Well, if the Japanese sports front pages are to believed – take that figuratively or literally, at least in one case – infielder Kazuma Okamoto has three finalists for his services ahead of his January 4 posting expiration.
The front page of Nikkan Sports today has Kazuma Okamoto in an Angels, Padres, and Pirates hat as his posting window deadline looms. https://t.co/z1ZqcKABSd — Yakyu Cosmopolitan (@yakyucosmo) December 30, 2025
Maybe he’ll do a college decision-style video wi...
As a native New Yorker, the cold never bothered Ari Peña. Growing up much of his days were spent outside, watching and playing baseball. His passion for sports manifested into a continuing run with the New York Gay Flag Football League, which began over 15 years ago. Now for his day-to-day job, Peña serves as […]
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I touched on this appearance briefly in yesterday’s post in this series, about Victor Caratini. Ian Happ’s lone pitching appearance in the major leagues came in a game where Joe Maddon used three position players to finish up after the Cubs were hopelessly behind. Happ threw the top of the ninth inning July 20, 2018 […]
What do the Diamondbacks currently look for in pitcher acquisitions? Mike Hazen talked about his acquisition of Michael Soroka. What resonated with me, although it’s far from everything he said, is that there were five things that carried weight. Although some people might see it differently, here are the five things they looked for: How […]
Finding a young player who can weather the storm that comes with playing behind the plate is a tall task for professional scouts, as it takes a strong athlete to spend a full season calling games and taking hits while also trying to provide as much offensive value as possible. Elite catchers are as valuable […]
The Dallas Cowboys head into the 2025 regular-season finale against the New York Giants with 20 players set to hit free agency after the completion of the game. This we know. But, what we don’t know is which players could be joining them who are still under contract that may no longer be in the […]
2025 was, for all intents and purposes, a pretty bad year for the Washington Nationals. Expectations weren’t especially high, with most fans expecting a win total in the 70s and a few holding out with playoff hopes, but the team wasn’t able to achieve even that, finishing 66-96 and resulting in the firing of Manager […]
Cincinnati Reds shortstop prospect Edwin Arroyo hasn’t exactly had the meteoric rise many hoped for when he was acquired from the Seattle Mariners in the deal that sent Luis Castillo the other way. His 2024 season was completely wiped out by a shoulder injury suffered while diving into a base in spring training play at […]
With 2025 coming to a close, a lot of folks and production houses are doing the “best plays of 2025” thing, which I certainly do enjoy. Remembering stuff is fun.
I particularly appreciated, however, that Marquee also put out a top ten funny moments of the year from the 2025 Chicago Cubs season:
The Top 10 funny moments of the 2025 @Cubs season 😆 pic.twitter.com/iVqXmrawkt — Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) December 30, 2025
Not that this is the kind of list about whi...
The Rams have to play their starters against the Cardinals in Week 18 and the reason has nothing to do with playoff seeds. It’s because Sean McVay, Matthew Stafford, and the Rams can’t go into the playoffs having lost four of their last six games with handouts to teams like the Panthers, Falcons, and Cardinals. […]
Sorry, there was nothing posted yesterday. We hit the day between Christmas and New Year’s when friends and I had finished family time and had a friend’s time, which was very nice. And I tasted what I was told was Turkish whiskey, but as it was home-made (brought to Canada in a plastic Coke bottle), […]
The Jets are playing at this point for little beyond position in the 2026 NFL Draft. With the Falcons’ win over the Rams on Monday Night Football, the dream of the Jets landing the top pick has officially ended. The Jets currently sit third behind the Raiders and the Giants. At 2-14, the Raiders are […]
The end of the year gives us a chance to reflect and remember those we lost throughout the year. In the baseball world, we lost Hall of Famers Dave Parker and Ryne Sandberg, as well as baseball funnyman Bob Uecker. Other prominent baseball figures that passed away this year include Sandy Alomar, George Altman, Jim […]
Another holiday season is here, and with it more familial conversations about the Rays trading away their most important players and stars. Now that some dust has settled from the recent transactions, here’s a round up of evaluations of the Rays two recent trades of Brandon Lowe and Shane Baz from around the baseball blogging […]
As the 20th century entered its final decade, the Yankees were truly reaching a nadir in their franchise history. Yankee Stadium marking a full decade since its last taste of postseason baseball by the fall of 1991, owner George Steinbrenner turning over managers and GM’s faster than a sick person goes through a box of […]
In case you haven’t heard, the 2026 Mets will look very different from the teams we’ve rooted for over the past several years. The four longest-tenured Mets—Brandon Nimmo, Jeff McNeil, Pete Alonso, and Edwin Díaz—are all gone, having either been jettisoned from the team or allowed to walk away. The breaking up of this core […]
Here is a look at how the Las Vegas Raiders’ rookie class fared in a 34-10 home loss to the New York Giants on Sunday and looking ahead to Week 18’s season finale at home game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Ashton Jeanty: A week after one of his best games on the ground, the […]
Will Smith was one of the best offensive catchers during the 2025 regular season, as he was named to his third consecutive NL All-Star team and even registered some MVP votes. Despite suffering a hand injury that wiped out his final month of the regular season, he made his return in the postseason and delivered […]
With the transfer portal opening on Friday, January 2nd, Clemson is now racing to find an offensive coordinator. I would expect a coordinator to be announced by then or shortly thereafter. It would have been ideal to begin this process sooner, and there have likely been some feelers put out to candidates, but it seems […]
For all intents and purposes, the Dallas Cowboys’ 2025 season is over. While the Cowboys still have one game left to play against the New York Giants on Sunday, the game has no real meaning and will only impact both teams’ draft position. Both the Cowboys and Giants would benefit more from losing Sunday’s game […]
The sound of Edwin Díaz’s signature trumpets signaled more than a dramatic entrance from the bullpen; they were the overture to a serialized adventure story, the theme song to a Mets career which, from its first moment to its last, proved boundlessly entertaining and unpredictable. It began with one of the most instantly panned trades […]
What can history tell us about the Kansas City Royals’ next move and when should fans expect it? In this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast, hosts Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco take a big-picture look at the Royals’ offseason, identifying clear transaction patterns from recent years and what they could signal about the club’s […]
Continuing my look around the majors to see if any of the players rumored to be on the trade market make sense for the Phillies. Today, I’ll examine St. Louis Cardinals utility man Brendan Donovan. The background Donovan burst onto the scene in 2022, winning a Gold Glove award and finishing third in National League […]
Entering 2026, the Washington Nationals bullpen is loaded with uncertainty. The unit had the worst bullpen ERA in all of baseball last year, with a 5.59 mark. Rather than adding to the unit, Paul Toboni has made the group even worse on paper so far this offseason by trading presumptive closer Jose A. Ferrer to […]
Approaching the midway point of the season, the Rangers are still a middle of the pack team at best and can’t maintain any form of consistency as injuries continue to hold them back.