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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 […]
Jaylon Thompson writes about how the Royals lost again late in New York. Lange threw a changeup that caught too much of the plate. McMahon got just enough of the pitch, as the baseball landed in the first row beyond the left-field wall. “I feel like when you fall behind guys, bad things happen,” Lange […]
Of all the players who donned the pinstripes, Dennis Rasmussen was certainly one of them. If we’re only looking at the numbers, he was a pretty forgettable starter who was often competent but rarely dominant. And as he played for the good-but-not-good-enough Yankees of the mid-80s, he has no rings nor legendary postseason exploits to […]
Good morning everyone and happy Saturday! The Mariners’ slide continued yesterday in a flat 5-0 loss to the Rangers. Though the team is tied for third in the biggest split between xwOBA and wOBA and is 26th in BABIP, the hits just aren’t falling for the team yet. To keep it on a positive note […]
Triple-A: Durham (Rays) 19, Norfolk Tides 9 If you can believe it, the Tides had a 6-0 lead at one point in this game and later on held a 9-1 lead. Even still, this happened. The scoring started when Enrique Bradfield Jr. led off the third inning with a home run, his second of the […]
Heliot Ramos had something to prove in his return to the starting line-up in D.C.. Pretty early on in this young season, imposter syndrome appeared to have set in. The first left fielder to start in back-to-back Opening Days for the Giants in nearly 20 years had been playing as if he was just another […]
The Detroit Tigers saw their six-game winning streak snapped on Friday night by the Boston Red Sox, 1-0, in a genuine pitcher’s duel that required an extra inning to determine the winner. Casey Mize looked great for the Motor City Kitties, but the offense could not break through against Ranger Suarez and Aroldis Chapman. The […]
Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. This week, Chris and Brian try to remain (somewhat) optimistic despite the Mets being in their worst rut in two decades. Chris’s Music Pick: King Tuff – Moo Brian’s Music Pick: BCMC – Foreign Smokes You can […]
Meet the Mets The title kind of says it all, doesn’t it? The Mets lost their ninth straight yesterday afternoon in their first in a three-game series against the Cubs in Chicago. Kodai Senga got knocked around for the second straight start, giving up seven runs (six earned) in 3.1 innings of work. The suffering […]
The San Diego Padres rode the success of their recent homestand into Angel Stadium to face the Los Angeles Angels Friday night and saw their eight-game win streak come to a disastrous end with an 8-0 loss. The Padres were tasked with trying to be the first team to have success against Angels starter Jose […]
The offense is S-T-R-U-G-G-L-I-N-G right now outside of Bryce Harper. There doesn’t seem to be cohesion with the group, a plan when they face a opposing pitchers or any type of approach. We know that truly isn’t the case since these are dedicated professionals, but if we’re going off of what the kids say these […]
Missouri baseball dropped the series opener of its weekend three-game series against No. 14-ranked Oklahoma on Friday evening. Despite the multitude of homers, including a pair from first basemen Jase Woita and one from Blaize Ward, strong fourth and seventh inning offensive splurges from the Sooners drove them to a 9-6 winner over the Tigers […]
What is the status of the Arizona Cardinals’ safety room? Budda Baker is one of the league’s best. His partner in crime was Jalen Thompson, who played well but was on the free agent list and found a new home very quickly. So far in free agency, the franchise inked Andrew Wingard from the Philadelphia […]
It took some unexpected heroics from Ryan McMahon, but the Yankees picked up a much-needed victory in their series opener against the Royals. Having just played a very frustrating series against the Angels, the last thing they needed was a dumb loss to open the set against Kansas City. While the Yankees wouldn’t lose any […]
Good morning Birdland, The Orioles offense is having a weird weekend in Cleveland. The were no-hit through eight innings on Thursday, but rallied late and got the tying run on base before dropping the opener. On Friday, they would be shutout for seven innings before erupting for six runs in the eighth, which would prove […]
The Phillies fans are pretty much over Taijian Walker. He’s yet to escape the first inning this year without allowing multiple runs. He’s on the final year of a four year, 72 million dollar contract. It’s been 3 plus seasons of 4.97/5.29/4.88 ball with 1.5 WAR (before last night’s shelling). Phillies fans want him gone, […]
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Weekend Link Dump CNN talks about the wild week that was in the stock market How are Native Americans responding to the new Washington Commanders logo? Because the Cardinals are a mess, of course Jacoby Brissett is looking for a massive pay raise I haven’t read this, but it’s probably a good read if you’re […]
You know how sometimes you hear a statistic that feels so outrageous you have have to dig into the details and verify it yourself? Well, Chris Cotillo dropped one of those last night when he tweeted this after the Red Sox 1-0 win in ten innings: Now let’s be clear, the Red Sox don’t always […]
Garrett Anderson, who played the first 15 seasons of his career with the Angels and finished up with the Dodgers in 2010, died at age 53, the Angels announced on Friday. Anderson was born and raised in Los Angeles, and played at Kennedy High School before getting drafted by the Angels in 1990. I first […]
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