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Results were not kind to Reynaldo Lopez in his final Spring start on Sunday. His velocity was down while the Twins production at the plate was up. Lopez has seen mixed results this Spring, including less than ideal velocity on his fastball. While there are no reports of injury, it is fair to wonder how […]
In the third inning on Sunday night in Anaheim, the Dodgers plated 10 runs against the Angels thanks to seven walks (five in a row at one point) and four hits (Teoscar Hernández had the first two hits in the frame, including a home run). The last time the Dodgers scored double-digit runs in an […]
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The bats woke up in game three of the top-25 showdown in Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park this weekend, as Texas A&M avoided getting swept by seventh-ranked Georgia. A run-rule capped off the series and helped the Aggies move to 2-4 in SEC play, which feels way better than a 1-5 start in conference […]
Of course, projecting the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens roster is also a sneaky excuse for one more final projection of the Detroit Tigers Opening Day roster. Nothing has really changed at the major league level. I expect Kevin McGonigle and Parker Meadows to be with the Tigers on Opening Day, and for some combination of […]
Anne Rogers writes that the Royals are putting the finishing touches on their roster. Massey will stay back in Arizona as the team heads to Texas, allowing him to get more at-bats in Minor League Spring Training games and fully test his running. He played second base on Saturday and is scheduled to play the […]
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With Opening Day less than a week away, the Orioles appear poised to keep Pete Alonso, Coby Mayo and Ryan Mountcastle all on the active roster. Mouncastle and Mayo quickly emerged as trade candidates after the team signed Alonso, but a deal never materialized. Mayo returned to third base once Jordan Westburg went down with […]
Here we are on the eve of the 2026 MLB season, and we’ll have Colorado Rockies baseball this weekend. Finally, we will get to see the Paul DePodesta–Josh Byrnes rebuild strategy in action. That also means it’s time for my yearly SWOT analysis. (Read 2024’s here and 2025’s here.) As a refresher, my preference is to write a […]
Good morning, baseball fans! Welcome to the first week of the regular season! It’s time to take a look at what’s on deck for the San Francisco Giants this week. Monday The Giants welcome the Sultanes de Monterrey to Oracle Park for an exhibition game tonight at 6:45 p.m. PT. The game will have television […]
Our contributors at Brew Crew Ball are excited to get the 2026 season underway after an offseason that featured a few big moves, including trading away Freddy Peralta and several others to reload with a younger roster. Here are our team award predictions for the Brewers in 2026. Team MVP Paul Dietrich: Brice Turang I’m […]
It’s officially Opening Day Week (or just Opening Week, maybe? We can workshop it). We made it, gang. Hope springs eternal! Everyone across the baseball community is wide-eyed and bushy-tailed, optimistic about their team and their goals for the 2026 season. The final days of spring training are wrapping up, and soon enough we’re going […]
Florida Panthers forward A.J. Greer has been suspended for three games by the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety for boarding Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary on Friday, March 20. Greer will miss Florida’s home games this week against the Seattle Kraken and Minnesota Wild and Saturday’s road game versus the New York Islanders. He will be eligible to return on Sunday, when the Panthers face the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. The Charlotte Checkers completed ...
It’s our final Monday before Opening Day, and you know what that means: It’s time for the finale of the 2025 Pinstripe Alley Making the Team Meter. Most years, the roster would largely be set by this point, with just one or two spots up for grabs, and we would use this post as an […]
Happy Monday, Camden Chatters! Opening Day is just three days away, and the weather is shaping up to be nice on the big day. It’ll be mostly cloudy, but with a high around 65. Will you be there? I will, in section 334. We already know that Trevor Rogers will be the starting pitcher on […]
Now that the team has a roster, we can debate all the machinations that took place to get to that place. There were releases, returns and impending DFAs, but there is a roster in place. On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
The Brewers enter 2026 with a good, if unusual, conundrum: they have two players who seem to have every right to close games. But it’s not necessarily the closer(s) who will get a team to 90-plus wins. It’s the other guys. Fortunately for the Brewers, they’ve got other guys in spades, too. Like every year, […]
Happy Monday one and all. The Arizona Cardinals and the rest of the NFL are nearly two weeks through NFL Free Agency, so Jess and I decided to take a look at the roster. Are the Arizona Cardinals better coming out of free agency than they were last year? We go through all of the […]
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Today in baseball history: Gary Matthews Jr. is traded to the Cubs, and other stories. Cubs Birthdays: Peaches Graham, Cy Slapnicka, Johnny Moore, Pat Bourque, Mike Remlinger, Joel Peralta. Today in history: *pictured.
Hello and happy Monday, folks. We’re mere hours away from Opening Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With that in mind, the question of the day is simple: who’s going to be the fifth starter in the rotation? Crochet’s a Cy Young candidate. Suarez and Gray are locks. Bello’s a good of a bet as anyone in the organization to […]
The Yankees begin their 2026 season in just over 60 hours from post time. Before they face the Giants in San Francisco for Opening Night on Wednesday though, they’ll stop by Arizona for a couple exhibition tune-ups at the Cubs’ spring training complex in Mesa. We also have a Brewers team preview coming up today, […]
The Pittsburgh Pirates have the consensus top prospect in baseball in Konnor Griffin, and they see him as someone who could be the face of their franchise. The Pirates reportedly have already discussed a big-time contract extension with Griffin who still hasn’t played a game in the major league, according to Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com. […]
There is no clock in baseball, and any half-inning could, in theory, last forever—the Dodgers decided to test the boundaries of that by scoring a ridiculous 10 runs in the third inning on their way to a blowout win. If you ask me, it was a bit overkill given how dominant Tyler Glasnow was, but […]
The Brewers were able to kick things off pretty early against touted lefty Jamie Arnold. Luis Pena singled to score Brewers top prospect Jesus Made. Blake Burke’s single made it 2-0 and a third run would be tacked on against Arnold via passed ball. In the bottom of the 2nd, the A’s tied it right […]
Record: 15-13-1. Change on 2025: -1. 5-inning Record: 11-16-2. The Diamondbacks saved the best for last, punching out their biggest margin of victory in the final Cactus League game. An emphatic 11-1 victory over the Padres was anchored by Gabriel Moreno, who hit two home-runs and doubled, giving him three long-balls for spring. Jorge Barrosa […]