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Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 9, Memphis Redbirds 1 (Game 1) The Tides played two on Sunday after Saturday’s schedule game was rained out. Game One was a good one. Levi Wells won his second start of the season with five one-run, four-hit innings. Wells allowed a run to St. Louis’s Triple-A affiliate on a two-out rally […]
Welcome to week 2 of our 2026 NL Central Power Rankings — let’s rank some teams! 1. Milwaukee Brewers (7-2); 4-2 this week; 57.2% chance to make postseason (FanGraphs) The Brewers stayed hot with two more series wins against interleague opponents this week, taking two of three from both the Rays and Royals to improve […]
The Arizona Cardinals will need to give the defense some new blood. They draft high in every round, so it’s expected that several blue-chip players will arrive shortly after April’s draft. The linebacker room is a good group. RELATED: ROUGH DRAFT RED MURDOCK PROFILE LB Mack Wilson was the leading tackler before he became injured […]
Good morning, baseball fans! It’s a new week of San Francisco Giants baseball, so let’s take a look at what’s on deck for this week! First up, the Giants welcome the Philadelphia Phillies to town for a three-game series starting tonight. After that, they will head east to start a road trip with a three-game […]
As most of you know, I was lucky enough to be invited to attend Winter Warmup as a reporter. Last year, I used that experience to write several season previews. Due to the late start of the top 20 prospect series (caused by waiting for Brendan Donovan to be traded), my Winter Warmup stories have […]
TJ Rumfield has had a whirlwind spring. First, he was traded from the New York Yankees to the Colorado Rockies in January in exchange for reliever Angel Chivilli. Then, he absolutely tore through spring training — hitting .286/.359/.554 with five home runs in 23 games. Additionally, he had more walks (5) than strikeouts (2). That […]
Salvador Perez talks about the big six-run inning that led to Saturday’s win. “I think every time we’re doing something good, everybody gets excited,” Perez said. “The guy behind me is trying to do his job, you know, just try to keep the line moving.” Anne Rogers has more on the rally. “India getting it […]
This isn’t a cop-out blog. I truly feel this way. I could sit here and give you fancy-dancy analysis, couldn’t I? I have done that before and I will do so again. I don’t think a 2-7 Red Sox start calls for that type of article, though. I’ve also done this crashout before. Dan Secatore, […]
Last Week’s Results Division Standings Last Week Top Pitching Performance of the Week Kyle Harrison got off to a great start in a Brewer uniform. Over two starts against the Rays and Royals, Harrison spanned 10 1/3 innings, allowing three runs and striking out a team-high 14 batters. Top Hitting Performance of the Week There […]
Yes hello his good to see you happy Monday yadayadayada who cares the Red Sox need to wake the fuck up. The season is far, far, far from over……..but 2-7 cannot be ignored. So, with a good club coming into play starting tonight, let me ask the OTM readers: Is today a must-win for the […]
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 16-5 at Rochester Red Wings LF Jasson Domínguez 2-6, 2 RBI, 2 K2B Oswaldo Cabrera 2-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 R, 1 BBCF Spencer Jones 1-5, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, 3 K — fifth inning grand slam made the lead nice and comfortableRF Yanquiel Fernández 2-6, 1 3B, […]
Happy Monday, Camden Chatters! It was not a happy weekend for the Orioles, who limped out of Pittsburgh after being swept. That was after losing two out of three to the Rangers, making them losers of five of their last six. It’s not really how any of us imagined the season starting. Yesterday’s game was […]
Free of charge for the discerning reader. This one has a work stoppage, and other stories. The Vulture, a birthday boy. Today in baseball history: Cubs birthdays: Rudy Schwenck, Don Elston, Phil Regan*, Thomas Diamond. Also notable: Mickey Cochrane HOF, Ernie Lombardi HOF, Bert Blyleven HOF. Today in History: Thanks for reading. À bientôt. * pictured
Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (5-4) SYRACUSE 5, TOLEDO 4 (BOX) As I was sitting down to start typing this report up yesterday afternoon, I took a quick look at Gameday and saw that the score was tied 3-3 in the bottom of the ninth. Barely a minute later, when I opened MS Word to start writing […]
You had to think that a weekend in Colorado would help the offense a bit. Then they went and scored three runs in two games. I can’t figure this offense out just yet. On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
While the Dodgers have won seven of their first nine games to sit atop the National League West, the rest of the division is off to a tough start to 2026, with none of the other four teams having a winning record. The Arizona Diamondbacks are in second place after the first three series of […]
The Yankees have gotten off to a 7-2 start, the best in the American League, and there’s obviously a lot going well to support that strong record. However, a perfect team the Yankees have not been, and the flaws have been notable especially in their two losses: the bottom of their lineup hasn’t given them […]
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Baseball and the fact that… hang on, are they figuring things out? In addition to being the first SEC series win of the season for the Tigers, the series win over the No. 24 [Kentucky] Wildcats marks the first road series win over a ranked […]
MLB | Bryan Hoch: Who said Giancarlo Stanton was just a stationary slugger? In Saturday’s 9-7 comeback win against the Marlins, Stanton showed that he has more tools in his bag besides clobbering homers. After drawing a leadoff walk in the seventh inning, Stanton took advantage of the Marlins’ lax defense and stole his first […]
Gameweek 31 was full of surprises. Some of the big teams did not play well, while smaller sides stepped up. A few Champions League hopefuls stumbled, and teams fighting relegation showed new energy. There were also some huge upsets. Liverpool fell to Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea lost heavily to Everton. The relegation battle […]
It was an eventful long weekend for Jays news. The big one was that Alejandro Kirk fractured and dislocated his thumb on an Austin Hays foul tip late in Friday’s game. His actual prognosis won’t be known until he meets with specialists on Monday. In the best case scenario, though, it’ll be several weeks before […]
If you were curious to what the “2026 A’s experience” was going to be like, you should’ve attended these past three games in West Sac like I did. Over the course of a 72-hour period, they blew out a division rival, got blown out by a division rival, went eleven innings deep against a division […]
Nashville Sounds 7, Charlotte Knights 5 (Gameday Box)Even though he tossed four walks, Tanner McDougal navigated his control issues fairly well, allowing just one run on a solo home run in the fourth, giving up two total hits and striking out three in his five innings. The unfortunate part of his outing was that the […]
Pre-game The Cardinals enter their April 5th, 2026 matchup vs the Tigers in Detroit with the 10th highest runs per 9 scored in the NL, but their 5.38 average runs allowed per game is the 4th worst in all of baseball. Prior to the game, the Cardinals were tied with the Cubs at the bottom […]
A day after the Tigers secured the series victory — but lost Justin Verlander to the Injured List with a hip problem — they went for the series sweep on a chilly, breezy Sunday night. A costly throwing error by a Tigers pitcher against the Cardinals (déja-vu, anyone?) undid an early lead and sent Detroit […]