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Kazuma Okamoto is the next position player from Japan expected to sign with an MLB team and there are some prognosticators who believe he will be a better major league player than Masataka Murakami who recently signed a two-year, $34 million deal with the Chicago White Sox. Okamoto has to sign a deal prior to […]
Monday, December 29 MBB: Omaha recap – CDWBB v Michigan 6pm PT FS1 – BW Tuesday, December 30 WBB: Michigan recap – BWEditorial – KF Thursday, January 1 Football CFP Qtrs v Texas Tech 9am PT ESPN – DCUWBB v Northwestern 2pm PT B1G+ – DCUFootball: CFP Qtrs recap – BW Friday, January 2 WBB: […]
We finish our trip through the diamond in right field. Ironically, the combined output by the two primary right fielders is one of the more disappointing parts of the 2025 season, but these two players might be a biggest part of the hope for growth. Ultimately, where this team goes depends greatly on where these […]
Just a few more days left of having to catch myself when trying to reference the previous season and the following season, without simply being able to say “this year” or “last year” in a very clean and easy way. It’s TBD what it’ll actually mean , but The Athletic is reporting that, “The expectation is for Baltimore to remain in the market for starting pitching help” even after re-signing Zach Eflin last night . My hope is that they’re out, so that they aren’t additional competition on...
From now until the end of the year, Camden Chat writers will be revisiting some of the biggest moments and storylines of the disappointing 2025 Orioles season. The Orioles and Dodgers had very different seasons. One team stumbled all over itself to begin the year, fired their manager, dealt with a ridiculous number of injuries, […]
There are certain things in life that are just a certainty. Marrying for love will always trump marrying for money. Change will always exist. Mankind will continue to seek the meaning of life. The love of a mother never wavers. No such thing as being too kind to others. And that last Oreo will get […]
Team news [SI] Diamondbacks 2026 Projections Reveal Some Surprises – The bullpen is projected to get positive contributions from many of the young relievers acquired in trade at the 2025 trade deadline, as well as previous internal options. Below table is sorted by projected innings pitched. The 4.01 projected ERA would represent an incredible improvement […]
It’s still the offseason in MLB, a slow slog towards spring training. We usually think of the winter meetings as the time when most of the action occurs, yet here we are on December 29 and there are still a ton of free agents that need a home before equipment trucks depart for Arizona and […]
Good morning. Evan Grant explains his Hall of Fame ballot. Paul Casella notes that Andrew Heaney — one of only a few people in human history to be the winning pitcher in a World Series game for the Texas Rangers — is calling it a career. Grant notes that the Rangers signed veteran right hander […]
Good morning! Bobby Dalbec, the Red Sox once and future first baseman, is out of Major League Baseball. After playing in just seven games with the White Sox last year, Dalbec signed a one-year deal with the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, one of the most successful and famous clubs in the sport. Nippon Professional Baseball is […]
Welcome back to the 2025-26 edition of Smash or Pass, in which we examine potential free agent and trade targets to determine whether the Red Sox should pursue them and what it would take to land them. Next up, a future Hall of Famer who is still hanging on. There are Top 50 free agent lists complied […]
Meet the Mets The 2025 Mets are dead and the 2026 Mets are dormant for now, so the official team YouTube uploaded a full Mike Piazza at-bat from the summer of 2001 which eventually ends in a walk-off home run. A few years of waiting after a trash can-adjacent cheating scheme blew his shot at […]
The Carolina Hurricanes are -182 favorites over the New York Rangers (+151) playing on home ice on Monday at Lenovo Center in Raleigh. Watch the NHL on Fubo! Hurricanes vs. Rangers Favorite, Moneyline, Total Favorite: Hurricanes (-182) Underdog: Rangers (+151) Total: 5.5 Best Hurricanes vs. Rangers Promo Codes How to Watch Hurricanes vs. Rangers Date: Monday, December 29, 2025 Time: 7 p.m. ET How to watch on TV: ESPN+ Location: Raleigh, North Carolina Venue: Len...
With Christmas in the rear view mirror and start of a new week here, it could make sense for some more free agents to find new homes in the coming days. While still in the midst of the holiday season, recent years have shown activity can still be fast and furious. Perhaps the Braves can […]
The Milwaukee Brewers have had their share of breakout players in recent seasons. In 2023, it was William Contreras and Hoby Milner. In 2024, it was Brice Turang, Jackson Chourio, Tobias Myers, and Bryan Hudson. In 2025, it was Sal Frelick, Caleb Durbin, Quinn Priester, and Chad Patrick. Those groups could obviously be expanded some […]
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MLB.com lists a comeback candidate for each team. Royals: 2B Jonathan IndiaIndia had a tough first season with the Royals after they acquired him to be their leadoff man in a trade with the Reds following the 2024 season. His stats across the board were down, slashing .233/.323/.346 with an 89 wRC+. However, his strikeout rate […]
We’re in the holiday dead zone. Christmas has come and passed. Hanukkah long since ended. New Year’s isn’t here yet, and Kwanzaa is bridging the finished holidays and the yet-to-arrive one. It’s usually all quiet on the baseball front, but not everyone has gotten the message. Over the weekend, among other moves that were made, […]
It’s the mysterious week between the holidays here in Wisconsin, a snowstorm is coming, and we’re still waiting to see if the Brewers are going to trade their ace, their closer, or sign a backup catcher. So let’s keep thinking about the Brewers of the past. Today’s installment is a middle infielder who was a […]
I am going to say a controversial statement that also feels difficult to argue is false. The Cardinals minor league pitching depth right now is the greatest it’s ever been, at least since the Cardinals owned 70% of the minor league teams because Branch Rickey created the farm system. The major league pitching is not […]
Good morning. Most of our stories today come from state-approved media—i.e. MLB dot com—because it seems like most of the rest of the baseball media took the weekend off, as well as most of the front offices and free agents.
The Colorado Rockies have gone quiet as they have filled out most of their coaching staff and front office to begin the rebuild. There has been little news from 20th and Blake with the winter holidays making way for the end of 2025 and the start of 2026. There will no doubt be much more […]
There’s always been an inherent charm to the Bad Boy Mower’s Pinstripe Bowl. As a big fan of college football and the Yankees, I always try to tune into the Pinstripe Bowl whenever I can, even if the teams competing are usually entering with six or seven wins. As a Penn State student, a secret […]
Braves Franchise History 1932 – Shanty Hogan, who started his career with the Boston Braves, is purchased by the Braves after five years as the regular catcher for the New York Giants. Boston pays $25,000 for Hogan, who will finish his career with a .295 batting average. 1938 – The Boston Bees acquire Al Simmons […]
1939 The White Sox sold backup catcher Norm Schlueter and outfielder Hank Steinbacher to the St. Louis Browns. Both players were coming off of negative-WAR seasons, although Steinbacher had been a 1.9 WAR player as recently as 1938. This marked the third purchase the Browns had made from the White Sox in December 1939, and […]