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How Acquired The Braves drafted Carter Holton in the second round of the 2024 MLB Draft out of Vanderbilt. The lefty was a key guy for three years for the Commodores, following passing up signing in the 19th round with the Brewers out of Benedictine HS in Savannah.What Were Expectations? There were zero expectations for […]
From Talking Chop | 3 months ago | 0 reads
What is it? Next season, umpires will continue to make ball-strike calls. A challenge system will be added. Pitchers, catchers, and batters will be allowed to challenge ball-strike calls. Each review will take about 15 seconds. In each game, each team will be allowed to challenge until they accumulate two upheld calls. Historical Perspective. In […]
From AZ Snake Pit | 3 months ago | 0 reads
The last weekend of May 2015 was unseasonably cool and rainy in Chicago. When the Cubs defeated the Royals at Wrigley Field May 31, the game-time temperature was just 47 degrees — that’s almost 30 degrees below the average high for the date, 75. And the game the day before had been rained out. The […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 3 months ago | 2 reads
—Spread check (football): Louisville by 3. —Eric Crawford sets the stage for one of the weirdest Battle for the Governor’s Cup game weeks we’ve ever seen. —Louisville is No. 4 in CJ Moore’s weekly hoops rankings for The Athletic. —The Players Era Festival might feel soulless, but it’s the future of Feast Week basketball. “I’m […]
From Card Chronicle | 3 months ago | 1 read
Although baseball is played at a high level in Taiwan ( the league is the Chinese Professional Baseball League, and you may recognize the term “Chinese Taipei,” used in international competitions due to the One China principle, because Taiwan’s official name is the Republic of China (ope, this parenthetical really got going) ), we don’t often see players making the leap from the CPBL straight to MLB. Instead, where there is player movement, it’s more likely to occur among the Asian countries, ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 1 read
The Wisconsin Badgers had a nice win over the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Field House on Sunday, marking their seventh-straight win and 15th in conference play. They moved up one spot in the Top 25 from No. 11, breaking back into the Top 10 heading into the final week of the regular season. That wasn’t […]
From Bucky's 5th Quarter | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Chaim! The Red Sox made their first big move of the offseason today, as current CBO Craig Breslow made a deal with recently departed CBO Chaim Bloom, acquiring three-time All-Star and former Cy Young runner-up Sonny Gray from the Cardinals in exchange for Richard Fitts and prospect Brandon Clarke (the #8 prospect in the system […]
From Over the Monster | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Kentucky Wildcats are on the verge of reaching bowl eligibility, but in order to get there, they’ll have to win as an underdog in the final week of the college football regular season. On Saturday, November 29, the 5-5 Cats will take on the 7-4 Louisville Cardinals inside L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium. Kickoff […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Yesterday, we took an at bat by at bat look at how the Phillies were trying to attack Shohei Ohtani in the NLDS this season. Today, we’ll continue by looking at Game 2 of the matchup, one in which now, Ohtani can focus solely on his hitting. The yoke of his pitching the same game […]
From The Good Phight | 3 months ago | 5 reads
It seems our debut with The Polling Studio was a success, with the added bonus of preventing duplicate votes, something Crowd Signal and Chorus before that did not do. So it is safer to say that the 108 votes last round came from 108 individual readers/voters. That is a good thing! Seeing the impressive advance […]
From South Side Sox | 3 months ago | 4 reads
Cross one name off the list for the Houston Astros’ trade targets. According to Katie Woo of The Athletic, the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to trade SP Sonny Gray to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for minor league SP Brandon Clarke and SP Richard Fitts. The Cardinals are also paying down $20M of […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 3 months ago | 5 reads
The San Diego Padres drafted catcher Luis Campusano in the second round of the 2017 draft. He moved through the minors quickly, reaching the Padres in 2020 for a brief look. Around injuries and returns to the minor leagues, Campusano worked up the Padres prospect list with high hopes for his career. During all of […]
From Gaslamp Ball | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Detroit Lions (7-4) needed overtime to get a win over the New York Giants (2-10), but wins are hard to come by in the NFL, and so it’s important not to dismiss this win too quickly. On the surface, a win over a team with the Giants’ record would be easily dismissed in the […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 3 months ago | 4 reads
