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It feels like the Athletics are on the precipice of something great. For all the difficulties the organization has had with its ugly breakup with the city of Oakland and the will-they-won’t-they future in Las Vegas, the actual on-field baseball product looks very promising. There’s a very strong core already established on the position player […]
Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: For the Red Sox: Let’s talk about it.
Ricky Tiedemann is a 23-year-old, left-handed pitcher. The Jays picked him in the third round of the 2021 draft. He was added to the 40-man roster on November 18th, 2025. He’ll be using his first option year this year. As you know, he had Tommy John surgery in August of 2024, missing all of the […]
The Houston Astros (2-6-3) travel to Jupiter, FL to take on the Miami Marlins (4-6). RHP Tatsuya Imai is set to make his second start of the Spring and will be opposed by 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner RHP Sandy Alcantara. ABOUT IMAI: In January, the Astros signed free agent RHP Tatsuya Imai to […]
Daniel Jesus Palencia, the 26-year-old Venezuelan native, is the Cubs’ current closer. It’s his second year in the top spot, and so far he looks like he plans to stay there. Palencia throws the ball hard and has evidenced decent control of his offerings. Last year, he had a losing record (1-6), but also logged […]
*In an effort to make the nomination voting easier for everyone, I will comment, “NOMINATIONS”, and you may reply to that with your picks and upvote the player you’d like to see on the next nominee list. The voting continues and the winner of this round of voting is right-handed reliever Yunior Tur. A 26-year-old out of […]
Maryland baseball is back on the road to Troy, Alabama, after a three-game home-opener sweep against Wagner was followed by a 7-3 victory against Delaware on Wednesday. The Terps hope to continue their five-game win streak, a mark they haven’t achieved since the 2023 season. The series will begin on Friday at Riddle-Pace Field at […]
De Lander and her husband, pro wrestler Mance Warner, are reportedly leaving TNA as early as later this month. The post Out pro wrestler Steph De Lander reportedly leaving TNA Wrestling appeared first on Outsports .
For a while now, it’s felt like most of the National League Central is just a step behind. In four of the last five seasons, the Milwaukee Brewers have walked away division champions, oftentimes by some distance. The only exception in the span was the St. Louis Cardinals, back in 2022. However, since that 2022 […]
In 2025, a lot of ink was spilled on Nolan McLean and Jonah Tong, and understandably so. McLean started the season with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, posted a 1.37 ERA in 26.1 innings with them, then a 2.78 ERA in 87.1 innings with the Syracuse Mets, and then dazzled the baseball world with a 2.44 […]
Spring is a time for new beginnings. Flowers bloom. Creatures small and large emerge from their hibernation. Birdsong returns to sunny mornings. Statcast releases new data. I think that last one is the most beautiful of all. Baseball Savant just released new data on the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System for us to peruse. It’s got […]
With the 2025 Texas Rangers season having come to an end, we shall be, over the course of the offseason, taking a look at every player who appeared in a major league game for the Texas Rangers in 2025. Today we are looking at relief pitcher Chris Martin. Chris Martin is very tall. Martin is […]
The Cincinnati Reds will open their 2026 season on March 26th in Great American Ball Park with the Boston Red Sox in town. Cincinnati’s Cactus League slate at their home in Goodyear, Arizona will begin this Saturday, February 21st, with the Cleveland Guardians both their home complex compatriots and opponents for the day. With competitive […]
A look around the league at tomorrow's upcoming trade deadline for this edition of LNN
Last year was a true breakthrough season for Cole Henry. After years of battling major injuries, including Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, the former second round pick made the big leagues as a reliever. Despite the solid season, Henry has seemingly overhauled his pitch mix entering year 2. I think his cutter will prove to be a […]
The Texas Rangers have signed veteran outfielder/DH Andrew McCutchen to a minor league deal, per Evan Grant. The Rangers have had a need for a righthanded bat who can platoon with Joc Pederson at DH all offseason, and the only real move they have made to potentially address that was adding Mark Canha on a […]
In the 2021 MLB Draft, Kumar Rocker- who was seen at times by scouts and executives as a top 5 pick near the beginning of the NCAA season- fell to the Mets with the 10th overall pick. It turned out that there was a reason for that, and the two sides ended up failing to […]
Here we have one really good team (Mariners), one pretty good team (Rangers), a team on the decline (Astros) and a team on the rise (A’s). Oh, yes, and the Angels. Athletics Key departures: JJ Bleday, Osvaldo Bido, Mitch Spence, Max Schuemann Key arrivals: Joey Meneses, Geoff Hartlieb, Wander Suero, Mark Leiter Jr., Jeff McNeil, […]
We generally cut our prospect rankings off when a player turns 26 but as right-hander Ty Madden has just a small amount of major league experience and missed his age 25 season with a strained rotation cuff that took longer than hoped to rehabilitate, we’ll make an exception. Long an interesting starting pitcher prospect with […]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was perhaps no better rivalry in MLB than the Yankees and Royals. They seemingly met every postseason in the ALCS for the right to represent the Junior Circuit in the World Series, the Yankees usually coming out on top of those yearly meetings. A mainstay of those […]
Week two of Spring Training Games is coming to a close and The World Baseball Classic (WBC) is finally underway. Game One took place last night (10pm EST) with Chinese Taipei against Australia. There are just two games today but the schedule hits high gear on Friday with a slate of eight games including Team […]
In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 55 players across 19 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who missed a few write-ups or even who has a more casual relationship with the […]
In 2013, the consensus number one prospect in all of MLB was Jurickson Profar. The switch-hitting shortstop for the Texas Rangers was turning heads with his elite combination of power, speed and defense. It’s hard to forget the miraculous year that Profar had in 2024 with the San Diego Padres. Unfortunately, that season is stained […]
Hello everyone! The Mariners played a late one last night, dropping the contest to the Giants by a 9-4 final. It’s a bit disappointing that unlike many teams, the Mariners don’t get to play an exhibition against a World Baseball Classic squad. It would have been cool to see some of our own stars playing […]
The term “old friend alert” usually applies to players who have taken the field in a major-league game for the Royals. Over a thousand athletes have worn a Kansas City uniform in the big leagues, but is that the only standard for being considered a “former Royal”? Here are some players who didn’t play in […]