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Coming off the division title years in 2007 and 2008, hopes were high for a three-peat in 2009. But the Cubs struggled for much of the early going in ‘09. They kept near first place, but after mid-April were not again in first place — until July 26, when a win over the Reds put […]
Per Jeff Passan , another Japanese star has officially been posted for MLB teams to sign: righty Kona Takahashi. Teams will have 45 days to try to complete a contract with him. Takahashi, 28, was absolutely dominant for the Seibu Lions in 2022 and 2023, which is when I remember first hearing about him as a possible future pitcher in MLB. Unfortunately he struggled a bit in 2024, and then, although he rebounded to a 3-ish ERA in 2025 (around league average), it came with just 88 strikeouts...
The New York Rangers have been making national headlines lately, but not for reasons that would please a fan of The Broadway Blueshirts. They have lost two straight, and many have them slated to lose yet again tonight at Ball Arena against the vaunted Colorado Avalanche. Colorado still hasn’t lost a second game in regulation, […]
How Acquired The Braves drafted Drue Hackenberg in the second round of the 2023 MLB Draft. Not only was he a slight surprise coming off the board that early in the draft, but he came significantly overslot at a $2M signing bonus with a $1.36M slot value due to being sophomore eligible out of Virginia […]
When my family moved to the Kansas City area when I was in elementary school, I wasn’t yet a Royals fan. But as an avid reader of the Saturday sports section and watcher of Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter, I was a fan of a few players. One of them was towering left-handed pitcher Randy Johnson—The […]
The Seattle Seahawks are currently 13.5-point favorites against the Tennessee Titans, whose only win on the season was one of the flukiest comebacks ever against the Arizona Cardinals. They’ve been at least competitive in close losses to the Los Angeles Chargers and Houston Texans in recent weeks, but 1-9 is 1-9 and they look like […]
Last offseason the A’s were on the lookout for third base help in a big way. After seeing veteran Abraham Toro and rookie Brett Harris struggle all season long and moving on from Toro, the A’s were desperate for even league-average production. They weren’t going to be players for the top of the market bats […]
After missing Wednesday’s practice with a knee injury, Green Bay Packers starting running back Josh Jacobs will return to the field on Thursday, at least in limited looks. Jacobs suffered a knee contusion against the New York Giants on Sunday, knocking him out of the game after the team’s second drive. In his pre-practice press […]
Today in our review series we got someone that made it into just ten games for the A’s due to injury. Righty reliever Jose Leclerc barely played for the Athletics this past season and that’s looking like all we’ll see of the former Rangers closer in the Green & Gold. As a bonus for you […]
We take a quick look back at a depth outfielder I was once moderately excited about, but who performed as a replacement level depth option. How Acquired Fairchild was acquired right at the beginning of the season, as the Braves traded cash to the Reds for him. He was a nice depth option for what […]
The home slate of the 2025 season is already over for the No. 22 Missouri Tigers as they close out with two back-to-back road games. First up is a date with No. 8 Oklahoma on Saturday on the road in Norman as the Tigers look to spoil the Sooners’ College Football Playoff hopes. Kick-off on […]
2025 was the season that ensured Aaron Judge can no longer be tried by jury, as he has no peers. His third AL MVP, second consecutive, came in a campaign that is both historically remarkable, and also kind of what we expect from him. It didn’t end the way we wanted it to, but his […]
We’ve been doing this for several years now. We reviewed some of the top free agents, as rated by Keith Law in The Athletic and Ben Cleens at FanGraphs, using the contracts FanGraphs suggests they will receive, and asked if we should sign them. Kyle Schwarber is number 8 on Keith Law’s free agent list […]
We are back with another episode of Before the Roar, your Detroit Lions’ preview podcast here at Pride of Detroit, where we are breaking down everything ahead of the Week 12 matchup against the New York Giants. Fresh off the heels of a frustrating loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit will be looking to rebound […]
Elly De La Cruz cruised into the 2025 All Star Game with an .854 OPS to his name, having hit a cool .284/.359/.495 in his second full season as a Major Leaguer. He’d hit 18 homers and swiped 25 bags through 97 games, putting him on a full-season 30/40 pace – all while being the […]
No pitcher on the roster appeared in more games for the Dodgers in 2025 than Anthony Banda, perhaps not the hero this team deserved, but the one it needed to get through a grind of a regular season filled with underwhelming performances, some disappointment, and a great need for innings-eaters. Part of a roster that […]
At one point in 2023, it looked like signing Trea Turner to an eleven-year deal worth $300 million was going to be a major disaster for the Phillies. If 2023 was rock bottom, 2025 was the complete opposite. While other players on the roster like Schwarber and Sanchez succeeded loudly and publicly, Turner quietly had […]
There have been rumors flying around this fall about the Red Sox plans for 2026. They range from trading for a #2 to pair with Garrett Crochet, to signing Pete Alonso, to building a “super ‘pen.” With the seemingly ageless Aroldis Chapman and the incredibly talented Garrett Whitlock back in the fold in the ‘pen’s […]
Here is a shocker: White Sox general manager Chris Getz has a solid offseason plan. I never thought I would see the day. I was stunned reading Getz, during last week’s GM meetings, outlining the positions he would like to address before Opening Day. Getz is going to focus on adding starting pitching, some bullpen […]
There’s a decent argument that Nico Hoerner was the MVP of the 2025 Chicago Cubs. The 28-year-old second baseman put up a career-best .297/.345/.394/109 wRC+ slash line and 4.8 WAR, a career-low 7.6% strikeout rate, stole 29 bases, scored 89 runs, drove in 61, and played some of the best defense of any player in baseball. He was also among the most clutch hitters in baseball, constantly coming through when the Cubs needed him. Like many other Cubs, Hoerner is under contract through 2026, ...
The San Francisco 49ers are standing at 7-4, with the Carolina Panthers next on the docket on Monday Night Football at Levi’s Stadium in a must-win game for the former. San Francisco is coming off a big 41-22 win over the Arizona Cardinals that got them back into the playoff picture, but they had some […]
Before the 2025 Mizzou football season began, Eli Drinkwitz said he received one of the worst phone calls a head coach can get — one of his players was diagnosed with cancer. While training for the upcoming season, Muckey had an infection in his tonsil which led to a routine CT scan to discover the […]
In a vacuum, there’s no reason to be upset with Trent Grisham accepting his qualifying offer to return to the Yankees. Grisham, despite entering the year as a fourth outfielder after narrowly avoiding being non-tendered, enjoyed a breakout season, which saw him mash 34 home runs and provide a steady leadoff presence in front of […]
I don’t think that the Kansas City Royals would have made the 2025 playoffs if they had kept Brady Singer. Singer was good this year, but he wouldn’t have solved the main problem with the team, which was that their offense was flatter than a can of Dr. Pepper left open overnight all year. But […]
Last February, ESPN, which has been carrying Major League Baseball games for 35 years, including its signature Sunday Night Baseball franchise, opted out of the last three years of a deal with MLB in which it was supposed to pay the league $550 million a year. The breakup was somewhat acrimonious, with MLB issuing a […]
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