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The San Francisco Giants are in town this weekend, and that means Luis Arráez is, too. Arráez was one of the more divisive names connected to the Colorado Rockies this winter. Plenty of fans wanted him. Plenty of others argued against it. He did not bring much power, the defensive fit was questionable, and the […]
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball is drawing to a close, which means it’s time to pick our Player of the Week! Sometimes you have to make decisions in life that aren’t necessarily easy. This week, I wanted to feature two players who had huge moments for the Giants this […]
The Arizona Cardinals lost a franchise-record 14 games last year. Anytime a team has that many losses in one season, heads are going to roll. And it began the day after the final game. Head coach Jonathan Gannon said he would be safe, yet he lost his job. So did his entire coaching staff. Many […]
Good morning Birdland, Last night’s game is likely to go down as one of the hardest—if not THE hardest—losses of the season. The Orioles had nearly a 97% chance of winning going into the seventh inning. They were ahead 5-0. It would have served as an impressive bounce-back from dropping Game 1 of the series […]
Ownership of Muhammad Ali’s 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” World Boxing Council title belt and of a uniform worn by Wilt Chamberlain as a high school player in 1954 are among the 11 high-value memorabilia items at issue in a new federal lawsuit brought by Collectable Sports Assets LLC (CSA) against sports memorabilia museum Sports […]
The Atlanta Braves continued the Carlos Carrasco saga ahead of Friday’s series opener. The club recalled right-hander Anthony Molina to Atlanta before designating Carrasco for assignment. The move marks the third time this season that Carrasco has been DFA’d. Assuming the same trend continues, he will rejoin the organization via a minor league deal. As […]
ESPN's Kevin Seifert recently revealed how there isn't much of a competition for the Minnesota Vikings QB1 job between Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy.
Jacob Misiorowski has vaulted himself into the Cy Young conversation by allowing one run in five May starts combined. He leads the league in strikeouts, strikeouts per nine, and hits per nine. He’s also throwing harder than literally any starter we’ve ever seen. (Probably.) And yet, despite Misiorowski’s unhittable stuff and 1.83 ERA (220 ERA+)*, […]
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: L, 6-5 vs. Worcester Red Sox SS George Lombard Jr. 0-3, 2 BB, K, SB — no hits, but getting on and causing troubleRF Spencer Jones 2-4, HR, RBI, BB, K — lucky no.13 on the year3B Oswaldo Cabrera 1-3, BB, K1B Tyler Hardman 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, KC Payton Henry 0-4LF […]
Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (28-26) ROCHESTER 9, SYRACUSE 8 / 11 (BOX) Syracuse scored seven runs in the third inning but managed to lose anyway. The Red Wings tied the game in the seventh initially, tallying two runs off Jonathan Pintaro. A Kevin Parada put the Mets back in front in the eighth, but Dylan Ross couldn’t hold […]
The Detroit Tigers’ struggles in the late innings continued on Friday night when they dropped the weekend series opener against the Chicago White Sox at Rate Park, 4-3, in extra innings. Troy Melton gave his team seven strong innings for a quality start and Will Vest got credit for holding a 2-1 lead through the […]
I find it funny that anything you read about Justin Wrobleski said he didn’t strike anyone out this season, yet in the first inning last night, he struck out the side. The only reason for that is simple: that’s baseball. On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
Cal Poly saw untapped potential where others saw middling numbers, helping transform Nick Bonn into one of college baseball's most dominant closers.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, please visit our Patreon. Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Enhanced Games and whether they would watch a baseball league where PEDS were explicitly permitted, Abner Uribe’s crotch-chop suspension, and (34:40) the most disappointing and surprising (in a positive way) teams […]
Just as it looked like the Yankees were swooning, they’ve pulled out of it. Five straight wins will do that, with New York now within 1.5 games of Tampa Bay and one off their highwater mark above .500 for the season. It’s times like these that the club’s stellar starting rotation feels so imposing; coming […]
Columbus Clippers 10, Toledo Mud Hens 7 (box) The Hens offense had a good night, but Carl Edwards Jr. and the Hens bullpen did not. Edwards Jr. is being stretched out as a starter for whatever reason. Probably because Scott Harris and Jeff Greenberg liked him as a Cubs reliever nearly a decade ago. Anyway, […]
A leaguewide top prospect ranking does not always provide full context for how a prospect stacks up to his peers at the same position, with different levels of depth at different positions on the diamond.
MLB Trade Rumors | Anthony Franco: We’re still a bit of a ways off from the Trade Deadline and the season leading up to it, but a picture is starting to be painted in regards to what the Yankees might do. Reports have the Yankees looking at relievers and catching options most notably. MLB.com | […]
After Brayden Randle's walkoff base hit won it in the 14th inning, Ole Miss advances to face Nebraska on Saturday night at the Lincoln Regional.
A drunken lifeguard. A laptop with no disk space. A millenial regularly buying and consuming avocado toast. The San Francisco Giants bullpen. What do they have in common? They’re not good at saving. That was the case Friday night at Coors Field, where the Colorado Rockies hit two home runs and scored five runs off […]
J.P. Crawford hit two homers, saved the go-ahead run, and then scored the winning run in extras. The Mariners returned to .500 with a 7-6 win over the Diamondbacks. Randy Arozarena picked up the final knock, lacing a double into the right center gap to score Crawford in the 10th. It was the 13th — […]
The Athletics as an organization have gotten themselves in a weird situation where they, as a major league team, are playing games in a minor league ballpark. The team themselves are a perfectly solid major league team, fighting atop an iffy AL West at this point of the season, with young talent that could make […]
Unlike most of his Chelsea compadres, Nicolas Jackson got to experience life on a winning team this season as Bayern Munich completed their latest league-and-cup double. He may not have featured as much as he might have wished, but he still managed to get into double digits for goals (11) for the fourth successive season, […]
Game Summary The Diamondbacks offense gave themselves plenty of scoring opportunities, but they couldn’t capitalize on quite enough to come away victorious in front of a raucous, sellout crowd in Seattle. The Snakes left a whopping 13 men on base and went 3 for 17 with RISP. Brutal. There were plenty of great individual stat […]
Mariners 7, Diamondbacks 6 ARI: Julio Rodríguez, +0.30 WPA AZ: Andrés Muñoz, -0.23 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day: