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In case you missed it, the San Francisco Giants won their 8th baseball game of the 2026 season last night and scored 10 runs in the process just to make us all feel even better about it. It was their 20th game of the season, though, so there’s the whole matter of their 8-12 record. […]
After an overall annoying series against the Angels, last night’s game was trending towards being annoying too, with the Yankees tied with the Royals in the eighth inning. Enter Ryan McMahon of all people. The embattled third baseball hit his first home run of the season at the best possible time, as his late two-run […]
The Royals have lost five in a row, including every game on this road trip. But today is a new day. And today could be the start of a long winning streak! It could happen! Manager Matt Quatraro seems to be feeling the pressure to shake his team out of their funk, if the lineup […]
The A’s made a small roster move on Saturday morning, bringing up right-hander Mason Barnett from Triple-A while sending Elvis Alvarado down to make room: Barnett has been in the starting rotation down in Las Vegas to start the season, making three starts and posting a solid 3.07 ERA in that time. He’s done well […]
Who is he and where did he come from? He’s Jack Anderson. The Red Sox have had to go to the 40-man roster earlier in the season than they would have liked, to the tune of bringing four guys up from Worcester so far, three of whom have made their Major League debut (four total […]
First Pitch: 1:10 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy Twins baseball is officially Fun Again, although Friday’s series-opening loss to the Reds marks two defeats in a row and has taken the wind out of the sails a bit. The Minnesota Twins have been on a solid stretch of ball, […]
Today’s roster move: Here Saturday notes… Cubs lineup: Mets lineup: Jameson Taillon, RHP vs. Freddy Peralta, RHP Jameson Taillon’s three starts this year can be described as: Mediocre, decent and not so much. Even so, after allowing three home runs to the Pirates last Sunday, he stayed in the game, ate up some innings and […]
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Long-time MLB outfielder Garret Anderson passed away earlier this week after suffering a heart attack. He was 53. Anderson played 17 seasons in the big leagues, spending 15 seasons becoming a franchise icon for the California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels before ended his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers. In his penultimate campaign, he was a member […]
The Dodgers payroll will likely set another MLB record this year, as they started on opening day with a payroll for competitive balance tax purposes just shy of $411 million. What they are actually paying this year is a bit different. I’ve been tracking Dodgers payroll since 2010, and as I wrote during the offseason […]
The latest news on the Houston Astros and from around MLB: What is wrong with Bryan Abreu? Loperfido to be evaluated after coming out of last night’s game with “right quad tightness”: Isaac Paredes also left last night’s game. Paredes is coming back from a very significant hamstring injury last season. Peter Lambert generated a […]
Hickory starter Evan Siary allowed five runs, including two homers, in four innings of work, striking out three and walking three. Kamdyn Perry made his 2026 debut with three shutout innings, striking out two. Yolfran Castillo was 2 for 5 with a double and a stolen base. Marcos Torres had a double and a walk. […]
The first part of this roster move, you already know, as the Cubs placed reliever Daniel Palencia on the 15-day injured list before Friday’s game with an oblique issue. Here’s how it happened (Bluesky link): No roster move was made Friday, as this happened very close to game time, so the Cubs played Friday’s 12-4 […]
Ever since coming to Washington as one of the main headliners in the infamous Juan Soto trade from the San Diego Padres, Nationals’ shortstop CJ Abrams has been excruciatingly close to proving his worth as a franchise player. The 25-year-old made his Major League debut in 2022 and has been a steady contributor for the […]
The fact that this conversation is happening—even externally—is great news. The Yankees have a young, exciting, and highly talented player whose services they’d probably like to retain for a long time. This is not a luxury every organization has, obviously, and extending that relationship is something the Yankees should seriously consider with Cam Schlittler. Extensions […]
Bryan Abreu’s struggles continued last night, and the Astros lost their second straight game at home in a 9-4 defeat at the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals at Daikin Park. Bryan Abreu entered the game last night with the Astros down 4-3 in the 7th inning. 16 pitches later, the game was 7-3 and […]
The Mets have placed Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list, and the team’s official reason for doing so is the right wrist contusion that arose recently. The 32-year-old, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets shortly after Pete Alonso signed a five-year deal with the Orioles, had also been dealing with […]
Roster retention! Louisville guard Adrian Wooley will return as a Cardinal for his junior season. In his first season at U of L, Wooley averaged 8.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, while shooting 45.0 percent from the floor and 35.0 percent from behind the three-point line. He appeared in all 35 games […]
Worcester, Game 1: L, 2-4 (BOX SCORE) Jake Bennett, who had his start derailed by a day due to rain, continues his hot start to 2026. He now has 16 1/3 innings with just one run earned, and continued that with three innings of shutout ball. However, neither that or the okay relief work was […]
Another day of minor league baseball is in the books. See the results below. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (11-7) won 12-6 (BOX SCORE) Sugar Land opened the game with a big first inning scoring 7 runs on a Perez 3 run homer, Biggers 2 run homer, Unroe solo home run and Nelson RBI double. […]
Good morning, LSB. The Rangers and Jacob deGrom held the Mariners scoreless last night in a 5-0 win. Evan Grant writes that the Rangers made a statement with their first Seattle shutout in nearly four years. Kennedi Landry writes about deGrom fighting through early trouble for the win. Elsewhere it looks like Josh Sborz will […]
Your Oregon Ducks baseball and softball teams were both in action on Friday, let’s see how they fared. The baseball team faced off against the Illinois Fighting Illini on Friday afternoon, looking to bounce back after a .500 record last week. Things got off to a quick start, with Oregon getting on the board in […]
Brock Stewart made his second rehab appearance for the Class-A Tower Buzzers on Friday night in Ontario, three days after his first appearance. This time around, Stewart retired the first two batters before allowing a two-out single then hit a batter in an eight-pitch battle. He was pulled with two outs in the inning, already […]
All told, it was a mixed bag of results down on the farm on Friday, as Atlanta’s four minor league affiliates split their contests and went 2-2 on the night. However, there were a handful of individual performances that stood out. (12-7) Gwinnett Stripers 3, (13-6) Memphis Redbirds 5 Box Score It’s hard to get […]