With 11 Major League Baseball teams hovering within three games of .500 while even the mighty Dodgers have cobbled together a losing record thus far in July, the 2026 World Series may well hinge on which clubs are able to make the perfect trade deadline pickups.
The Carolina Hurricanes have lifted the 2026 Stanley Cup. The Toronto Maple Leafs (and Justin Bieber) have selected Gavin McKenna No. 1 overall in the 2026 NHL draft. The Ducks have matched the Flyers' gutsy offer sheet for Leo Carlsson, making him the highest-paid player in the league.
The dominant Canadian entity continues to make large-scale moves.
On Tuesday night, the Toronto Blue Jays continued their series with the Tampa Bay Rays in Canada.They lost by a score of 12-2.There are two more games left in the series (and the Blue Jays trail 2-0).Blue Jays Announce Release Of 26-Year-Old CatcherDuring their series with the Rays, news came out that the Blue Jays […]
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Kevin Gausman addressed the possibility that he just made his final home start with the Blue Jays before the trade deadline.
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Apparently the Rays needed to leave the country to get back on track. Their offense perked up in their 7-1 win on Monday night, but it caught on fire – in a good, and not a dumpster way— tonight. Every player other than Taylor Walls had a hit, and even Walls still managed to score […]
The Jays haven’t, obviously, been good this season. This week has felt like the bottom finally falling out, though. They’re now equidistant between the third wildcard and last place in the American League. Their run differential is tied with the last place Angels. It hasn’t been fun to watch, but after months of thinking they […]
The Leafs took plenty of risks this summer, but luck in the lottery gave them the flexibility to do so.
Sharp's strong defensive play and late Summer League surge caught the Clippers' attention.
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The Toronto Raptors aren’t always the biggest players in the offseason in terms of trade. However, after a largely decent 2025-26 season by the franchise’s standards, the front office is reportedly pursuing a roster makeover. The Raptors made a first postseason appearance since 2022 and would be looking to build on that high note. While […]
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The Toronto Blue Jays were blown out in the first of their three-game set against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday, and their swoon to the bottom of the American League East Division continued. From first to worst. The Jays are obviously, at this point, a team that must consider a sell-off as we approach the trade deadline in less than two weeks. " As much as Toronto doesn't want to chase its (2025) pennant run with a (2026) deadline sale, good organizations recognize that sometimes it's not...
Campbell earned his starting job in the NHL during his tenure with the Maple Leafs.
There were questions about whether the Celtics could repair their relationship with Jaylen Brown, just as there will be for the Raptors if they have to keep Brandon Ingram.
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the buzz over the weekend involving James van Riemsdyk to the Toronto Maple Leafs amounted to nothing, but there is still talk about Morgan Rielly.…
There has been a recent upheaval with the Toronto Maple Leafs in terms of both management and player personnel, along with coaching. However, several of their main figures on the ice remain in place, including Auston Matthews, William Nylander, and John Tavares.And while the future of Morgan Rielly has yet to be decided, one player […]
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The Toronto Blue Jays 2026 season started off on the wrong foot, and unfortunately, things have simply gotten worse and worse since that point, with the team falling into last place in the American League East.On the back of a loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, another disappointing offensive performance, Toronto are now 46-54 on […]
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Several former Raptors took the floor during Summer League looking for another opportunity. Here’s how they performed.
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The Toronto Blue Jays‘ season has gone from bad to worse. The team dropped another lopsided decision on Monday to […]
So I thought I’d go through this little exercise just for my own sense of ‘what the hell is going on’. Over the last 22 games, four weeks (with the All Star break in there), the Jays are 7-15. They’ve averaged 3.5 runs a game. Quite the stretch run. The batters are hitting .214/.272/.337….which makes […]
The Toronto Blue Jays are looking like a team with no choice but to sell at the trade deadline.
But sometimes the biggest change a team can make isn’t adding someone new. Sometimes it’s simply getting the players they already have back on the ice. Imagine what might happen…
The Toronto Maple Leafs have spent another offseason reshaping their roster. New faces have arrived, familiar ones have moved on, and with John Chayka and Jim Hiller now leading the…
It’s been a fun NHL offseason. There have been plenty of moves across the league, but things have quieted down significantly as we enter the dog days of summer. With…
It’s been a tremendously busy offseason for the Toronto Maple Leafs, a summer where the team has revamped every level of the organization. Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka worked tirelessly through Canada Day to retool the team, acquiring Sergei Bobrovsky as the headliner from his first free agency class, while executing a sign-and-trade for…
The NHL offseason has officially slowed to a crawl. The bulk of available players have found new homes, the insiders are on summer vacation, and the news cycle has slowed to the odd tidbit here or there. We already analyzed each Maple Leafs signing one by one as they happened, but a few weeks later, […]
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