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The Royals announced via press release today that they will be shortening the Kauffman Stadium outfield fences as well as moving them in for the start of the 2026 season. The Royals’ analytics department has performed an analysis over the last three years that has shown that bringing the fences in would have benefited the […]
Chris Suero’s family emigrated from the Dominican Republic to the United States when he was a child, settling down in the Bronx. He initially attended All Hallows High School, an all-boys Catholic high school in the shadow of Yankee Stadium but took advantage of his Dominican heritage and the rules around signing international players, moving […]
It’s been widely reported that the Phillies are interested in Bo Bichette and met with him on Monday, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Maybe he signed with them (or someone else) by the time you read this. There are good reasons to like Bichette as a player. He hit .311 with […]
Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that the Nationals are launching a Minor League development camp in West Palm Beach that will open later this month. This camp will host about 60 minor leaguers and will run from January 20th until the start of Spring Training. The Nats have never done anything like this before, so […]
The Arizona Cardinals are now knee deep in trying to find the right guy to lead the franchise going forward. No more promises of three-year plans. RELATED: CARDINALS COACHING SEARCH ROTB Managing Editor Seth Cox has assembled a current list of candidates: One of the interviews that the Cardinals have requested is Thomas Brown, the […]
After years of the transfer portal being a net negative, Coach Swinney finally acquiesced to the changing nature of college football and hit a home run in the portal by adding a slew of immediate starters who change the outlook for 2026 in a big way. In the video and article below, we give a […]
Casey Stengel called him the “strangest man ever to play baseball,” which, coming from “The Old Perfessor”, is notable. His career somehow spanned 15 seasons, even though he was just a career .243 hitter and only accrued six home runs in 1,962 plate appearances. He spoke seven languages and would often confer with his Princeton […]
Just last week, I took a “way too early” look at a possible Cubs Opening Day roster. Today, we stand 72 days from that (hopefully not too cold) Opening Day game Thursday, March 26 against the Nationals at Wrigley Field — and two significant changes have happened since then. So let’s take another look at […]
When the Mets traded for Huascar Brazobán in the summer of 2024, it was seen as a minor, but craft move. Brazobán, a late bloomer in terms of big league appearances, was under team control through 2028, had two options remaining, and had some interesting facets of his game just below the surface. That didn’t […]
The mid 2000s were a pretty brutal period in Yankees’ history when it comes to one specific facet of the team: pitching. Andy Pettitte left the team in free agency after 2003, having not felt wanted enough by the Yankees, and almost every notable pitching move the team made until his return in 2007 didn’t […]
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Welcome to Tuesday guys! Yesterday evening we got word that the Athletics have named former big league pitcher Barry Enright as the organization’s new pitching coordinator: That job also comes with the title of director of pitching. While Enright has spent the past two years in the big leagues with the division-rival Los Angeles Angels, […]
After revealing the players who appeared on a single ballot yesterday, it’s time to write about some players that were named on multiple ballots but who fell short from Honorable Mention Purple Row Prospect (PuRP) status in the pre-season 2026 voting. Today, I’ll reveal the first six names in this category and tomorrow the other five […]
The New York Rangers are having another bad season and the team has the worst points percentage in the Eastern Conference. They are also the only team under .500 in the East and have lost eight of their last 10 games. It makes too much sense for the Rangers to sell and they have the means to change things up and bring in helpful pieces. The big trade candidate is Artemi Panarin, who had reportedly rejected a big contract extension and isn't going to take a team-friendly deal to stick around. T...
By the time the final whistle blew on Monday night’s Third Round FA Cup tie, Liverpool had secured a quite comfortable looking 4-1 victory over League One’s Barnsley. For those watching the match play out, though, it perhaps hadn’t seemed quite so comfortable. After scoring on a pair of quite spectacular—and quite unlikely to lead […]
Freddy Fermin came to the San Diego Padres from the Kansas City Royals at the trade deadline last season. He was the backup to Salvador Perez in Kansas City but immediately took over and upgraded the catching position in San Diego. The Padres gave the Royals starting pitchers Ryan Bergert and Stephen Kolek, which was […]
As voting for the 2nd ranked prospect in the Cincinnati Reds system wrapped this morning, it was clear that Alfredo Duno was going to take home that honor. So, he did – with almost 51% of the vote despite a crowded ballot! Duno defeated RHP Rhett Lowder in what was pretty clearly a two-horse race, […]
In the 19 years between 1993 and 2011, the Red Sox didn’t finish in last place in the division a single time. In the 14 years since 2011, they finished in last 6 times. The lean Chaim Bloom years were intended, according to Fenway Sports Group, to serve as something of a resent to avoid […]
Former Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon was fired by the Arizona Cardinals earlier this year and now there’s buzz he could return to the NFC East. Obviously not with the Eagles, who have Vic Fangio in place. But instead with one of their division rivals. Gannon is reportedly interviewing for both the Dallas Cowboys […]
Baseball is, among other things, a series of transactions. Being a baseball fan often involves having feelings about those transactions. Sometimes, those feelings are strong. Baseball also surprises us. If not the perfect blend of predictable and absolutely unpredictable, it’s probably pretty close. Put those two things together, and it means that strong feelings can […]
When these Game Notes stop being about the game and start being about the fallout, you know exactly how broken things have become.
With the recent firing of Ravens’ coach John Harbaugh, Orioles manager Craig Albernaz is now the most tenured steward of either of Baltimore’s professional franchises. The same Albernaz who’s been on the job a grand total of 78 days and is yet to coach the Orioles in an actual game. With another 71 days until […]
With the Eagles’ loss on Sunday comes a whole lot of questions about the trajectory of the reigning Super Bowl Champions, and opens the door for another of Philadelphia’s teams to take over as the city’s winners. So who has the best chance at winning the next championship? The Phillies have made the postseason now […]
Diamondbacks News D-backs’ Michael Soroka ready to represent Canada in World Baseball Classic by Wendy Lopez [Burn City Sports] “I’ve had this one circled on the calendar for a while, one that I really wanted to be able to do, for a multitude of reasons,” Soroka said Saturday ahead of Baseball Canada’s annual awards banquet, […]
Good morning. Kennedi Landry checks out the remaining offseason tasks for the Texas Rangers to accomplish before spring training comes around. Jeff Wilson writes that adding to the pitching staff remains the priority for the Rangers while checking out which arms might make sense. The MLB Pipeline folks list a top international prospect for each […]