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The New York Yankees tied for the best record in the AL East last year, losing out on a division title (and postseason bye) via the tiebreaker with the Toronto Blue Jays. What this should tell you is that the Yankees had a decent enough team, albeit one that had a number of players potentially […]
Slow starts can hide big seasons, but few were as dramatic in 2025 as Vinnie Pasquantino’s. Strip away April, and Pasquantino hit like a star. The problem, for both him and the Royals, is that this pattern has become familiar, and in a season where Kansas City can’t afford to dig an early offensive hole, […]
Is there a chance that, at age-34, Willson Contreras gets even better next year? As a right-handed hitter who pulls the ball in the air in left field, he’s going to the perfect ballpark. And there is very recent history of a righty coming from St. Louis to Boston and immediately improving in a statistical […]
At year’s end, it’s a good time to reflect and remember those who passed away throughout the year. In the baseball world in general: Hall of Famer Dave Parker and notables Rich Dauer, Mike Greenwell and Chet Lemon, and, of course, Hall of Fame Frick Award winner Bob Uecker. There were also 17 members of […]
The Arizona Cardinals are the second-oldest consecutive pro football organization in North America. The Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League began in 1873, 152 years ago. The Cardinals’ first season of operation was in 1898, for a span of 127 years. RELATED: HOW THE BIDWILL FAMILY BECAME OWNERS OF THE CARDINALS The NFL began […]
The Brewers had an amazing season in 2025. They put together a surprise league-leading regular season and rode that into a small playoff run. Most fans would say that everything is looking bright for the team. It’s a positive mark in the Wisconsin sports scene, which doesn’t look as good when you look outside the […]
The kids have another week left of their break for the holidays, and I am definitely not counting those days down like it’s a posting window for a Japanese star … I appreciated reading an actual human translation of Tatsuya Imai’s comments about the posting process, which we discussed yesterday , and which concludes this Friday, January 2 at the latest. The automated translations weren’t TOO far off (close enough to get the right sense of where things stand), but this is better: ...
Igor Shesterkin dragged the Rangers to overtime, but once they got there, the lack of talent and offense was impossible to hide.
Heston Kjerstad went through an extended period of uncertainty after the Orioles made him the second overall pick in the 2020 draft. The organization eventually announced that Kjerstad had been suffering from myocarditis, and the “non-baseball injury” was preventing the top prospect from making his professional debut. Kjerstad was finally cleared to play in 2022, […]
There are but a few days left in the negotiations to bring Tatsuya Imai stateside through the posting process. His camp has claimed that he has yet to receive a firm offer from anyone, but deadline spur action and his deadline will definitely draw the suitors closer. The Phillies are rumored to be involved in […]
As an initial stab, you might have guessed that since adopting the power-oriented offensive approach in 2019, the Braves have not been much for accumulating stolen bases. That’s fairly intuitive, but unfortunately, it gets somewhat upended by reality. The Braves finished just inside the top ten in team stolen bases in 2018, and then again […]
We’ve almost run out of 2025, but we haven’t run out of A’s players to recap. Next up is Brett Harris, whose main achievement so far in life is that he shares a birthday with me (and Lionel Messi, and pretty no one else you’ve ever heard of). In Harris’ case, his last birthday was […]
Diamondbacks News D-backs have faith Pfaadt will find his groove in ‘26 by Steve Gilbert [DBacks.com] “Brandon falls very much in the group of players that we have that we feel like getting some certainty around what the future is going to look like. That is very important for us, in terms of building a […]
Good morning. Kennedi Landry writes about the hopes for a bounce back season for Josh Jung after becoming something of the poster child for the team’s woes at the plate in 2025. And, while looking for a breakout candidate for 2026, Landry writes that Jack Leiter appears primed for an even better year after a […]
Meet the Mets Anthony DiComo sees Sean Manaea as a likely bounce back candidate for the 2026 Mets. Abbey Mastracco talked about how the Mets can start to change their offseason. With an offseason of massive changes already in full swing, Danny Abriano reassessed the team’s targets and key priorities heading into 2026. On his […]
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At the rate we’re going, we’ll be down to one or two articles next issue. I doubt that’d be unusual — but I’ll have to put in a full day to find them. The click-baitery and hired bushwah have gotten SO bad. Sad times. There’s a site that does nothing but make up bad trade […]
A current favorite pastime of Colorado Rockies fans is trying to divine how president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta and general manager Josh Byrnes might approach building the 2026 team. We know from DePodesta’s comments last week to Kevin Henry that the focus for the coming season will have two components: building infrastructure and evaluating […]
Results Kirby Puckett broke out as a Minnesota Twins superstar in 1986. But in 1987, he cemented himself as a team leader and far more than a one-hit wonder. This late-‘87 weekend in Milwaukee gained him entrance into our Top Ten of Twins moments… The newbie: B-Doz completes a WILD comeback! Breaking the playoff losing […]
When EuroLeague Women overhauled its competition system prior to last season, one of the goals was to “raise the stakes” of its regular season by turning group play into a two-round format. Advancing only the best teams from the first round means the level of competition is theoretically elevated, and re-grouping teams keeps things interesting […]
If taking care of business could be encapsulated by any one victory by the TCU Horned Frogs this season, it was the December 29 51-point rout of the Jackson State Tigers. TCU led wire to wire, opening the game on a 10–0 run before ripping off an 11–0 spurt just minutes later. By the 9:56 […]
For the past four weeks, it has been mentioned on numerous media sites and Arizona Cardinals podcasts that, as the season’s end, head coach Jonathan Gannon would be relieved of his duties. After all, after beginning the year 2-0-0, the team has gone 1-13-0 since. They had quite a few games won in the last […]
Jaylon Thompson writes about what the Royals have done so far and what they could still do before the season begins. While the Royals are still linked to potential trade targets Jarren Duran and Brendan Donovan, among others, the club filled significant needs in a strategic way. Still, there’s reason to expect the Royals will continue searching […]
MLB History 1926 – The Chicago Tribune releases a story stating that the Detroit Tigers threw a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis responds by holding a hearing on the matter, but dismisses all charges as he can find no witnesses to […]
Former Barcelona midfielder Denis Suarez has revealed the story behind Gerard Pique’s now legendary post about Neymar prior to his shock departure from the club. Pique tweeted a picture of himself with his arm around Neymar and the words ‘Se queda’ (he stays) amid intense speculation about a transfer to Paris Saint-Germain. Yet Neymar did […]