage of […]
On Wednesday night, the Dodgers suffered their first shutout loss of the year by falling 3-0 to the San Francisco Giants. On Thursday, the Dodgers returned the favor and shut the Giants out by the exact same final score. Only Luis Arraez could break through Tyler Glasnow on Thursday, as the right-hander dominated through eight […]
Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the NHL
At Fangraphs, Brendan Gawlowski makes his “Kansas City Royals Top 36 Prospects” list: 6. Luinder Avila Avila has been in Kansas City’s system for eight years, but it wasn’t until a velo breakout a couple of seasons back that he really popped onto the radar. He has a live arm and has sat 95-97 while […]
Meet the Mets It wasn’t the sharpest game of baseball, but the Mets won their second-straight game by beating the Twins 10-8. Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, MLB.com, Newsday, New York Daily News, New York Post Before the game, the Mets got bad news, as Francisco Lindor is expected to miss significant time because of […]
The Rockies’ top offensive performers last season — Mickey Moniak and Hunter Goodman — were not only bright spots in a 119-loss season, but also had the best seasons of their young careers. With breakout seasons in the rearview mirror, one of the big questions heading into this season was whether or not they could […]
Though by no means a pleasant or enjoyable topic, an undercurrent of the 2026 MLB campaign will be the upcoming labor negotiations upon season’s-end—especially as they apply to economic affairs. As someone who has always been fascinated by baseball’s competitive balance, it is a subject I may return to a time or two this summer […]