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The whole Scions crew is back this week to talk about the fantastic #3 Georgia Tech Baseball sweep over #5 Florida State, where we completely derail and figure out how to add nearly 1,000 more seats to Russ Chandler Stadium by the NCAA Regionals so we can set another attendance record. Once back on track, […]
“Javier Assad has faced 51 batters without allowing a single barreled ball”. So said the helpful auto-generated commentary in the MLB app’s Gameday feature after Trea Turner grounded out to start the bottom of the first. The next play read “Kyle Schwarber homers (5) on a fly ball to center field”. Well. Can an AI […]
The Rangers gave up a goal in the final two minutes of play to drop Quick's last NHL outing 3-2.
Mets lineup David Peterson – LHP Dodgers lineup Justin Wrobleski – LHP Broadcast info First pitch: 10:10pm EDTTV: SNYRadio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App, 92.3 HD2
Congratulations! You’ve won a (completely fictional) 15-minute coffee break with Colorado Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta. After you’ve ordered whatever it is you’re drinking, you sit down, and DePodesta asks you for some advice as the Rockies head into the fourth week of this young MLB season. What would you tell him? Please […]
Coming out of the All-Star Break in 2025, the Seattle Mariners had some juice. They’d faltered from their scalding April-May surge, ceding the division lead to the Houston Astros at the start of June with a brutal 4-13 stretch from May 24-June 11th featuring multiple losses to Houston and dismal sweeps. A crucial, prescient drubbing […]
Fresh off a three-game sweep of the inter-league rival New York Mets, the A’s return home today for a division series matchup with the Texas Rangers. Not only are the two teams tied for the lead in the American League West, but they are tied for the second-best record in the American League, period! Tonight, […]
Texas Rangers @ Athletics Monday, April 13, 2026, 8:40 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) Sutter Health Park RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs. RHP Luis Severino Today’s Lineups RANGERS ATHLETICS Brandon Nimmo – RF Lawrence Butler – RF Evan Carter – CF Nick Kurtz – 1B Corey Seager – SS Shea Langeliers – […]
Yoshinobu Yamamoto has completed six innings in all three of his starts so far in 2026, and will try to keep that streak alive in the middle game of the Dodgers’ series against the New York Mets on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. Fifteen of Yamamoto’s 18 innings this season have been scoreless, fueling his […]
Here is every transaction for the Los Angeles Dodgers for the entire 2026 season, starting with the first day of spring training through the end of the team’s postseason run. We will keep track of every single transaction involving the 40-man roster here, including players getting called up or sent down to the minor leagues, […]
The first two and a half weeks of the season were uncommonly stable for the Dodgers pitching staff, but on Monday they made their first pitching roster move since opening day. Ben Casparius was placed on the 15-day injured list with shoulder inflammation before the Dodgers’ series opener against the New York Mets, and Kyle […]
It was announced today that former Arizona Cardinals head coach Dave McGinnis has passed away. From AZCardianls.com: “We were deeply saddened to learn of Dave McGinnis’ passing and extend our heartfelt condolences to all who knew and loved him,” Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill said in a statement. “As Dave often said, he was a ‘ballcoach’ […]
The St. Louis Cardinals will welcome the Cleveland Guardians to town on Monday, April 13. According to MLB.com, Matthew Liberatore will start for the Cardinals while the starter for the Guardians will be Gavin Williams who is 1-1 with a 2.04 ERA so far in 2026. Masyn Winn is back in the lineup tonight.
Season Record: 8-7 Week Record: 4-2 Series Record: 3-2 GAME 10: 2-1 WIN VS SEATTLE MARINERS GAME 11: 3-2 WIN VS SEATTLE MARINERS GAME 12: 3-0 WIN VS SEATTLE MARINERS GAME 13: 7-8 LOSS @ LOS ANGELES DODGERS GAME 14: 3-6 LOSS @ LOS ANGELES DODGERS GAME 15: 5-2 WIN @ LOS ANGELES DODGERS The Rangers […]
Texas Rangers lineup for April 13, 2026 against the A’s: starting pitchers are Nathan Eovaldi for the Rangers and Luis Severino for the A’s. Texas begins a series against the Athletics of California, with whom they are tied for first place in the American League West. Wyatt Langford, who left Friday’s game due to a […]
The college wrestling transfer portal opened April 1. The first move involving Mizzou wrestling was Zeke Seltzer (141lbs) entering the portal April 10. That likely signaled that the Tigers had made contact with a proven talent to bring in from the portal. Enter Zan Fugitt – the first transfer commitment for Brian Smith this offseason […]
The 6-2 defeat at T-Mobile Park completed a 4-game sweep by the Mariners, the first time they have swept the Astros in a 4 game series since August 2018. Two things have hallmarked this season for the Houston Astros thus far: injuries and pitching woes. Both were on display this afternoon when the Astros fell […]
It’s your first surprise of the portal season! Much of the noise around Missouri and the transfer portal has been around Bryson Tiller and Jamier Jones, but sometimes Dennis Gates likes to sneak in a surprise addition, and this time he kept the Tigers pursuit of a former Tennessee Volunteer under wraps. Tonight Jaylen Carey, […]
The Atlanta Braves and their scorching hot offense are taking on the surprisingly good Miami Marlins tonight as they look to extend their division lead. The Braves are scoring runs at a pace that only three teams in MLB are doing at a higher rate, and only the Dodgers have hit more HRs. No Braves […]
First Pitch (CT): 6:40 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN/830 WCCO/102.9 The Wolf /Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Over the Monster You’re not going to believe this, but the Twins are facing a left-handed starter once again. Even more suprising: it’s once again one of the best starters in the sport. The good news is the Twins have already […]
Mariners 6, Astros 2 Lefty Loop: Josh Naylor, +0.25 WPASouthpaw Sabotage: Randy Arozarena, -0.02 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day We are all this way sometimes, Husky Mariner. It is worthy grace and/or grief to give ourselves. Happy Monday mopping, friends. Spring Cleaning indeed.
Go get ‘em, Javier.
There’s a lot of good and bad to the length of MLB’s 162-game season. On one hand, it can be long and arduous, making games at the beginning and end of the year feel much further apart. The season can feel endless if your team is down in the dumps. The benefits are that there’s […]
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The Christian Encarnacion-Strand era of Cincinnati Reds has come to an unceremonius close. The slugging 1B was designated for assignment back on April 8th as a way to get PJ Higgins onto the roster for catching depth in the wake of Jose Trevino’s injury, and the Reds revealed today that CES did not, in fact […]