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Friday Night was a mini redemption tour of sorts. Jose Altuve was stuck in the midst of a 0-12 slump, with visible frustrations boiling over prior to launching a decisive 3 run shot in the 6th inning. One week ago, teammate Tatsuya Imai had been rocked in Kansas City failing to survive even a single […]
The Texas Rangers scored nine runs while the San Diego Padres scored seven runs. When the Rangers and Padres took the field for the first inning in tonight’s game, there were just two umpires on the field as the rest were delayed by travel issues. That’s pretty strange. It was also the least weird thing […]
As it seems we do every couple of weeks, here’s a rundown of affiliate standings, before we dive into Friday’s games. Charlotte Knights 10, Buffalo Bisons 5Old friends highlighted the Knights’ victory over the Bisons. Kyle Teel played like a man on a mission to reclaim his spot on the White Sox roster, going 5-for-6 […]
The Royals hit eight doubles in last night’s game to dominate the Cardinals; they added five more tonight en route to another victory. This time, they won 6-5 over their cross-state rivals. Seth Lugo made his return from the 7-day concussion IL tonight, and it didn’t start great. He walked Iván Herrera with one out, […]
Michael McGreevy did not have his best game Friday night in Kansas City. His outing started decent, but the latter innings not so much. Unfortunately, the St. Louis Cardinals offense didn’t accomplish much either as the Royals were too much for them again. You wouldn’t know that Kansas City has the sixth worst record in […]
Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Michael Soroka left Friday's game due to an injury, leading the team to share a concerning update. The post Diamondbacks Get Concerning Michael Soroka Update After Injury appeared first on HEAVY .
On Thursday afternoon, Braxton Beaty out of Angleton, Texas, announced on social media that he plans to withdraw his name from the Major League Baseball Draft and head to Baton Rouge. Just about every summer, Jay Johnson hears one of his top high school signees announce prior to the draft that they plan to head […]
Cam Schlittler entered play on Friday with the fourth best bWAR among all pitchers in the sport prior to his scheduled start against the Cincinnati Reds in the series opener in Yankee Stadium. Safe to say, the burgeoning New York Yankees ace is going to find himself higher on that list come Saturday morning. Schlittler […]
The Braves had not had a good time recently, especially in terms of hitting the ball. Jacob Misiorowski came into this game as the best pitcher in baseball. It seemed like a recipe for continued misery/Miz-ery. Well, I am happy to inform you that about two hours and thirty minutes after first pitch, the Braves […]
Rockies 4, Pirates 3 Leverage index & box score Graphics via FanGraphs. Arghhh!: Mason Montgomery, -0.52 WPA Dealin’ Freeland: Kyle Freeland, +0.31 WPA PHraxton Fulford (H/T EmersonCR): Braxton Fulford, +0.51 WPA Game thread comments of the day Join the conversation! Sign up for a user account and get: Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. […]
Box Score Despite having the tying runner on base twice in the top of the ninth inning, the Milwaukee Brewers came up short in the series opener against the Atlanta Braves, losing 3-2. The loss is Jacob Misiorowski’s first since April 19 against the Miami Marlins. Tonight was one of those frustrating games for the […]
It was a game of ones, as one outstanding pitching performance and one inning’s worth of scoring helped the Yankees easily handle the Reds in a 5-0 win at home, their first shutout win this month. If you went out searching for a worst-case-scenario matchup for an offense against a specific starter, it’d be a […]
New York Knicks guard Josh Hart expressed his belief that New York Yankees starter Cam Schlittler will win the 2026 American League Cy Young Award following his performance in a 5-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday.
The Dodgers (48-27) host the Orioles (35-41) for a three-game series over Father’s Day Weekend at Dodger Stadium. Roki Sasaki (3-4, 4.76 ERA, 1.33 WHIP) takes the mound for the Dodgers in the series opener Friday night. Rookie Trey Gibson (1-2, 5.91 ERA, 1.59 WHIP) makes his first career start against the Dodgers. Lineups Friday […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers have a comfortable lead atop the NL West despite not having Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow in their rotation. Both players have missed time due to injuries, yet the Dodgers remain optimistic they will make an impact. Snell is currently on the 60-day injured list recovering from a minimally invasive “NanoNeedle” […] The post Dodgers Insider Issues Injury Update on Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow appeared first on HEAVY .
Even though this was a June game between two teams separated by over nine games in the standings, there was no lack of drama or fireworks in a gritty Detroit Tigers win over the Chicago White Sox. It felt like a division-rivalry showdown for the first time in a while — and the Tigers had […]
The Rangers sent reliever Michel Otañez outright to Triple-A Round Rock, per the MLB.com transaction log. Texas designated him for assignment last weekend when they selected Joe Ross onto the MLB roster. It’s the first career outright for Otañez, who’ll accordingly need to accept the minor league assignment. The 28-year-old (29 next month) has spent the […]
The Mariners – Red Sox kick off a series today with two dueling pitching strategies. The Red Sox, knowing how left-handed heavy the Mariners are, will be starting a trio of lefties, causing the Mariners to make a roster move to get more right-handed (read more in the “roster move” section). Meanwhile, the Mariners will […]
Is this team honestly worth staying up late for? I salute you if you’re watching this on the East Coast like this writer is too. NOTE: IFK was in the original lineup and was scratched with left forearm inflammation, so Marcelo shifts to SS and Monasterio comes in at 2B. ⚾️ First Pitch: 10:10pm ET […]
The Rays hopefully hit reset, returning to Tropicana Field with a welll-played win. Six of the runs scored by both teams came via the long ball. The Nationals managed two solo home runs in the second and third inning against Griffin Jax. Poor Brian Anderson and Dewayne Staats came with a ton of stats showing […]
The Orioles have struggled when facing winning teams this season. Here we are with them opening a three-game series, on the road where they’re also bad, against the team with the best record in all of baseball, the Dodgers. The on-paper stuff doesn’t point to an Orioles series victory, or perhaps to any Orioles victories […]
The Dodgers turn to their ace on Saturday night against the Baltimore Orioles, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto coming off two gems in a row. Yamamoto retired his final 22 batters faced to beat the Angels on June 6 at Dodger Stadium, then retired his first 23 in a row against the White Sox in Chicago, taking […]
First Pitch: 9:10 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy I’m a sucker for Weird Baseball, so anytime the Twins are on a west coast trip and we get those beautiful 9:00 pm start times, the odds of bizarre vibes and midnight local baseball go ratcheting right up. Cheers […]
The Houston Astros won't be in their usual spot at the top of the AL West this season. It's time to rebuild the farm system and to do that, surrender some key pieces of their lineup. According to ESPN's Jeff Passan , a trade of shortstop Jeremy Pena seems like an inevitability. His changing of agents last year to Scott Boras pretty much sealed his fate as a future former-Astro. It puts Pena in the same position that Kyle Tucker was in two offseasons ago. And we know what happened there. ...
LOS ANGELES—Catcher Adley Rutschman is out of the Orioles’ lineup for Friday night’s game against the Dodgers. Rutschman was hit in the head in the ninth inning of Thursday’s game in Seattle when he was running to first base. He was removed for a pinch-runner. “We’re giving him the off day and still evaluating him,” […]