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See which prospects had the best seasons of 2025! Alonzo Tredwell Tredwell was the Astros 2nd round pick back in the 2023 draft and he had a breakout season this year. The right-hander pitched across three different levels and posted a 3.69 ERA with 122 strikeouts over 100 innings. This included a dominant 40 strikeouts […]
Rays infielder Taylor Walls has been named one of three American League finalists for a Rawlings Gold Glove Award at shortstop, joining Texas’ Corey Seager and Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. Despite appearing in only 101 games, Walls’ 18 defensive runs saved were third most among major league infielders behind Toronto’s Ernie Clement (22) and […]
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). […]
After a lot of firings, Paul Toboni is now starting to build the Nationals front office in his own vision. He made his first Assistant GM hiring, poaching a big name from his old club, the Red Sox. Paul Toboni is taking Red Sox scouting director Devin Pearson with him, where he will be a […]
It’s the Wednesday Crawfish Boil! Houston Astros News Injuries and roster moves Looking at Walker’s home field problems Blubaugh and his journey with roller coasters (MSJ) Click to interview for Rockies GM job (NYT) A season in photos (HC) Now the broadcasters are getting hurt (Chron) AL West News Could Polanco lead the M’s to […]
Good morning A’s fans! The playoffs are set to continue as we head back to the American League. The Championship series heads to Seattle for the first time in over two decades as the Seattle Mariners are set to play host to the Toronto Blue Jays in a critical Game 3. Our rivals to the […]
Extending young stars is not something the Nationals organization has done very successfully in its history, with countless homegrown stars such as Bryce Harper, Juan Soto, Anthony Rendon, and Trea Turner eventually leaving via free agency or being traded before their contracts with the club could run out. There has been some success stories, such […]
Dodger pitching has utterly dominated a Brewer offense that has looked jumpy, unprepared, and not ready for the big moment in the first two games of the National League Championship Series. If Milwaukee is going to get this series back to Milwaukee, that offense will need to find itself in a hurry. But let’s put […]
Good morning, baseball fans! Today’s playoff game will be Game 3 of the American League Championship Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners. The game will start at 5:08 p.m. PT, airing on Fox Sports 1, with national radio coverage available on ESPN Radio. It seems as though the Blue Jays’ time […]
The Detroit Tigers were eliminated from the postseason just five days ago, but MLB news piles up quickly in October. There’s enough to fill a weeks worth of posts. While the Brewers-Dodgers and the Mariners-Blue Jays continue to battle it out for trips to the World Series, let’s run through some of the biggest news […]
The Leafs did the thing and got us all back on board. Now it's time for the Jays to do the same.
The Arizona Fall League is in full swing and after one week of play MLB.com writer Joe Trezza compiled his list of the top performers from the first week of action. Among his choices was Pirates’ prospect Esmerlyn Valdez representing the Salt River Rafters. Just a week in but Valdez helped himself stand apart from […]
Box Score For a brief moment, it felt like things were going to go the Brewers’ way on Tuesday night in Milwaukee. Milwaukee had their ace, Freddy Peralta, on the mound, and he put up a zero in the top of the first against the high-powered Dodger offense. In the bottom of the inning, Los […]
Spencer Steer is fresh off his second consecutive season of below-par offensive production. His OPS+ dipped again, down from 96 in 2024 to just 94 in 2025, and since the beginning of the 2024 season he’s hit just .231/.316/.406 in 1224 PA – a 95 OPS+ valued at a grand total of 2.0 bWAR (and […]
Last month, Red Sox prospect Allan Castro was recognized as Double-A Portland’s 2025 Most Valuable Player. This article will examine how the 22-year-old outfielder fared with the Sea Dogs this season. Castro broke camp with Portland in early April but suffered a left hamstring strain on Opening Day and was sidelined for the next month-plus … Continue reading "How did Red Sox OF prospect, Double-A Portland MVP Allan Castro fare in 2025?"
The Dodgers, of course, dodged disaster with the back end of their bullpen, navigating a nervous ninth to strand the tying run on third for the Brewers. Today, we’ll see if Milwaukee can claw their way back, or if the weird lack of home-field advantage which 1AZfan1 noted in today’s Bytes. It’s quite the change […]
Postseason Thread for TCB Astros Fans, Oct 14, 2025
Last night’s Game 1 between the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers was a light-scoring affair but still had plenty of drama throughout the night. From the pitching duel we had early on, to future Hall of Famer Freddie Freeman hitting a solo homer in the sixth to break the tie and […]
MLB League Championship Series: Open Thread
The Arizona Fall League is underway, and Chicago has sent a full cavalry of nine prospects, headlined by Braden Montgomery OF (No. 1/MLB No. 35) and Hagen Smith LHP (No. 5/MLB No. 88) to the Grand Canyon State. Rounding out the crew are Sam Antonacci IF (No. 11), Tyler Davis RHP, Ryan Galanie IF, Carson […]
Inspiration. 59% of fans picked relief pitching as most responsible for Diamondbacks missing the playoffs per this AZ Snake Pit article. It accurately pointed to stats like ERA, win probability, and very few shutdowns. Another AZ Snake Pit article used stats to make the following two points that I want to look at: Do quality […]
We saw a lot of Rays players on the roster in 2025, and perhaps surprisingly, many of those players will still be rookies next season, which affords the Rays an additional year of service time on their contracts. According to MLB.com, a player maintains their rookie status by having less than 130 at-bats or 50 […]
Alright, after letting emotions settle over the weekend it’s time for a quick unpacking of the Tigers loss to the Mariners in the ALDS. As you’d expect, there’s been a lot of over-cooked rage bait on sports talk radio and the media generally, but that’s only natural after a painful loss in an extra innings, […]
2025 stats: 4.61 ERA, 4.25 FIP, 1.112 WHIP, 18 K%, 7 BB%, 31 G (1 GS), 56.2 IP In a season of low-leverage appearances, of lumbering through middle-innings in blow-outs, Tristan Beck finally had a chance to pitch with some purpose on September 16th in Arizona. The Giants sat at .500. They teetered on the […]
The Pittsburgh Pirates are gearing up for another long offseason where they need to evaluate their team and progress going into the 2026 season. After winning just 71 games this past season, the Pirates should look to see how they can improve the team and move off of players that are not. That’s part of […]