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2025 In A Discarded-On-The-Dugout-Floor Nutshell Hunter Dobbins debuted earlier than just about everyone expected and was a pleasant surprise. Unfortunately, injuries cut his season short. The Good According to Baseball Savant, Dobbins threw six different pitches. I’ll ignore his sinker, because there are only 13 of them, and they’re close enough to his splitter to […]
The NFC West is the place to be. All four teams won last week in pretty decisive fashion, continuing their claim as the best division in football right now. Furthermore, the Seattle Seahawks have consecutive division rivalry games coming up. On deck: the recently-interesting Arizona Cardinals! After dismantling the Dallas Cowboys 27-17 on the road, […]
Brett de Geus certainly gets around. Since being drafted in 2017, Brett de Geus has spent time with nine different organizations, including two stints with the Miami Marlins. He started the year with the Blue Jays (who had claimed him off waivers in September), but they sold him to the Pirates, with whom he opened […]
We’ve reached NFL trade deadline week, which is not nearly as eventful as say, the NBA, NHL, or MLB trade deadlines, but we could still see some activity from now until Tuesday’s deadline. For the second year in a row, the trade deadline is during Week 10. The Seattle Seahawks have historically been a team […]
There are two things that are pretty paramount for making a sports team something you’ll go out of your way to watch, and the first is obvious: You’ve got to win games. Winning is enjoyable. It’s satisfying. It’s engaging to see the team whose logo you wear on your hat score more points before the […]
More than a week after the Orioles announced their new manager, today is finally the day where they’re having a public press conference with Craig Albernaz. The local reporters will get their chances to ask questions starting at 11am Eastern, or whenever the thing actually begins shortly afterwards. I’ll be doing my best to transcribe […]
1959 White Sox pitching standout and central Black Sox World Series fixer Lefty Williams died in Laguna Beach, Calif. Williams had just six games under his belt (1913-14) with the Detroit Tigers when the White Sox bought him out of the Pacific Coast League, where he’d spent 1915 killing it with the Salt Lake City […]
If this were 20 years ago, this review would be simple. Thirty homeruns and over a hundred RBIs? That’s an A; thanks for reading. But, well, it’s not 20 years ago, so we can – and should – dig into things a little bit deeper. First, let’s check the WAR numbers. WAR isn’t the be-all, […]
It will come as no surprise to A’s Nation readers that the Athletics have two of the the three finalists for the Jackie Robinson American League Rookie-of-the-Year Award. On Monday night, MLB announced that Nick Kurtz and Jacob Wilson are both finalists for this year’s award. They are joined by Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman […]
Last week I did a deeper dive on Missouri’s offense through four games. You can find it here. This week we do the same for the defense. Here we go! Let’s start with the big reveal: Missouri’s defense actually got BETTER after the last three games than the previous five-game sample set! They went from 11th […]
In Mariners news… Around the league…
Cade Cavalli’s return to the big leagues has been well documented by now, both by us and by the media. To recap, after making his big league debut in August 2022, Cavalli would be shut down for the year with a shoulder injury, followed by tearing his UCL in Spring Training of 2023, costing him […]
The fourth week of the Arizona Fall League is now in the books! As a reminder, the Yankees’ representatives this year for the Mesa Solar Sox (11-11) are Bryce Cunningham, Cade Smith, Brady Kirtner, Coby Morales, Hueston Morrill, Manuel Palencia, Adam Stone, and Enmanuel Tejeda. Here’s how they performed in their fourth week in the desert: October […]
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 last time we saw pitcher Alec Marsh on the mound, the Royals were gunning for a playoff spot in September of 2024. The next time we see him may not be until 2027. MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers reports Marsh had labrum surgery last month and is expected to miss most, if not all of […]
Well, it finally happened: the Cowboys got a streak going. It’s just the wrong kind of streak. For the first time this season, the Cowboys lost consecutive games, falling 27-17 to the Cardinals. It also marked their first home loss of the year. And the final score doesn’t reflect how truly embarrassing this was for […]
There is surprising news today about Japanese left-hander Shōta Imanaga, and I call him “Japanese” instead of “Cubs” because… So as of today, Imanaga is a free agent. For the first season and a half of his time with the Cubs, Imanaga was one of the better pitchers in the National League. He was an […]
The NFC West is back after the trio of byes, and once again, it shows how it’s a powerhouse in the NFL. All four teams won this week, which means nothing much changes in the rankings. What is important is what happens next week. Next week, the entire division is in divisional games. The San […]
I’m not too sure how start this one off. I guess I’ll start this way. Almost exactly a month ago, I used a daily question to have people weigh in on who they thought the next manager would be. I asked for confidence in the guesses, too, to enact my (fever) dream of having a […]
Good morning. You guys must not have bought enough gold World Series hats as Evan Grant writes that a new era of penny pinching from the Texas Rangers appears to be upon us. Kennedi Landry’s newsletter for the week reveals the strengths of new Rangers skipper Skip Schumaker as a manager. With the World Series […]
In Today’s Links: Coach Macdonald’s Monday morning presser, numbers of note from our Seattle Seahawks’ huge win on SNF against the Commanders, injury updates, special players from Jay’s Jiants, trade deadline speculation, and much much more! Thanks for being here. We need you. We need each other. Love y’all. #np Double Destiny by Elitechnique Seahawks […]
Assessing how far behind the Cardinals offense is from the best offenses in the playoffs and identifying a few diamond in the rough candidates for 2026. The World Series concluded on Saturday, and despite the result, it was still a spirited battle between two incredibly fun offenses to watch. What were some takeaways from these […]
For Jackson Holliday, 2025 was supposed to be the year everything came together. The former No. 1 overall pick had captured imaginations with his stellar minor league track record and his memorable late-season debut in 2024, capped by that unforgettable grand slam onto Eutaw Street. But as anyone who’s watched baseball knows, the game has […]
Diamondbacks News Splitter Could Unlock Next Level for Yordin Chalas in D-backs System by Michael McDermott [D-backs Under Review] The D-backs made a consistent effort to accelerate Chalas’ development as a pitcher. They placed him on a starter track to give him more innings plus bullpen sessions he otherwise wouldn’t have as a reliever. On […]
Yesterday, all of the finalists for the major awards in baseball were announced, almost like a fleeting moment in the wind thanks to MLB not advertising anything about it for any point. Such is life. Now that we know all of the finalists for each of the categories, let’s make today’s question a simple question […]