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The Cubs continue their early-season interleague tour through American League divisions. They began with an AL West club (Angels), played an AL Central team (Guardians) over the weekend, and now it’s an AL East matchup with the Rays, who come into this series with the same record as the Cubs — 4-5. But Tampa Bay […]
In last week’s episode of the podcast, I remarked on the new Orioles slogan for 2026, fly different, and how important it is that the O’s actually do things differently compared to last season. Since then, they’ve gone 1-5 and things are feeling all too familiar from what we’ve now been seeing since around the […]
Well, the good news is that the Atlanta Braves still have yet to lose a series here in 2026. By this time last year they were doing nearly nothing but losing, so I will happily take a 6-4 start over that shambolic 2-8 start that they had over the course of their first 10 games […]
Some of us hardcore fans track Royals players from the moment they are signed. Some of these players spend some time in Royals blue at the big league level, only to depart, others never make it to Kansas City, but continue their career bouncing around in other organizations. Some former Royals signed multi-year contracts last […]
Princeton, who played in a seventh straight NCAA Tournament, closed the 2026 as the No. 1 team in the Women’s Other Top 25. The Tigers finished 26-4 and garnered a 9-seed for the second time in the last three seasons. The Ivy League owned the top two spots in the final ranking as Columbia surged […]
With the current state of the Nationals being widely viewed as far from a legitimate contending window, fans should begin to get familiar with their next generation of top prospects. An impressive crop of talent tops the Washington prospect rankings, including SS Eli Willits, RHP Travis Sykora, and C Harry Ford, among others, but the […]
A series win over Florida has put new life into this Ole Miss baseball series though there are still major concerns ability of this team to score runs. For the time being, Ole Miss (22-11, 5-7 SEC) is in the bottom half of the conference standings with 18 SEC games to play. Unfortunately for the […]
1993 The divisional championship season began with a night game in Minnesota, and a big 10-5 win over the Twins. Tim Raines had a three-run home run, and scored two runs. The White Sox would wind up winning the division by eight games, compiling 94 victories. Jack McDowell picked up the first of his 22 wins on the year […]
After two weeks of voting, we have reached the championship matchup. No. 1 seed Saquon Barkley took down fellow No. 1 seed Tyler Warren 90.9%-9.1%, while No. 3 seed Trace McSorley took down No. 1 seed Micah Parsons 73.5%-26.5%, giving us the heavyweight battle of Saquon vs. Trace. Get your votes in. We’ll leave it […]
The latest news on your Houston Astros and from around MLB: This was the greatest defensive play I have ever seen Jose Altuve make. Range. Awareness. Accuracy. Timeliness. Pure Brilliance. Jose Altuve’s resurgence showing at plate and in field: Astros continue to make marks offensively: Fresh off his first career save, Cody Bolton will start […]
As we here at Pinstripe Alley continue to do our daily feature highlighting a Yankee birthday of the day, we’re probably going to come upon situations where someone we write about happens to have been in the news recently. In today’s case, it was for a sad reason. Today’s birthday is Ken Clay, who sadly […]
There has been plenty of discussion surrounding Kevin Cash’s lineup decisions. Cash addressed those concerns recently, noting that the team expects to experiment with different lineups throughout the season. Much of the focus has centered on Chandler Simpson’s place in the order and Junior Caminero’s lack of traditional lineup protection. It’s not a matter of […]
After a rough last half-plus of the homestand at the plate, the Dodgers in three days resurrected their offense against the Washington Nationals, ushering in a weekend sweep to secure a second winning week in a row. Beginning with a really good Friday in Washington D.C., the Dodgers battered Nationals starters in the first two […]
In the latest Rangers Reacts, we asked who the first reliever up from the minors would be. Josh Sborz was the leading selection, being picked by a quarter of respondents, followed by Alexis Diaz, Marc Church, and Peyton Gray. As luck would have it, we got the answer over the weekend, when Carter Baumler was […]
Not exactly the best week to face the Dodgers, as the Jays push through the weakest part of their schedule in 2026 going 4-5, topping it off being swept by the White Sox. The Jays have really struggled with their bullpen, with almost half their games going into extra innings, which is not something you […]
A deep dive into the Kansas City Royals, from the bullpen to the blogosphere. In this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast, host Jeremy “Hokius” Greco sits down with Craig Brown of Into the Fountains for an in-depth conversation on the current state of the Kansas City Royals. From recent series takeaways against the Brewers […]
The first few series of this season were supposed to be the easy ones for the Orioles. They had a better 2025 record than each of their first three opponents and they don’t play a team that was better than .500 a year ago until they meet the Guardians on April 16. Three series into […]
I’m not a huge fan of the Nationals or the Rockies. They’re bad teams that are annoying to watch, but the Phillies need to play them thanks to the MLB schedule. This past week, the Phillies were supposed to win a series against each team, yet were only able to accomplish that against one of […]
The Kansas City Royals will play their 10th game today, and went 4-5 in the first nine games of the year. Great? No. Awful? Also no. When the baseball season starts, it’s really hard to keep things in perspective. The season is 162 games for a reason: it takes a long time for trends to […]
Welcome to our first full-week version of this feature. The Cubs played six games over the past week and split them. In fact, they alternated wins and losses for the week, and in fact, have done so for the entire season to date. So they have had no winning or losing “streaks” longer than one […]
The Houston Astros announced that Cody Bolton will make the start for them tonight against the Colorado Rockies in Denver. The 28-year old journeyman made his first appearance for the Astros on March 31, picking up a 3 inning save against the Boston Red Sox. It was Bolton’s first career save. Now he will get […]
Another day of minor league baseball is in the books. See the results below. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (6-3) lost 2-0 (BOX SCORE) Ullola started for Sugar Land and struck out 8 over the first 4 innings before allowing a few runners in the 5th and getting pulled. The Jumbo Shrimp ended up scoring […]
Due to Easter, Worcester and Portland were the only two clubs to play baseball on Sunday, and the former had a double-header to play that ended up being quite the long afternoon due to some extra baseball. The result was satisfying, though. Let’s get into it. Worcester, Game 1: W, 4-2 (F/7) (BOX SCORE) With […]
In his first thirteen starts in 2025, Kodai Senga led all qualified starting pitchers in baseball with a 1.47 ERA. But even before he suffered a hamstring injury in mid-June that wound up derailing his season, it was reasonable to wonder whether or not his early-season performance was sustainable. Coming off a 2024 season that […]
Good morning! A frustrating, extra-innings loss yesterday to the Los Angeles Angels capped off a tough away series for the Mariners. While a three-run home run by Cole Young was a highlight of the 7-8 defeat, the Mariners will look to put this series behind them and prepare to face the Texas Rangers. A three-game […]