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Every baseball game has a story. That’s what makes the game so great. Here were some of the narratives working their way through my head as we entered today’s Orioles-White Sox contest: Will the Orioles get back to .500 and keep pace in the AL East? Will the offense find itself against a bad Chicago […]
The Red Sox needed 12 games to do it, but Boston secured its first series victory of the season. The 5-0 getaway day win over the Milwaukee Brewers clinched the series over the reigning National League Central champions. Starting pitching did indeed prevent runs and the offense did its job in a productive third inning. […]
Davey Lopes was an outstanding second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers for most of the 1970s and early 1980s, playing for them in four World Series and getting a ring in 1981. He was part of a famous infield that included Steve Garvey, Bill Russell and another guy who later played for the Cubs, […]
Chewing up pitch counts: José A. Ferrer, +.02 WPA Quick outs (derogatory): Bryan Woo, -.10 WPA Game Thread Comments of the Day:
The Texas Rangers scored three runs while the Seattle Mariners scored zero runs. We had ourselves a real Shed classic today with two good starters on the mound and runs at a premium. Zeros were traded between Texas’ MacKenzie Gore and Seattle’s Bryan Woo before the Rangers finally broke through with a crooked number inning […]
The Huskies started slow but are surging of late. How is each position group faring?
The last three World Series winners will be represented in the series opener between the Dodgers and Texas Rangers on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. The Rangers after winning the 2023 Fall Classic went 78-84 in 2024 and 81-81 in 2025. This year, former Dodgers infielder Skip Schumaker is in his first year managing in […]
Wednesday notes… Cubs lineup: Rays lineup: Colin Rea, RHP vs. Joe Boyle, RHP For the second year in a row, Colin Rea is being asked to step into the rotation to replace an injured starter. Last year in place of Justin Steele, Rea was really good. Over his first seven starts after taking Steele’s rotation […]
Cubs 6, Rays 2: Nico Hoerner’s three hits and first homer lead the way 2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 12 Cubs vs. Rays, Wednesday 4/8, 5:40 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Tampa Bay Rays preview, Wednesday 4/8, 5:40 CT
Box Score It ends up being just a .500 road trip for the Brewers across Kansas City and Boston as Milwaukee dropped the rubber match Wednesday afternoon against the Red Sox, 5-0. Sonny Gray had the goods from the beginning. The Brewers were able to get some traffic on the bases against him, but could […]
The updated verdict is out for Los Angeles Angels’ Jorge Soler and Atlanta Braves’ Reynaldo López. Both players were initially set to receive a seven-game suspension following last night’s viral altercation, per Jeff Passan. However, after filing an appeal, less than an hour later, AJC Braves beat writer Chad Bishop reported that López had gotten […]
Typically, when a two-year starter from the Ravens’ offensive line hits free agency, they are signed immediately, often to a market-level deal. Daniel Faalele received no such treatment. Despite starting every game at right guard for the past two years, he went unsigned for almost a month into the new league year. The only team […]
It was a rough start to the game today in Cleveland. Cole Ragans took the hill in the bottom of the first and started out by striking out Kwan and Martinez. It was looking like he might be dominant, which the Royals could have used going for the series win. Then Jose Ramirez singled off […]
I don’t know about you, but I sure am happy that Minor League Baseball is back. It’s probably easier to be excited about the Minors since the San Francisco Giants aren’t worth being excited about, but it’s also just great having so much baseball around, and optimism in the air. All four of the Giants […]
The Masters has always felt like the dance partner to baseball’s Opening Day. Both seemingly will Mother Nature to push spring north, allowing everyone to begin to thaw and return to the green grass that calls to us. In the sports world, it often feels like most roads eventually lead to golf: a sport designed […]
The Los Angeles Chargers are monitoring the trade market for defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, who requested to be traded by the New York Giants. The Giants drafted him in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft and have been his home for the first seven seasons of his NFL career. With a new head […]
The St. Louis Cardinals will wrap up the first road trip of the 2026 season with a Wednesday afternoon contest against an old friend. While the Cardinals have Michael McGreevy scheduled to make the afternoon start, the Washington Nationals will send Ron Burgundy Miles Mikolas to the mound. Miles has had a rough start to […]
After soccer pro Nacho Lago made headlines, gay basketball pro Sebastian Vega is among those praising the player’s courage. The post Trailblazing gay athlete reacts to pro soccer player’s boyfriend news appeared first on Outsports .
It’s time to paste the Statcast graphic into the body of this post because it wasn’t available when I was doing the lineups post, and also, for the Braves to have a successful West Coast-ish road trip and continue to be unbeaten series-wise in 2026, right? Oy.
After the bullpen blew it again, the Nats need to get off the mat. Last night was a really disheartening loss that showed just how bad this bullpen is. The offense continues to get the job done though, which is really exciting for the present and future of the club. With a righty on the […]
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS METS Ketel Marte – DH Francisco Lindor – SS Corbin Carroll – RF Bo Bichette – 3B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Jorge Polanco – DH Gabriel Moreno – C Luis Robert – CF Nolan Arenado – 3B Brett Baty – RF Ildemaro Vargas – 2B Mark Vientos – 1B Jose Fernandez – […]
Today was the official kick off press conference for the June 27 super welterweight title fight between unified champion Xander Zayas defending against Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis. During today’s press event both fighters shared some thoughts on their impending battle and engaged in a little repartee. Check out some excerpts from both with the full video […]
Time for Part 2 of this brief series on early season data points, I was hoping there might be more positives to take away from yesterdays game but alas the beat or baseball season goes on. Today I will be taking a look at a group of lefty hitters where half of them are off […]
The San Francisco Giants wrap up this series against the Philadelphia Phillies this afternoon from Oracle Park. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Tyler Mahle, who enters today’s game with a 7.00 ERA, 5.04 FIP, with nine strikeouts to three walks in nine innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ […]
Davey Lopes, the best second baseman in Los Angeles Dodgers history, died on Wednesday at age 80, the team announced. Lopes was the oldest member of the Dodgers’ famed infield — the quartet of Lopes, Steve Garvey, Ron Cey, and Bill Russell were regulars for 8 1/2 years, the longest-running infield in major league history […]