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After ceding his starting linebacker spot to Drake Thomas, second-year player Tyrice Knight was pressed into starting duties again for the Seattle Seahawks’ 44-22 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Knight delivered with a team-high eight tackles, three tackles for loss, and two strip-sacks of Jacoby Brissett that turned into DeMarcus Lawrence touchdowns. It was a […]
Welcome to the second edition of Tuesday Top Ten, an offseason series which attempts to rank specific moments, players, games, or other nostalgic occurrences from throughout Mets history. The previous ranking looked at the Mets’ best World Series performers as the Blue Jays and Dodgers battled for a championship. With the offseason officially underway, this […]
Andy Pages followed up a solid rookie campaign with a stellar sophomore season where he placed second on the team in home runs behind Shohei Ohtani. Despite a horrible postseason, he had his bright spots, including a season saving catch in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the World Series. The Dodgers attempted to […]
I’ve had dibs on the Ranger Suarez annual recap for three or four years now, and this time I didn’t even have to trade with one of my fellow TGP contributors for it. Sadly for me and the other Ranger Suarez fans, this is likely to be the last season recap for him in a […]
For multiple seasons now, whenever someone in the Atlanta Braves bullpen struggled, or even when they didn’t, we’d hear a familiar refrain: “When will they call up Hayden Harris? Why hasn’t Hayden Harris been called up yet?” Well, the second one is hard to answer, but the answer to the former was apparently “late in […]
Noah Cameron was never a highly-regarded prospect, but he just delivered results at each minor league level. And in a stacked rookie class, he was one of the best debut players in baseball. Cameron finished fourth in Rookie of the Year voting, as announced by the Baseball Writers of America last night. Cameron was not […]
Gabe Perreault’s debut brings life to the lineup, Lafrenière scores, and the Rangers finally remember how to finish.
Daylen Lile was the best thing Washington Nationals fans had in the second half of the 2025 season. As the rest of the team floundered, Lile looked like a star. His September was the most exciting month from a National since Kyle Schwarber’s June in 2021. He got rewarded with a 5th place finish in […]
Sunday afternoon at Lumen Field the Seattle Seahawks retained first place in the NFC West by stomping the Arizona Cardinals 44-22. The comfortable lead the Seahawks enjoyed for much of the game after jumping out to a 35-0 lead midway through the second quarter allowed many starters to play fewer snaps than they otherwise would […]
Let me preface this article by saying the chances of the Cubs actually signing Kyle Schwarber as a free agent are pretty close to zero. He’s become a folk hero in Philadelphia and had four monstrous offensive seasons from 2022-25, hitting 46 or more home runs in three of the four years, and his 56 […]
We can talk about Grimace, OMG, the playoff pumpkin, and any number of gimmicks that defined the Mets’ magical 2024 season. But at the end of the day, to get to within two wins of the World Series, you need contributions from the expected (Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso, Brandon Nimmo, etc.) and, more importantly, the […]
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
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The unanimous selection for the Jackie Robinson American League Rookie-of-the-Year, announced this afternoon at the MLB network Headquarters in New York City was the Athletics Nick Kurtz. This was no real surprise as he was the odds-on favorite to win. He is the 14th player to win the AL award by a unanimous vote Finishing […]
The fifth week of the Arizona Fall League is now in the books, as we’ve reached the All-Star Game in the southwest! As a reminder, the Yankees’ representatives this year for the Mesa Solar Sox (12-14) are Bryce Cunningham, Cade Smith, Brady Kirtner, Coby Morales, Hueston Morrill, Manuel Palencia, Adam Stone, and Enmanuel Tejeda. Here’s how they […]
Drake Baldwin has won the 2025 NL Rookie of the Year Award after a lovely season that saw him play a major role in helping to make sure that the boat that was the 2025 Atlanta Braves didn’t capsize completely. It’s tough to imagine where the Braves would’ve been without him holding down the fort […]
More than 500 major league baseball players served in the military during World War II, while the number who served during the Vietnam conflict remains murky. Some sites list as few 54 while others have the number as high as 117. Some of the more notable names who served were Al Bumbry, Garry Maddox, and […]
All things considered, it has been a mixed start to the Xabi Alonso era for Real Madrid. After reaching the FIFA Club World Cup semifinals in their first month under the Basque manager, Real won seven matches in a row before falling to a 5-2 demolition at Atlético Madrid. Los Blancos quickly bounced back with […]
Good morning, Chargers fans! You know what to do! And now for today’s links. Chargers News: Jim Harbaugh provided injury updates during Monday’s presser (Chargers.com) Five things to know about the Chargers heading into Week 11 (Chargers.com) What were the highs and lows from the Chargers’ win over the Steelers? (Chargers Wire) Could the Giants […]
Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space. This week, we chat with friend of the pod Jen Ramos-Eisen about the fledgling Women’s Pro Baseball League ahead of […]
Padres introduce Craig Stammen (Cheri Bell – Gaslamp Ball) Stammen sets sights on ultimate goal, Padres history (Shaun O’Neill – Padres.com) From disciple to manager, Stammen excited to continue working with Niebla (Shaun O’Neill – Padres.com) Padres focused on the experience new manager Craig Stammen brings to job (Kevin Acee – U-T) Padres notes: Craig Stammen eager to […]
In the Formula 1 world, “silly season” refers to the period—usually around the sport’s summer break—when rumors about drivers’ contracts and team plans for the next year start picking up more speed than a car going down a straight. In baseball, that period starts immediately after the last pitch of the World Series is thrown, […]
The story of Trevor Rogers in 2025 is so incredible that it requires us as fans to overcome disbelief in a way we’ve never been asked to before. In his relatively short time with the Orioles, he had always been terrible. It was hard to imagine a world where he wouldn’t be terrible. And then, […]
2025 In a Discarded-On-The-Dugout-Floor Nutshell After missing all of 2024 and the start of 2025, Lucas Giolito quietly put up an All-Star worthy season this year, posting the 20th-best ERA+ in baseball. But he probably won’t be back in 2026, and that’s probably just fine. The Good On June 2, 2025, Lucas Giolito lasted just […]
The Holiday Deals section at Amazon is up and going, so if you want to start your shopping now, you can jump on that. #ad Although he doesn’t get a trophy, Cade Horton does get two valuable things for finishing second in the Rookie of the Year voting: first, he gets a $500,000 bonus payment from the pre-arbitration pool courtesy of the last CBA, and second, he gets credited with a full year of service time for 2025. That moves up his expected free agency from after his age-29 season to ...