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Early in 2024, the Red Sox went with a breaking ball-heavy approach, giving the team a reputation for being anti-fastball. Now, when the Red Sox acquire a new pitcher, seemingly every analyst’s first move is to look at the new pitcher’s four-seam fastball. If the pitch has a high batting average against or low swinging […]
The Jays signed Max Scherzer to a one-year contract in February of this year. For one-year and $15.5 million. At 40, it wasn’t bad money, even for a future Hall of Famer. In 2024, he started nine games for the Rangers, and, since the Jays had a number of starting pitchers, they could afford to […]
Personal reasons and another injury, Brennan Othmann could get another chance to prove himself as the Rangers face more uncertainty in their lineup.
As the Winter Meetings are just days away, the closer market in free agency continues to be red hot. The Mets signed former Brewers and Yankees closer Devin Williams to a 3 year deal on Monday. So the three NL East Powers now have Jhoan Duran, Rasiel Iglesias, and Williams as their closers. It will […]
Patriots quarterback Drake Maye entered Monday night with a brand new blindside for the first time this season. With the Patriots losing both left tackle Will Campbell (knee) and left guard Jared Wilson (ankle) in Week 12, New England inserted Vederian Lowe and Ben Brown into the starting lineup against a talented Giants pass rush. […]
David Finley has been with the Dodgers since 2015, the first year Andrew Friedman took over as president of baseball operations in Los Angeles. Finley, the team’s vice president of scouting, has won seven championships during his scouting career – 1997 with the Florida Marlins, 2004, 2007, and 2013 with the Boston Red Sox, and […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! Since the season ended, the McCovey Chronicles staff have been doing player reviews that go over each member of the San Francisco Giants’ 2025 season. Today, I’m going to continue our community reviews where we ask you all to weigh in on how you feel like each player did this year […]
After Quinn Priester took our No. 7 spot on Friday, another newcomer slots in at No. 8 in our MVBrewers rankings. Rookie Caleb Durbin claims that spot, as he picked up 11 votes from the BCB community, beating out Abner Uribe’s five votes and two votes apiece for Chad Patrick and Andrew Vaughn. Durbin, who […]
Braves Franchise History 1942 – The Boston Braves acquire shortstop Eddie Joost and pitcher Nate Andrews from the Reds in exchange for shortstop Eddie Miller. 2005 – The Atlanta Braves agree to terms with third baseman Chipper Jones on a three-year contract. MLB History 1916 – The National Commission orders that injured players shall receive […]
Results I will never forget the emotions I experienced surrounding the wild Game 163 to end the 2009 season. First, there were the four must-win victories just to get the team to a one-game playoff. Then, there was a “I can’t believe this is happening again” sort of mentality. Combined with being the last days […]
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The bullpen for the New York Yankees certainly had its ups and downs through the 2025 regular season. When it came to the starting rotation, they performed about as well as manager Aaron Boone or any of the Yankees faithful could have asked for. They finished eighth in MLB in fWAR and fourth in ERA. […]
Since the Rockies announced they had hired Paul DePodesta to be their president of baseball operations, a recurring question I’ve had is how much a book published in 2004 tells us about his approach to the game today. So let’s start by acknowledging that 2004 was a long time ago; that baseball has changed a […]
Meet the Mets The Mets and right-handed relief pitcher Devin Williams have agreed to a three-year deal. It’s worth $51 million with $5 million deferred each season and a $6 million signing bonus prorated over the course of the three years. Anthony DiComo wrote about Williams and mentioned that the Mets are still interested in […]
Darragh McDonald at MLB Trade Rumors writes about the Royals’ interest in outfielders. That perhaps points to Ragans as the most logical candidate, but there are issues there as well. It would be a sell-low move for the Royals. He finished fourth in American League Cy Young voting in 2024 by putting up a 3.14 […]
Ahead of this year’s training camp, New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel explained that he was looking at his team’s performances in three distinct categories. There is the good, the bad, and, as he called it, the s—t that gets you beat. The Patriots’ 33-15 win over the New York Giants on Monday Night […]
When did Giving Tuesday become a thing? Back in my day, it used to be just Black Friday, and at some point, Cyber Monday came along. Now we’ve got Giving Tuesday? What’s next, Taking Wednesday? Anyway, this Giving Tuesday, the Red Sox should give Alex Bregman a contract and give the Royals some assets for […]
Needless to say, the Cardinals’ offensive line has been a roller coaster this year. It has been well documented that both guard spots have issues. It was thought that when Will Hernandez got off IR and rejoined the group, half the problem would be solved. Now, he has returned to the IR list. Depending on […]
Here’s a list of the current Nittany Lions in the NFL listed by 53-man roster: *Just a reminder that again this season, I will not include players like Juwan Johnson and KeAndre Lambert-Smith that did not finish their college career at Penn State* Arizona Cardinals: Blake Gillikin, PJ Mustipher Atlanta Falcons: Arnold Ebiketie Baltimore Ravens: […]
Good morning, Camden Chatters. It’s official: Ryan Helsley is an Oriole. Yesterday the O’s announced the signing, which was first reported on Saturday by ESPN’s Jeff Passan. As previously reported, it’s a two-year, $28 million deal that includes an opt-out after the first year. Meanwhile, Helsley’s former team, the Mets, replaced him in their bullpen […]
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On December 10th in Orlando, Florida. Major League Baseball and all 30 clubs with an open 40-man roster spot will have the opportunity to steal eligible young talent from another organisation in hopes of finding a marginal advantage on the roster. Most recently, the St. Louis Cardinals drafted Ryan Fernandez in the 2023 Rule 5 […]
The New England Patriots crushed the New York Giants at home on Monday Night Football, winning their 10th game in a row with a final score of 33-15. It was a true team win, with the Patriots playing superior football in all three phases of the game. Let’s get into our lessons learned from the game. Christian […]
1957 After just two seasons on the South Side (7.1 WAR, 38 homers, 181 RBI, 127 OPS+), outfielder Larry Doby was dealt to Baltimore in a seven-player blockbuster. Sent east along with Doby were starting pitcher Jack Harshman, minor league hurler Russ Heman and young slugger Jim Marshall. In return from the Orioles, the White […]