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It’s Sunday, and you know what that means — it’s time for our weekly social media roundup! While the Big Apple will thankfully not be hit with a Sunday snowstorm for the third consecutive week, Boreas (the Greek northern wind, for the non-Classicists among you) has continued to hound the Northeast, with single-digit temperatures rampaging throughout […]
Shortly after the Raiders left the Cardinals as the only NFL team without a head coach, Arizona lined up Mike LaFleur to fill the last remaining vacancy among the league’s openings. The Athletic’s Dianna Russini has the news: BREAKING: The Arizona Cardinals are planning to hire Rams OC Mike LaFleur as the franchise’s next head coach, a source tells The Athletic. LaFleur, 38, has spent the past three seasons as Los Angeles’s offensive coordinator and would remain in the NFC West with...
It’s taken the Arizona Cardinals forever to name a head coach, but after Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak reportedly committed to the Las Vegas Raiders this weekend, it looks like the Cardinals finally have their guy. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero, Arizona plans to hire Mike LaFleur, brother of Matt […]
Pitchers Jordan Hicks and David Sandlin are swapping the color of their footwear. ESPN’s Jeff Passan has reported that the Red Sox are shipping the pair of righties to the Chicago White Sox. In return, Boston will be getting another young pitching prospect: right-hander Gage Ziehl, a product of the University of Miami (the Florida […]
Sean McVay will once again have to hire a new offensive coordinator and for the second time he’s replacing someone in the LaFleur family: The Arizona Cardinals are hiring Rams offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur to be their new head coach according to multiple reports on Sunday morning by Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero. LaFleur will […]
OK, they haven’t yet landed The Big Kahuna” and it may well be that Nick Kurtz’ asking price for an extension is prohibitive — even if fair. But you can’t say the A’s aren’t making good on their wish to ‘hang onto their young players’ in this new era of homelessness and anticipation. Jacob Wilson […]
Now that was impressive. The #6 Tigers of LSU (21-2, 7-2) picked up its seventh straight conference win and beat the absolute hell out of #24 Alabama (19-4, 5-3) along the way by a cool 40 points. For the 12th time this season, LSU cracked the century mark. That’s a new SEC record and the […]
Aside from all of the playoff football at both the professional and college level, January is, to me, the single worst month of the year. Why? Because it’s the last hurdle before the baseball season begins. Well friends, we have officially cleared that hurdle. We’re onto February and that means First Pitch is officially less […]
*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. Well he finally got his spot on our annual list. Outfielder Henry Bolte comes in as the obvious pick for […]
Reading have announced the sale of Andre Garcia, who’s heading to Club Brugge. The Belgian side have paid an undisclosed fee for the 18-year-old, who had still been on scholar terms with the Royals. It’s a shame to see Garcia depart. He stepped up commendably last season when Reading desperately needed him to – not […]
Adolfo Sanchez repeated a level by staying in the Dominican Summer League again in 2025, doing so after a somewhat disappointing season there in 2024 where he posted just a .701 OPS as a 17 year old. His 18 year old season, though, couldn’t have gone much better. His repeat in the DOSL saw him […]
We are launching a new daily article here at South Side Sox, more prominently than our items that pop up on The Feed. It falls under the category of White Sox Discussions, which you’ll see in a few weeks will also be our new branding for Game Threads. A lot’s happened this offseason, and while […]
Credit where it’s due, I found the video below at this MLB.com article. This is nine minutes’ worth of various highlights from Ernie Banks’ career [VIDEO]. Your browser does not support the video tag. For this sleuthing exercise, we are concerned only with the first 14 seconds of the video. which shows Ernie hitting a […]
As with our #35 prospect, LHP Ben Jacobs, right-hander Cale Wetwiska is another college pitcher that the Detroit Tigers paid a pretty penny for in the 2025 amateur draft. A seventh round pick out of a junior college, Wetwiska pulled a well above slot deal for $647,500, where players drafted at that level were generally […]
Since the last time we looked into the Mets offseason, a lot has changed! They let key players walk, signed new ones, and made multiple big trades to address drastic needs. There is a lot to dive into. On the Braves’ side, I should apologize for not talking about all of these moves earlier, given […]
Yesterday, I took a deep dive into Ian Happ’s future with the Cubs and expected price tag in free agency (and/or on an extension). With so many players leaving the team this year (plus the exit of Owen Caissie via trade), I felt the extension conversation was worth having, especially around this time of year, when those talks tend to begin. In case you missed that convo, here’s (part of) the conclusion : In terms of an extension with the Cubs right now , then, I’d guess the most h...
Team News Alek Thomas to play for Mexico in 2026 World Baseball Classic Fellow Diamondbacks Ketel Marte and Geraldo Perdomo will play for the Dominican Republic, while Corbin Carroll will play for Team USA. Eduardo Rodriguez will pitch for the Venezuelan national team, and newly acquired Diamondbacks third baseman Nolan Arenado will represent Puerto Rico after previously […]
There are plenty of Nationals prospects who have a chance to breakout in 2026. However, the one I want to talk about today is Miguel Sime Jr., the 18 year old fireballer. Even in today’s world, where velocity is king, you will not find many teenagers who throw harder than Sime. He routinely touches triple […]
It’s February now, which means the Dodgers will play baseball games this very month. Sure, those games won’t count, but they will be televised nonetheless, and we will get to watch as the team gradually builds up toward the season. This will be more of a normal spring training for the Dodgers, at least in […]
Good morning, folks… Chris Young weighs in on the possibility of a lock out at the end of 2026. There’s so much drama in the WBC its kind of hard being Puerto Rico, who may withdraw from the tournament after 8-10 players expected to be on the team’s roster were denied insurance coverage, including team […]
At season’s end, 10 NFL teams had fired their head coaches, including the Arizona Cardinals. To date, eight clubs have hired a new guy to replace the outgoing guy. Arizona still hasn’t pulled the trigger. Neither have the Las Vegas Raiders. Both teams had a long list of possible candidates, and have whittled that down […]
In Mariners news… Around the league…
It’s February 1st, which means that we are just about two weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting. And while we are all excited to see the return of our favorite players, let’s be real. There’s very little that Francisco Lindor or Juan Soto could do on a spring training field that would change much […]
While it’s going to take time to see if the Detroit Tigers prep pitching strategy ultimately pays off, they’ve managed to balance out their risk with some successes with college pitchers. They’ll be hopiong left-hander Ben Jacobs out of Arizona State will be the next. The Tigers selected the 6’1” 195 pound southpaw in the […]
Yesterday Missouri beat Mississippi State to move to 15-7 overall, and 5-4 in the SEC. 5-4 is good for 9th in the league. The Tigers are currently 61st in KenPom.com, which is the 12th best mark in the league. None of these are standout rankings, but Mizzou at least has two of the better wins […]