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How does a player go from being released by a last-place team to hitting .385 for the St. Louis Cardinals in the span of a single week? In this installment of Random Cardinal of the Week, Jim Plaza dives into the fascinating, “roller coaster” career of utility man Felipe Lopez. A former top-10 pick and […]
This weekend, the first place Atlanta Braves come to Citizens Bank Park to take on a struggling Phillies team that is falling short in virtually every phase of the game. It’s been a rough go for the Phils, losers of their last three home series, a shocking development given they only lost three home series […]
A frustrating series sweep at the hands of the San Diego Padres has Seattle scuffling into an important homestand. The Mariners were swept down in Arlington a week ago, helping pump this Texas team into first place in the early days of the AL West. Those Rangers now provide a threat and an opportunity for […]
Garret Anderson, long time major league outfielder who spent most of his career with the Anaheim Angels, has passed away, the team announced this morning. Anderson was 53. Anderson was originally a fourth round pick of the Angels in 1990, and during his career he was a member of the California Angels, the Anaheim Angels, […]
Friday notes… Cubs lineup: Mets lineup: Edward Cabrera, RHP vs. Kodai Senga, RHP Edward Cabrera was really good his first two starts, not so much last time out against the Pirates. Even so, his outing last Sunday was decent. As a former denizen of the NL East, Cabrera has faced the Mets a lot. Last […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 19 Cubs 12, Mets 4: Home runs by Moises Ballesteros, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ lead to a blowout Cubs vs. Mets, Friday 4/17, 1:20 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets preview, Friday 4/17, 1:20 CT
The Nationals pulled away with one of their wildest wins in years yesterday afternoon in Pittsburgh, beating the Pirates 8-7 in 10 innings. This game had it all, from a bases-clearing ground ball to short, a hit by pitch and wild pitch giving the Nats the lead in the late innings, and a single in […]
It has been a long journey since the Royals first began conversations in 2021 about moving to a new ballpark, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel. On Thursday, the KCMO City Council approved a plan to direct City Manager Mario Vasquez to negotiate a terms sheet, lease and development agreement […]
The Dodgers had four off days through the first three weeks of the regular season, including a Sunday off plus three Thursdays in a row without a game. Their longest stretch thus far has been six days in a row with games. But the schedule is about to get much busier. The Dodgers have four […]
Your 2026 New York Mets: Hello darkness, my old friend… “It’s not a good showing right now. They’re pissed, frustrated, obviously not happy about it. And I want them to be pissed.” -Carlos Mendoza [The Athletic] …I’ve come to talk with you again “If we don’t score runs, it’s hard to win.” -Francisco Lindor [The […]
“Biweekly” is kind of a dumb word. It means both “twice a week” and “once every two weeks,” and apparently, there’s no effort to create a new word to mean one of those, so that “biweekly” can be reserved for the other. To be clear, by “biweekly” here, I mean “every two weeks.” In the […]
The most anyone has ever paid to own a Major League Baseball franchise is $2.4 billion, the mark that Steve Cohen paid back in 2020 when he purchased the New York Mets. That mark is about to be shattered, however. The Seidler family, who has owned the San Diego Padres since 2012, is on the […]
Some players leave their mark on one sport. Zack Clayton somehow managed to leave fingerprints on three: baseball, basketball, and boxing. Long before he stood in the ring for Muhammad Ali and George Foreman’s “Rumble in the Jungle,” and decades before the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame enshrined his basketball greatness, Clayton spent part […]
A very large group of NFL players enjoy professional wrestling and the WWE. San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle and New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo have even participated in the storylines at live events. Buffalo Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins says he won’t be getting in the ring right now, but he’s […]
Happy Friday. It’s been a long week in Blue Jays land, and a long week here in Calgary for that matter. It snowed sideways yesterday, about eight inches. Other Tom is enjoying 21 degrees and cherry blossoms in Tokyo, not that I’m bitter. Anyways, in Jays news, Jose Berrios pitched in Dunedin yesterday. The surface […]
Series Preview #12 Southern California Trojans (30-8, 13-5 B1G) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-9, 12-3 B1G) Location: Hawks Field at Haymarket Park, Lincoln, NE Dates: April 17-19th Times (all CDT): Friday @ 6pm , Saturday @ 2pm, Sunday @ 12pm Coaches: Andy Stankiewicz (4th season, 472—321-3) & Will Bolt (7th season, 198-135-1) TV/Stream: All games on B1G+, Sunday also on Nebraska […]
Through the first 19 games of the 2026 Orioles season, they are once again disappointing us. It is not a lot of comfort that many teams in the American League are off to a start where they are muddling along around .500. That’s mostly because a lot of these problems feel familiar and it’s frustrating […]
The San Diego Padres erased the memories of the season-opening homestand where they got off to a 2-4 start against the Detroit Tigers and the San Francisco Giants with a perfect second homestand that saw them get back-to-back sweeps of the Colorado Rockies and the Seattle Mariners. The Padres have won games throughout the season […]
A sequence doesn’t have to involve different tunnels and different mixes. Sometimes a catcher and pitcher can just pick up on a hitter’s body language and how they take a pitch. Ian Happ gave up the outside part of the plate on three straight backdoor sweepers that Kerkering painted. H stood there like a statue […]
Another day of minor league baseball is in the books. See the results below. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (10-7) POSTPONED AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (6-6) lost 9-4 (BOX SCORE) The Hooks got some runs early getting an Austin solo HR in the first and an Encarnacion RBI single in the 2nd. Hicks got the […]
Bowling Green Hot Rods 9, Greenville Drive 8 (BOX) Unfortunately, the story of the day in this one was Juan Valera’s elbow. After beginning to pop up on top-100 MLB prospect lists, Valera left the game after one inning with inflammation in his pitching elbow. Chris Cotillo has more detail here. Valera was off to […]
After two years of non-stop trade rumors and stagnant development, the Anaheim Ducks finally made the decision to trade forward Trevor Zegras this past offseason. In exchange for sending Zegras to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Ducks received second-and fourth-round picks as well as veteran forward (and former Pittsburgh Penguins forward) Ryan Poehling. At the time, […]
With the Loons getting rained out at home and three other losses across the minor leagues, there was little to salvage on the day in the minors, but, if nothing else, we can take solace in individual standout performances. Player of the day Having cooled off a bit after that scorching hot start to his […]
This Cubs homestand is an old NL East flashback — Mets and Phillies! Just like it was the 1970s or 1980s again. Obviously, that’s just a bit of nostalgia. In the meantime, this seven-game homestand seems important for the Cubs to begin to set a tone at Wrigley Field, where they are just 4-5 so […]
Believe it or not, the Mets (7-12) had a winning record one week ago. Now that they’ve lost eight games in a row, though, they’ll be lucky to get back to .500 over the next couple of weeks. And coming of a much-needed off day yesterday, they’re now in Chicago for a three-game series with […]