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Luis Perales’ Fastball Is In A Tier Of Its Own

Luis Perales made his Nationals Spring Training debut in the 4th inning versus the New York Mets yesterday, recording a scoreless inning with one walk allowed. He allowed 3 hard hit balls, but none found grass, with 2 flyouts and a lineout to center allowed. During his 24-pitch outing, Perales threw 33% fastballs and 67% […]

From Federal Baseball | 10 minutes ago | 0 reads

Justin Verlander will take the mound in a Tigers’ uniform today

This wasn’t something most of us ever thought we’d see again. When long-time ace and future Hall of Famer, Justin Verlander, was traded away on August 31, 2017, an eventual reunion seemed a lot more likely. With the Tigers going into rebuild mode, the hope at the time was that they might re-renter a competitive […]

From Bless You Boys | 10 minutes ago | 0 reads

WBC Wrap-Up: Czechs checked, full slate on deck

The vagaries of scheduling made yesterday a day chock full of Czechia baseball action… but unfortunately, it went pretty terribly for them. The early-morning (at least here on the East Coast of the United States) contest saw Czechia get absolutely clobbered by Korea. Starter Daniel Padysak didn’t even escape the first inning — two walks […]

From Talking Chop | about 1 hour ago | 0 reads

St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training Update from the Jupiter Complex

We got into Jupiter Wednesday 2/25 and stayed through Monday 3/2. Here is a rundown of various discoveries and observations outside of the game reports. This will be a fair amount of surface level observations. I will follow up with a couple more in-depth articles where it appears more attention is deserving. Ask questions, and […]

From Viva El Birdos | about 1 hour ago | 0 reads

Dodgers notes: Santiago Espinal, Alex Freeland, Blake Treinen

Three years ago, the Dodgers took a chance on outfielder Jason Heyward after a disappointing finish to his seven-year tenure with the Chicago Cubs. Although signed to a minor-league deal, Heyward eventually broke camp, had a bounce back season in 2023 and was able to prolong his career for another two years afterwards. Now, the […]

From True Blue LA | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads

Can UVA baseball start ACC play strong vs North Carolina?

It has been a whirlwind of a week for the Virginia Cavaliers. After pulling off a sweep over VCU, the ‘Hoos were embarrassed by Charlotte on Tuesday, getting shutout in run-rule fashion. Chris Pollard’s squad was able to bounce back with a 8-1 win over the 49ers the following day, behind big performances from A.J. […]

From Streaking The Lawn | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads

MLB Flashback: 1926

Another week, another Book Club. How else to get through February & March in MN besides baseball books and catching up on movies?! This time: Baseball in the Roaring Twenties by Thomas Wolf. The title is actually a misnomer, as the book focuses specifically on the year 1926. Overall, I found it to be a […]

From Twinkie Town | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads

Kansas City Royals news: Royals Release Spring Breakout roster

Anne Rogers has the skinny on the Royals Spring Breakout roster: What is Spring Breakout? In 2026, MLB Spring Breakout will again be a four-day event showcasing baseball’s future — the current stars of Minor League Baseball – in 16 exhibition games played between teams composed of each MLB organization’s top prospects. The third edition […]

From Royals Review | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads

Braves News: Additional roster cuts, spring training victory, and more

The Atlanta Braves continued trimming down the roster Thursday, announcing five more cuts. Jhancarlos Lara was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett, while Austin Pope, Jim Jarvis, Alex Lodise and Luke Waddell were reassigned to minor league camp. After these moves, there are 54 active players in camp.  None of the moves come as much of a […]

From Talking Chop | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads

Rangers' Vincent Trocheck Trade Down to 2 Teams

The New York Rangers fire sale continues, and GM Chris Drury is now accepting final trade offers for two-way center Vincent Trocheck. Trocheck was held out of Thursday's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs for 'roster management' purposes, and word is, the Detroit Red Wings and Carolina Hurricanes are making their final offers Friday morning, and Drury and company will mull them over and likely accept one of the two. At this point, it's a 90% certainty that Trocheck doesn't play another game ...

From NHL Trade Rumors | about 3 hours ago | 0 reads

2026 World Baseball Classic: Korea, Australia feast on Czechia

Welcome to Pinstripe Alley’s coverage of the 2026 World Baseball Classic! We previewed Pool A, Pool B, Pool C, and Pool D in the linked articles. Since the first several days of the WBC feature a bevy of games, we’ll be recapping them in batches. Enjoy! The WBC officially kicked off on Wednesday night (ET) […]

From Pinstripe Alley | about 3 hours ago | 0 reads

Chicago Cubs history unpacked — March 6

The Hawk* signs a blank check, Kirby Puckett departs this vale, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various narrative paths. “Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly, HoF Umpire. Today […]

From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 3 hours ago | 0 reads

Bernie’s Dugout Open Thread: 3/6-3/12

Greetings, Brew Crew Ball community. Welcome to March, as Opening Day is now just three weeks away! Feel free to use this thread to chat about (almost) anything you want: video games, food, movies, non-baseball sports, the Brewers, you name it. As long as it’s appropriate and is allowed by our moderators, it’s fair game […]

From Brew Crew Ball | about 3 hours ago | 0 reads

Mets announce Spring Breakout roster pool

One of the more exciting parts of spring training in recent years has been the annual Spring Breakout series of games in which top prospects across all levels of each of the thirty organizations square off. This year, Mets prospects will face Rays prospects on Thursday, March 19 at 7:10 PM EDT at Clover Field […]

From Amazin' Avenue | about 4 hours ago | 0 reads

Tyler Bell cleared to return to Kentucky

Kentucky Baseball will have its star sophomore shortstop back, Tyler Bell, after he was medically cleared to return, according to Derek Terry of Bat Cats Central. Bell is expected to make his return for Kentucky during the Wildcats’ three-game series against The Citadel this weekend. According to Jeff Drummond, Bell will have a limited role […]

From A Sea Of Blue | about 4 hours ago | 0 reads

What was the strangest late-career signing?

Spring training can often bring us some strange sights as players that have been with one or two franchises long-term suddenly pop up in new uniforms. Seeing stars change teams at their peak and don their new threads is one thing, but the guys who have been through most of their careers before popping up […]

From Pinstripe Alley | about 4 hours ago | 0 reads