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It is no secret that the Washington Nationals pitching staff was really bad in 2025. They posted a 5.35 team ERA, which is the highest in Nationals history. However, heading into the season, the starting rotation was seen as a strength. That was due in part to Mitchell Parker. Parker had a strong rookie season […]
From Federal Baseball | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
I will admit that I’ve never been much of a Kyle Isbel guy. I’m generally not a huge fan of players who derive all of their value from fielding, which has been Isbel’s story in the majors. When I saw that I was writing about Isbel in our Season in Review series, however, I realized […]
From Royals Review | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Hello folks and happy Friday! The Mariners offseason has unofficially begun now that Jerry and Justin have given their first offseason press conference. Let’s check in on the other news and notes from around baseball as the World Series prepares to kick off this evening. In Mariners news… Around the league… Anders’ picks…
From Lookout Landing | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Julian Alvarez’s agent has played down talk about a potential move from Atletico Madrid to Barcelona amid speculation his client wants out of the Spanish capital. There have been more rumors flying around this week about Alvarez’s future, with claims he’s keen to leave and more talk about a move to Catalunya. Fernando Hidalgo has been […]
From Barca Blaugranes | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
As we prepare for a big weekend of football, let’s look back at the former Orange on NFL rosters: Arizona Cardinals: Garrett Williams Williams remains out of action. Atlanta Falcons: Matthew Bergeron Bergeron played all 65 snaps in the loss to San Francisco. Cleveland Browns: Andre Szmyt Szmyt had a 30 yard field goal and […]
From Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
From Purple Row | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Happy Friday A’s fans! The 2025 World Series begins tonight in Toronto as the Blue Jays host the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first game of the series. As the #1 seed the Jays get home-field advantage thus getting to host the first two games before the series shifts to LA. Still, let there be […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
A reminder that since the Cubs aren’t likely going to go beyond 2026 for these sorts of things, this is probably just a thought exercise. But let’s give it a shot anyway! Cade Horton was the Cubs’ No. 1 pick in 2022 out of the University of Oklahoma. Then various injuries prevented him from pitching […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
It was a struggle to get there and it wasn’t a pretty path, but the San Jose Sharks can finally say the team has a win this season. It took overtime and a Herculean effort by both Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith, but the most important thing is that even when the team lost its lead late in the third period, the Sharks battled back to win and beat the New York Rangers 6-5 in overtime. Better yet, the Sharks put six goals past Igor Shesterkin, who, going into the night, had not allowed more tha...
From Fear The Fin | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Good morning, LSB. No new Rangers news out there today, but there is some good World Series preview content out there with Game 1 starting tonight. Jayson Stark asks if the Dodgers are actually ruining baseball. And MLB Pipeline has a list of eye-popping prospects, one for every team That’s all for this morning. Happy […]
From Lone Star Ball | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
After the Dodgers exposed the Yankees’ defensive shortcomings last October — and reveled in twisting the knife in the months that followed — GM Brian Cashman faced questions all offseason about how he’d bolster his defensive unit. The results were a mixed bag. Newcomers like Cody Bellinger and Ryan McMahon shored up problem areas from […]
From Pinstripe Alley | about 2 months ago | 1 read
https://www.gaslampball.com/gaslamp-ball-staff-editorials/51047/the-padres-dylan-cease-ending-two-year-tumultuous-relationship (Thomas Conroy – Gaslamp Ball) https://www.mlb.com/padres/news/best-prospect-stat-from-each-mlb-farm-system-2025?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage (Sam Dykstra and Jonathan Mayo – Padres.com) https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6738377/2025/10/23/mlb-offseason-trade-targets-tarik-skubal-jarren-duran/ (Jim Bowden – Gaslamp Ball)
From Gaslamp Ball | about 2 months ago | 1 read
It is the ninth year of Top Prospect voting at South Side Sox! First, let us review past years: To make sure we give the SSS readership a strong vote in our South Side Sox Top 100, we’re going to run five or 10 polls before kicking off our Top 100 Prospect countdown. Ideally, we […]
From South Side Sox | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Chris Colabello turns 42 today. The Blue Jays picked up Chris off waivers from the Twins before the 2015 season. In two seasons with the Twins, he hit .214/.284/.364, with 13 home runs in 114 games. So we can be excused for not being excited about a 31-year-old who could play first or DH but […]
From Bluebird Banter | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Big Dumper, we hardly knew ye. Yes, I know I’m a hockey columnist, and we’ll get to that. But the big news up in Canada these days is all about baseball, with the Blue Jays dramatic Game 7 win over the Mariners on Monday sending them to the World Series, which starts tonight in Toronto. It won’t shock you to learn that I’m a Blue Jays fan and have been since I was a little kid, so I’m obviously thrilled to see the team make it back to the top of the mountain after three decades. But I ha...
From In the Pressbox | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Ahead of their Nov. 8 showdown in Fort Worth, Texas, both Vergil Ortiz and Erickson Lubin sat down for a face to face interview where they discussed their fight and its implications as both look to move on from here to bigger and better opportunities. Lubin on why he wanted to fight Ortiz “I feel […]
From Bad Left Hook | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Blake Snell, former Rays starter with multiple Cy Young’s, and Trey Yesavage, who started the year in Low-A, take the mound for Game 1.
From DRaysBay | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Well, here we are again: yet another Orioles player review that begins with “what could have been.” If you’re reading this, you already know how Félix Bautista’s 2025 went, and you’re either here for catharsis or because misery loves company. Welcome, Birdland friend. Pull up a chair. We have tissues. Remember 2023 Félix Bautista—the Mountain? […]
From Camden Chat | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
In the off chance you weren’t aware, the World Series officially begins tonight when the Toronto Blue Jays host the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the best of seven series. Blake Snell will take the mound for the Dodgers against Trey Yesavage for the Blue Jays at 8pm tonight. The Dodgers are looking to […]
From The Good Phight | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
On Tuesday, Jeff Jones announced that both Lars Nootbaar and Brendan Donovan underwent surgeries. Donovan’s was to deal with a sports hernia, which shouldn’t impact his offseason too much. Nootbaar’s was more severe. He had two surgeries, one on each heel to repair a Haglund’s deformity. For those who don’t know, this is the same […]
From Viva El Birdos | about 2 months ago | 1 read
A few days after their season ended, Matt Arnold and Pat Murphy met with the press on Thursday for their end-of-year press conference. Murphy talked about the Dodgers’ series and offered some interesting thoughts on his team, and we got a few newsy tidbits as well. Murphy discusses the Dodgers series Not that we need […]
From Brew Crew Ball | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Prior to the start of each season, the Draysbay community takes part in an excercise in which the top prospects in the Tampa Bay Rays system are ranked by popular vote. This season, the Draysbay community ranked the top 25 prospects in the Rays system with several others receiving votes but just falling shy of […]
From DRaysBay | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
For a second straight week, Louisville running back Duke Watson has been listed as “out” on the initial game injury report from the ACC. Watson has appeared in four games for the Cardinals this season, carrying the ball 24 times for just 64 yards. Here’s the full injury report for both sides: Louisville Cardinals OUT […]
From Card Chronicle | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
For the first time all year, the Rangers scored plenty of goals at home. Yet it still wasn't enough for a win.
From Blueshirt Banter | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
You’re probably familiar with this story, but just in case it’s foreign, let’s review: About two decades ago, the Red Sox found themselves in a seemingly impossible position during the mid stages of what turned out to be a classic ALCS. To put it bluntly, they needed a comeback never before seen in the long […]
From Over the Monster | about 2 months ago | 1 read