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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). […]
The Winter Meetings have concluded with the Royals yet to address their glaring outfield needs. The free agent market became thinner when former Royals outfielder Mike Yastrzemski signed a two-year deal with the Braves this week. With Harrison Bader looking for a three-year deal, the free agent market isn’t looking like a promising avenue to […]
The Winter Meetings just wrapped up and the stove was hot down in Orlando. There was a lot of action around the league, especially relating to the NL East. However, the Washington Nationals did not get in on that action. I wanted to discuss this busy week of activity, as well as what is next […]
MLB Winter Meetings were intriguing for baseball fans, but left fans of the San Diego Padres wanting more. There was some clarity about the bullpen and payroll, but how general manager A.J. Preller is going to address all the needs on the San Diego roster remains in question. It does seem that trades will be […]
Allison, Brian, Grace, Lukas, and Thomas gather to discuss the end of the Winter Meetings and the departure of two of the longest tenured Mets, Pete Alonso and Edwin Díaz. Stay tuned this week for more coverage of the the Winter Meetings Home Run Applesauce podcasts and here at Amazin’ Avenue. When breaking news happens […]
The Blackhawks’ win over the Rangers on Wednesday night checked almost every box that you would want from the team. Connor Bedard scored a highlight-reel goal. Tyler Bertuzzi deposited loose change again. Spencer Knight was spectacular in net and got a shutout. The Blackhawks were able to beat Igor Shesterkin three times. It was the right bounce-back effort that you hoped to see. When I say almost every box, that’s because Frank Nazar still can’t buy a goal. He had a few chances. One...
The reclamation quest begins! We know the Chicago Cubs will make a ton of moves like this throughout the offseason (and into the regular season), and we know it’s important that at least SOME of them hit. It’s a volume approach, and it starts now. That is to say, the Cubs have signed former Mariners reliever Collin Snider to a minor league deal, and they’ll try to get him cooking again in Spring Training. Throwback to Snider's transformation between the 2023 and 2024 seasons. 👀 pic.t...
Love it, like it, dislike it, or hate it, the Mike Yastrzemski signing is done. The Braves are now committed to a fourth outfielder for multiple years, and will potentially end up exercising his club option for 2028 given the size of the buyout ($4 million) relative to the salary ($7 million). While there’s infinite […]
We saw the 2026 MLB Draft Lottery just a few short days ago, and now teams know where they will be selecting in the first round. Let’s look at the prospects we could see going in the first round to teams like the White Sox, Cardinals, and more with an early 2026 MLB Mock Draft. 2026 MLB Mock Draft: Round 1 The Chicago White Sox won the 2026 MLB Draft Lottery a few days ago, and we will see them select No. 1 overall in next year’s draft. In our latest MLB mock draft, they go with the ...
Joe’s back from Disney, Eric’s furious about Notre Dame, and the Rangers just battled two Western Conference giants—buckle up for a loaded episode.
The Phillies have checked the biggest item off of their offseason to-do list, as they have ensured that Kyle Schwarber will be back in Philadelphia for 2026 and beyond. There still is a lot of work to do, namely answering the J.T. Realmuto question and remaking the outfield, but retaining Schwarber or finding a replacement […]
With the Cardinals out of playoff contention, our focus shifts to the offseason. So over the next few months, we are going to be taking a look at a handful of prospects leading up to the 2026 NFL draft. With Arizona having needs at various positions, we will do our best to evaluate the players that […]
Something feels different this offseason. How to put it? The Baltimore Orioles are … relevant? They’re a player in the AL East, a spending threat, a real free agent destination, for perhaps the first time in our lifetime. The organization was already making waves at the Winter Meetings when reports emerged this week that the […]
And just like that, the two biggest free agent power bats are off the board. The Red Sox didn’t get Pete Alonso, and the Mets didn’t get Pete Alonso. Instead, he went further down I-95 to Baltimore for five years and $155 million. Given the Red Sox need for more pop in the the lineup, […]
This Ombudsman Report brings Dupuis trivia, Schneider metrics, Panarin geopolitics, and a backup-goalie unit-conversion lesson you didn’t know you needed.
Pep Guardiola has said something special about the Liverpool team he faced when Jurgen Klopp was in charge. Liverpool’s rivalry with Manchester City is less historic than either clubs’ unfriendly relationship with Manchester United. However, it was often the Premier League title decider during the years Jurgen Klopp spent as the Reds’ manager at Anfield. […] The post Pep Guardiola makes admission about Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool team appeared first on Paisley Gates .
Meet the Mets After seven years and a franchise home run record, Pete Alonso is a Met no more. Whether or not Alonso’s departure is a good thing for the team, the slugger was a good Met during his time here. Alonso is just the latest casualty in David Stearns’s tear-down, and right now the […]
Morning, all! Given the Rangers’ many needs and limited budget it’s a foregone conclusion that they will be digging through the factory seconds in the Rule 5 Draft. One of the shirts with the wrong number of buttons the Rangers snatched up is Carter Baumler, who has managed to wrack up all of 88.2 innings […]
With the winter meetings now behind us, the Dodgers came out of Orlando with a new closer in Edwin Díaz, though that move hasn’t yet been made official. The bullpen suddenly looks so much stronger with him in it. In pieces from Katie Woo and Ken Rosenthal at The Athletic and Jack Harris at the […]
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Despite a quiet Winter Meetings, the Royals remain on the hunt for outfield help: “So much of it comes down to, whoever you’re trying to acquire: What’s the competition for it [and] are you willing to beat the competition? [With] free agents, do you feel like it’s a fair asking pricing right now and does […]
Good morning, baseball fans! For the first time in my decade-long tenure at McCovey Chronicles, the San Francisco Giants have a new player heading to the Hall of Fame. Earlier this week, it was announced that Jeff Kent would be the lone inductee from this year’s Contemporary Baseball Era committee. Players on this ballot had […]
When the Colorado Rockies’ revamped front office under new president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta entered this week’s Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida with multiple open spots on the 40-man roster, it was clear the rebuilding team intended to make selections in this year’s Rule 5 draft. The final major part of the Winter Meetings, […]
Once a potentially impactful draft that nobody paid attention to, the Rule 5 draft is now an inconsequential draft that most diehard baseball fans pay too much attention to. Present company included. I kid, sort of. But it was once a draft that gave the Pittsburgh Pirates Roberto Clemente, the Chicago Cubs Hack Wilson, and […]
So the vaunted Winter Meetings turned out to have been a massive time-suck, completely useless from my point of view. It wouldn’t be a surprise for me at this point if the Cubs signed nobody at all. It’s going to take a hell of a lot to mollify me or even to start to allay […]