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Lance Pugmire reports that, a week after outbidding Top Rank for the right to stage Raymond Muratalla’s mandatory IBF lightweight title defense against Andy Cruz, Matchroom has booked a January 24th event at Las Vegas’ Fontainebleau to host it. This is the same working date Mike Coppinger linked to Emanuel Navarrete’s planned unification against Eduardo […]
From Bad Left Hook | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Sometimes all it takes for a team to get a spark is to change the quarterback. In Jaxson Dart’s first start for the New York Giants, they upset the Philadelphia Eagles. The Los Angeles Rams will be going up against a quarterback making his first career start on Sunday when they take on the New […]
From Turf Show Times | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Earlier this week, I asked you via the SB Nation Reacts survey which long-time Cubs player you would most like to see get a contract extension. The result really was no surprise at all: Nico Hoerner’s age, defensive ability and offensive consistency do call for the Cubs to keep him for a few more years. […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
With the World Series about to wrap up, I thought it would be a good time to reintroduce the MaiLLbag to answer your burning questions about the Mariners and the wider world of baseball. We got a pretty good response from the initial call for questions so I’m hoping to make this a regular feature […]
From Lookout Landing | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
How was he acquired? The Braves drafted Sinnard in the third round of the 2024 draft, using the 99th overall pick to take the righty out of Indiana University. When the Braves took Sinnard, there was a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to reactions. On the one hand, his 6’8, 250-pound frame […]
From Talking Chop | about 2 months ago | 5 reads
The Phillies and Halloween: A tradition like no other? Actually, there’s not really much history for the Phillies on Halloween. It used to be that the baseball season was well wrapped up by the time the 31st came around. But these days, with the addition of extra playoff rounds, the World Series now regularly stretches […]
From The Good Phight | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The salary structure and team control matrix for Major League clubs is complicated and convoluted, but there are at least a couple of tenets to it that generally hold. Clubs get six years of team control over players, and the players typically operate at or around league-minimum salaries for the first three of those years […]
From Red Reporter | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The bullpen and its troubles, a recurring topic during this postseason, especially as the performance of the last two starters was greatly affected by how much they had to be pushed to minimize the impact of the relievers coming in. With the Dodgers biggest, hopefully two games of the season coming up, we shall be […]
From True Blue LA | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants have some similarities this season. They’re both coming off their worst loss of the season, at least in terms of point differential, because the Giants’ worst loss of the season was when they allowed 33 fourth-quarter points to the Broncos. Both teams are dealing with injuries to […]
From Niners Nation | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Michael Massey came into the season with high expectations after a very stellar 2024 season in which he played 100 games and posted 1.6 bWAR as he slashed .259/.294/.449 for a .743 OPS, eight percent above the league average. It appeared that the plan had been for him to hold down second base, at least […]
From Royals Review | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Louisville allowed Boston College to make this game much closer than it ever should have been. They started the fourth quarter with a clear opportunity to put the game away but it took until the two mintue warning to do so. Louisville played down to it’s competition but they avoided a true letdown game. Not […]
From Card Chronicle | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Brooks Raley had a 2024 season to forget. The veteran lefty performed well in eight games for the Mets that season, not allowing a single earned run in seven innings, but an elbow injury forced him to undergo Tommy John surgery, ending his season in late May. He was a free agent after the season, […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
If you’re reading this, we’re assuming you love Houston Astros baseball. We are looking for a new site manager for The Crawfish Boxes. If you already spend a good amount of your days talking about the Astros and Major League Baseball, then this might be a perfect opportunity to take that passion to the next […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Elsewhere in MLB… The 2025 Major League Baseball season could come to an end tonight as the Toronto Blue Jays are on the precipice of a World Series. The Jays took two out of three in Los Angeles and have a 3-2 series lead over the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with first pitch for […]
From Viva El Birdos | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Padres fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The numbers are in and it is about what was expected. Only a touch over a quarter of […]
From Gaslamp Ball | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The Yankees’ “Plan B” after losing Juan Soto in December 2024 will be talked about for years to come. After failing to match the near-$800 million commitment from the Mets, the Yankees pivoted to sign the likes of Paul Goldschmidt and Max Fried, trade for Cody Bellinger in an effective salary dump, and package Caleb […]
From Pinstripe Alley | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
I want Brebbia back, Brebbia back, Brebbia back pleeeeease. Preferably without barbecue sauce. John Brebbia holds a special place in my heart, which probably seems weird in regard to a fiery-ish red-bearded reliever. I started in a sim league back in 2018, and in a nice turn of fate, my team was becoming good. I […]
From Talking Chop | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The 2025 baseball season will officially end tonight! With the improbable, Dodger-centric finish to Game 6, the series is knotted up at three apiece, which means this evening’s contest will be the final game of a very interesting ‘25 campaign. It’s the first Game 7 since 2019, a rare taste of November baseball, and a […]
From Twinkie Town | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
In this video interview with trainer Stephen ‘Breadman’ Edwards he reveals that he’s officially split with Caleb Plant over the summer, following Plant’s loss to Armando Resendiz. Unlike most of these situations where the fighters seemingly blame their losses on their trainers, resulting in them being let go, Edwards suggests here that he was the […]
From Bad Left Hook | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The Chicago Cubs have a whole lot of turnover coming for their roster this offseason, but they nevertheless have a core that could compete just as well as the 2025 squad, if not better. You know, depending on what they do this offseason … To that end, it’s time to lay out the roadmap for the offseason, giving you the dates and deadlines ahead. Get your calendar handy, because here are your MLB dates and deadlines … This Weekend – The day after the World Series ends – so, either Satur...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Until this week, it was unknown if 3B/1B Kazuma Okamoto would even be available for MLB teams. The Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball are known for refusing to post their star players, so if Okamoto wanted to play stateside, he’d naturally become an international free agent in another year’s time. Despite an injury-shortened season […]
From Lookout Landing | about 2 months ago | 1 read
In the 2003 Michael Lewis book "Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game," the Oakland A's acquired David Justice. Justice was a two-time 40-home run player who gave the Athletics what hockey men call Rings in the Room, but that's not nearly why the A's targeted the 36-year-old for the 2002 seas...
From Hockey Wilderness | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
From Shohei Ohtani to Davis Schneider, rainbows are breaking out all over the 2025 Fall Classic. The post The 3 gayest moments of the Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series so far appeared first on Outsports .
From Outsports | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
When the Oilers and Rangers met up on October 14th, Edmonton grinded out a 2-0 win on the back of a Stuart Skinner shutout. It was one of those games where the boys needed their goalie to steal one, and that’s exactly what happened. So, with New York in town for the rematch on Thursday…
From In the Pressbox | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Mike Maddux, the Texas Rangers’ pitching coach for the past three seasons, is leaving the Rangers to join the Anaheim Angels, per multiple reports. Maddux, who spent 15 years as a major league pitcher, became a pitching coach in 2003 with the Milwaukee Brewers, and has been a well regarded pitching coach since. Maddux joined […]
From Lone Star Ball | about 2 months ago | 3 reads