Today our ‘Season in Review’ series turns back to starting pitching. Specifically, we’ll dive into the inaugural season of Jeffrey Springs, a 33-year-old lefty starter for the A’s. How was he acquired? Jeffrey Springs attended high school in Belmont, North Carolina and graduated from Appalachian State University in 2015. He was drafted out of ASU […]
From Athletics Nation | 3 months ago | 2 reads
One day after the Cubs signed Phil Maton to the franchise’s most significant free agent deal for a reliever since Craig Kimbrel, we were able to confirm that they would still be in the market for impact free-agent relievers . Pete Fairbanks is a name we’ve heard and discussed. Brad Keller could always make his way back to Chicago. And even Devin Williams, with his Craig Counsell connection, is an option, I’m told. But there’s another former NL Central closer, Ryan Helsley, reportedly on the Cu...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 1 read
When he made his major league debut in 2018, Jonathan Loáisiga showed flashes of an electric arm that could be something if he ever could figure out the consistency thing. Flash forward seven years later, and he never quite figured out that consistency thing. A move to the bullpen proved out to be a good […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 3 months ago | 4 reads
The 2025 version of the Atlanta Braves bullpen was largely in disarray. That can happen as downstream effect when the entire Opening Day starting rotation is injured at the same time. 37 pitchers entered the game in relief last year. 37. The 1994 Atlanta Braves team had 31 players total. But one of the best […]
From Talking Chop | 3 months ago | 0 reads
The hot stove has just started to boil. A new report says that the St. Louis Cardinals are trading Sonny Gray to the Boston Red Sox. This is being reported by MLB Trade Rumors based on a share by John Heyman of the New York Post on X. Jeff Passan reporting that the Cardinals are […]
From Viva El Birdos | 3 months ago | 3 reads
The St. Louis Cardinals teardown got a big boost today, with starting pitcher Sonny Gray reportedly heading to the Boston Red Sox. Breaking: Sonny Gray traded to Red Sox — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) November 25, 2025 The Boston Red Sox are acquiring right-hander Sonny Gray in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals, sources tell ESPN. Red Sox get the veteran who said he would waive his no-trade clause to leave. First on the news was @JonHeyman . — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) Nove...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 3 reads
Another week in the NFL has come and gone and it was the second week without Jaxson Dart for the New York Giants due to a concussion. I must say, Jameis Winston is fun as hell and Daboll should’ve been fired for ever playing Russell Wilson over him. Even though Dart was sidelined, there were […]
From Red Cup Rebellion | 3 months ago | 3 reads
Happy Tuesday, Red Sox Nation! With Thanksgiving around the corner, MLB’s offseason is defrosting with the turkeys. The Mets and Rangers made a one for one major league trade and the Mariners brought back Josh Naylor, but apart from that, there hasn’t been much movement. Maybe today’s the day we get a nice appetizer before […]
From Over the Monster | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Here is a look at how the Las Vegas Raiders’ rookie class fared in a 24-10 home loss to the Cleveland Browns in Week 12 and what it means looking ahead to Sunday’s road game at the Los Angeles Chargers. Ashton Jeanty: The No. 6 overall draft pick continues to play hard through a tough […]
From Silver And Black Pride | 3 months ago | 3 reads
The Tatsuya Imai rumor mill has yet to really pick up a lot of steam, though that’s perhaps unsurprising given that his posting period lasts into the new year. One thing making the rounds, however, was a translated bit from a Japanese appearance in which Imai discussed joining an MLB team with established stars from Japan: Ｑ.ドジャースのような優勝狙えるチームに行きたいのか？倒しにいくのか？ 今井達也 「倒したいですね。(大谷・山本・佐々木選手らと)一緒にプレーするのも、もちろん楽しそうだなと思うんですけど、ああいうチームに勝ってワールドチャンピオンになるのが自分の人生にとって一番価値がある」 #報ステ pic.twitter.com/CFB...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 6 reads
Free agent projections are out, and so it is that time again — time for the annual “should the Rangers sign This Player” polls. Today, we are looking at first baseman Ryan O’Hearn. O’Hearn is a 32 year old lefthanded hitting 1B/DH. He did not hit while with the Royals, where he spent parts of […]
From Lone Star Ball | 3 months ago | 6 reads
Brandon Nimmo is well acquainted with the concept of top ten lists, as he currently ranks tenth in doubles, ninth in home runs, eighth in position player WAR, seventh in offensive WAR, sixth in runs scored, fifth in walks, and first in smiles across Mets history. Still, the act of choosing just ten moments to […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 3 months ago | 2 reads