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The Mets, after posting a 7-19 record in April and falling to 10-21 on the season, do not plan to fire Carlos Mendoza, David Stearns confirmed on Friday. Elaborating upon those remarks, Stearns told MLB.com, “We know our record is not what we want, and we know we are capable of more. We don’t view […]
After responding with authority to their game one loss on Wednesday night, dropping a 14-run barrage on the Mets’ head and winning 14-2, they came into Thursday night looking to steal the series and make it a 4-2 road trip overall. They trailed entering the late innings, but their fortunes changed when CJ Abrams launched […]
The trade deadline is where championships are often won—but not always by the names on the front of the jersey. In this week’s edition of Random Cardinal of the Week, Jim Plaza dives into the short but legendary St. Louis stint of second baseman Ronnie Belliard. Acquired at the 2006 deadline for Hector Luna, Belliard […]
The Arizona Cardinals had seven draft picks in the 2026 NFL Draft and then followed it up with seven undrafted free agents. Over the next couple of days we will take a look at each of undrafted free agents to get to know them a bit, but also so they get their chance to show […]
A look back at the first baseball month of the season, with all of April plus five days of March. March/April stats 20-11 record167 runs scored (5.39 per game, 4th in MLB)101 runs allowed (3.26 per game 1st in MLB).715 pythagorean win percentage (22-9) The usual caveat For most of baseball history, the season ran […]
Coming off back to back losing seasons, Baseball’s intellgentsia and proprietary projection systems had it out for the Tampa Bay Rays this past winter. MLB.com ranked them 22nd before a pitch was even thrown and a pair of experts didn’t predict them to be competitve in the Wild Card race. PECOTA projected 81 or 82 […]
For all the consternation about the Mariners’ slow start in April, they wound up finishing the month with a .500 record thanks to two straight series wins on the road. Despite sitting a game and a half behind the A’s in the division, FanGraphs gives Seattle coin flip odds to win the AL West (54.4%) […]
Every day, Pinstripe Alley offers updates on what the Yankees’ top American League opponents are up to through the Rivalry Roundup. The AL East is well-trodden ground there, but with the season’s final month upon us, we’re going to take a peek around MLB as a whole and check in with each of the other five divisions. […]
The trade between the Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays in November 2022 didn’t make a lot of headlines. Part of that is because people – including those who live in Florida – don’t pay all that much attention to the two Florida teams. More importantly, the trade didn’t involve any headline talent. In exchange […]
The San Diego Padres kick off the MLB Pride Night season by finally allowing fans to attend and watch the RuPaul's Drag Race finale.
Daniel Palencia news: Friday notes… Cubs lineup: Diamondbacks lineup: Colin Rea, RHP vs. Zac Gallen, RHP Colin Rea was going along just fine when the Dodgers torched him pretty good over the weekend. That out of the way, Rea has been solid this year (and was last year, too). I don’t think one bad start […]
Jordan Walker’s first month has contained some of the highest highs any player is ever going to reach, and some familiar lows. How do we rationalize what we’ve seen so far? We’re about one month into the baseball season for the 2026 St. Louis Cardinals. In the grand sweep of the season, this is but […]
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Somerset Patriots 9, Portland Sea Dogs 6 (BOX) Franklin Arias went four games without hitting a home run and I was starting to get concerned. That changed in dramatic fashion in the top of the ninth on Thursday night, when Arias tied the Sea Dogs game at 6-6 on a two run bomb to center. […]
The New York Mets (10-21) travel across the continent to face the Los Angeles Angels (12-20) for the start of (another) western swing. At this very moment, the Mets are having one of the three worst starts to a season in franchise history, being even more inept at baseball than the famously inept 1962 Mets, […]
Barcelona have pretty big plans for the summer as they try to give Hansi Flick a better, more complete squad to compete in all fronts next season. But they might have to make some tough decisions. The dream signings are well known — Julián Alvarez and Alessandro Bastoni are the favorite striker and center-back targets […]
Past summaries: How did the Braves do recently? The Braves went 10-3 since we last checked in. No team did better; the Yankees and Cubs matched this pace from April 16 through the end of the month. That’s a 125-win pace over a full season, which is absurd… but that’s what the Braves managed. The […]
Another week, another Baseball America staff draft to cover. Why not? I love the draft, probably because it was the only chance for hope for much of the Al Avila years; even now, with the Detroit Tigers in first place, I can’t shake the habit. So here we are yet again. A ‘Staff Draft’ is […]
For much of his professional career, Cade Cavalli was somewhat of a myth to Nationals fans. A 2020 1st round pick with loads of upside, blazing his way through the minor leagues with electrifying stuff. He got a taste of the bigs in 2022, but an elbow injury during 2023 Spring Training kept him out […]
April offered an early snapshot of who the Royals are – for better and worse. Mostly worse. The Royals ended the month tied for the fourth-worst record in baseball. While they’re not an expensive flaming dumpster fire like the Mets, Phillies, or Red Sox, the start is a huge disappointment for a team that had […]
We are now in May, and we already looked at pitching highlights of April, so let’s shift the focus to the offense. Andy Pages got off to a scorching start, won National League player of the week, and during the month hit .321/.366/.518 with a 145 wRC+. He leads the team in hits (36) and […]
Brian Cashman was ready for a change. A 36-year-old Robin Ventura was showing signs of wear, slashing just .251/.344/.392. On a star-studded Yankees roster, his spot at third base seemed the most plausible position to upgrade. It just so happened that the Reds were in the midst of a fire sale and were looking to […]
The Athletics are out to a better-than-expected start as they sit atop the division with a 17-14 record and a one-and-a-half game lead over the Seattle Mariners. It’s only the first month of the season but April went about as good as you could hope for the A’s as they have the third-best record in […]
Rick Rizzs Happy Totals: 16Dan Wilson Tough One Tonights: 16Run Differential: +7 2025: 18-12, +232024: 17-13, +122023: 12-16, +12022: 11-10, +16 wRC+: 105 (7th)Rotation ERA-/FIP-: 98/97 (15th)/(12th)Bullpen ERA-/FIP-: 84/86 (7th)/(6th)OAA: -15 (30th)BsR: -0.9 (23rd) Mariners fWAR leader: Randy Arozarena, 1.1Mariners rWAR leader: Cole Young, 1.9 Beef Boy Bombs: 7Josh Naylor SB: 4 for 6Julio K%: […]
Mizzou Athletic Director Laird Veatch has received a three-year contract extension, the University of Missouri announced on Friday morning. “The momentum of Mizzou Athletics is undeniable thanks to the incredible leadership of Athletic Director Veatch,” said University of Missouri President Mun Choi in a press release. “We are a powerhouse in the SEC and a source of […]