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The Nats bats responded in a big way last night after getting crushed 11-3 on Tuesday, dropping 15 of their own en route to a 15-2 victory. Miles Mikolas made his deepest start of the year, going 5 1/3 innings and allowing 2 runs, before handing it off to Mitchell Parker and newest National Zak […]
Today’s roster move: Here Thursday notes… Cubs lineup: Reds lineup: Shōta Imanaga, LHP vs. Rhett Lowder, RHP Shōta Imanaga has just been excellent this year. A couple of starts have been not-great, but overall his numbers are outstanding, especially regarding long balls, considering his issues with them last year. He has allowed just three home […]
Let’s think about the horizon for the St. Louis Cardinals. Is it too early in the rebuild to do this? Yes, of course. Are there more ups and downs coming than a prairie dog in the summer? No doubt. But, isn’t this what it is to be a fan? I love a numbers deep dive […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 38 Cubs 8, Reds 3: Shōta Imanaga and Michael Conforto lead the team to its ninth straight win Cubs vs. Reds, Thursday 5/7, 1:20 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds preview, Thursday 5/7, 1:20 CT
First Pitch (CT): 12:05 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN/830 WCCO/102.9 The Wolf /Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Federal Baseball After what we’ve seen from the Twins’ bullpen of late, we might need a stronger word than “implosion” to describe what’s happening. It’s unlikely to get better today with Simeon Woods Richardson amid arguably the worst stretch of his […]
It’s getaway day game time at the Stadium! The Yankees are up bright and early for a 12:35 pm start as they host the Rangers, seeking to win their sixth consecutive series. The Bombers outslugged Texas and handed a second loss to Jacob deGrom in the opener, before suffering a second defeat at the hands […]
Ah, the Atlanta Braves and the West Coast. It’s truly a match made in the underworld as far as the Braves are concerned, as the games always just feel like they go one of two ways: Miserable slogs that have you like “I stayed up all night for this?” or miserable slogs that result in […]
We are rapidly approaching the one-quarter mark of the 2026 season. It’s already been a roller coaster ride; the Royals had an eight-game losing streak, which caused some to write the team off. They followed that up by winning 10 of 14 and now stand at 17-20, only 1.5 games of the division lead. They’ve […]
Prior to Thursday afternoon’s game against the Rangers, the Yankees called up right-handed pitcher Brendan Beck. The 27-year-old has been with Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre all season, and will likely make his big-league debut against Texas. Across seven starts and 37 innings to this point in 2026, Beck’s results have been so-so. The righty has managed […]
The Cubs, needing an extra arm in the bullpen for Thursday’s game, today recalled right-handed reliever Gavin Hollowell from Triple-A Iowa. Hollowell pitched in six games for Iowa, covering eight innings, with a 2.25 ERA and 15 strikeouts. To make room for Hollowell on the 26-man active roster, right-hander Corbin Martin was designated for assignment. […]
Texas Rangers @ New York Yankees Thursday, May 7, 2026, 11:35 AM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) Yankee Stadium LHP MacKenzie Gore vs. RHP Paul Blackburn Today’s Lineups RANGERS YANKEES Brandon Nimmo – DH Paul Goldschmidt – 1B Ezequiel Duran – LF Aaron Judge – DH Corey Seager – SS Cody Bellinger […]
The Jays don’t play today, so I figured we’d do the open thread today. There isn’t all that much for Jays news, as we wait to hear who leaves to make room for Addison Barger. It will be interesting, I’m not sure who I’d pick. Since Barger is a left-handed batter, a lefty batter would […]
Very recently, I wrote an article here talking about the opportunity presented to the Yankees in 2026, competing for the top spot in an American League that lacked standout clubs. Some of their potential biggest adversaries were dealing with more than their fair share of issues in the Blue Jays and Mariners. Since then, the […]
Ho hum, anyone see anything interesting on Wednesday night? With all due respect to the 2016 Cubs, this team is becoming the most “must watch” Cub team of my lifetime. That ‘16 team was a rampaging juggernaut. But that was like sitting down and watching Michelangelo bang out a work of art. You expected them […]
Worcester: L, 7-9 (F/10) (BOX SCORE) The biggest story out of this topsy-turvy game was that Justin Slaten, a couple days removed from his opener in Portland, made another rehab start and struck out two, including Oswaldo Cabrera, while allowing a hit and walking a batter in his inning of work. He also retired Anthony […]
It is said that a leopard can’t change its spots. Change is a necessary part of success as a ballplayer, and thus, leopards do not play baseball (please note, per the Air Bud clause, that this is not technically banned). Bryson Stott cannot be suspected of being a leopard in disguise, despite his cat-like swiftness, […]
Both this season and last, there’s been lots of focus on whether we’d make the playoffs. Whether we’d ‘sneak in’ on the final day, be ‘in and around’ the playoffs for the new season or be able to ‘get back in contention’ over the final few weeks. And eventually, a sense that, although ‘at one […]
The Arizona Cardinals drafted a young quarterback in this year’s NFL draft with the selection of Carson Beck from the University of Miami. With that pick, the quarterback room swelled to four athletes. Most NFL clubs only keep three guys going into Week 1, plus another on the practice squad. The Cardinals QB room includes […]
Another day of minor league baseball is in the books. See the results below. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (17-18) lost 12-2 (BOX SCORE) Ullola started for Sugar Land but struggled allowing 5 runs over 4 innings. The offense got on the board in the 4th on a Price RBI single. The pen struggled allowing […]
Welcome to the inaugural BYB Book Club discussion. Our April pick for the book club was Unhittable by Rob Friedman, aka Pitching Ninja. If you’ve read the book (even if you didn’t finish it, we’re not going to check), we’d love for you to participate in this open thread discussion about it. Below we’ve put […]
The Yankees bullpen has stabilized somewhat of late, posting a sub-1.00 ERA in the month of May. A lot of this is driven by a left-on-base rate of around 90-percent, which is likely to regress from its unsustainably high point. All the same, leads have felt safer than in the first few weeks of the […]
Texas Rangers lineup for May 7, 2026 against the New York Yankees: starting pitchers are MacKenzie Gore for the Rangers and Paul Blackburn for the Yankees. Texas plays a very early game in New York today. It is the final game of the road trip, and will determine whether the Rangers win or lose this […]
After his first couple starts, it looked like Miles Mikolas’ career was over. The 37 year old was booed off the mound in the home opener against the Dodgers and became the face of the Nats pitching ineptitude. However, since that 11 run disaster of an outing, Mikolas is slowly turning his season around. Last […]
Three wins and a postponement. Not bad for a day’s work in the Dodgers’ minor league system, with the Comets now moving to a record above .500, earning their 18th win of the year in 35 games. Player of the day Right at the core of a terrific team performance on the offensive side of […]
Despite dropping four out of five games to start the month of May, the A’s still have some names hovering atop the hitting leaderboards. In fact, at this point, thirty-six games into the season, they have at least one player in the top five of five of eight hitting categories in the American League. Here’s […]