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Organized professional baseball has been played in Kansas City since 1884, when the Kansas City Unions of the Union Association took the field. Despite this long history, the city has been light in witnessing baseball milestones. Organized professional baseball has been played in Kansas City since 1884, when the Kansas City Unions of the Union […]
From Royals Review | 10 days ago | 3 reads
Fifth in the series. Today we look at the Cubs’ new third baseman. Alex Bregman should need no introduction. The Cubs wanted to sign him last year but were unable to close the deal. They made up for it this year, signing the free agent to a massive five-year, $175 million contract. Bregman has won two World […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 10 days ago | 1 read
By the mid-to-late-2000s, it was readily apparent the dynasty years were over. The Yankees hadn’t reached a World Series since 2003. Perhaps worse, they’d allowed the Red Sox to break The Curse, with one of sport’s wildest combacks in the ALCS That Shall Not Be Talked About. Despite those setbacks, however, the Yankees continued to […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 10 days ago | 1 read
With Spring Training just around the corner, we’re going to see more movement in free agency very soon. There’s another wave yet to sign , and there is some starting pitching at the front of it. Jon Heyman was on MLB Network discussing, among other things, the state of Zac Gallen’s free agency, which he suggested could reach a conclusion relatively soon: . @JonHeyman reports that the D-backs, Cubs and Orioles are teams that continue to express interest in free agent starter Zac Galle...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 10 days ago | 1 read
Former Blue Jays first baseman Lyle Overbay turns 49 today. Overbay was selected by the Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 1999 draft. He had a couple of brief stints in the majors in 2001 and 2002 before making the team out of spring training in 2003, having been ranked Baseball America’s 65th-best prospect. […]
From Bluebird Banter | 10 days ago | 1 read
*In an effort to make the nomination voting easier for everyone, I will comment, “NOMINATIONS”, and you may reply to that with your picks and upvote the player you’d like to see on the next nominee list. Well we are now officially through the first four rounds of our annual Community Prospect List, where A’s […]
From Athletics Nation | 10 days ago | 0 reads
Locking in defensive returns is often the difference between a red arrow and a green one in the world of Fantasy Premier League. While goals and assists capture the headlines, the 4-point windfall for a clean sheet remains the gold standard for goalkeepers and defenders, while even midfielders benefit from a sneaky 1-point bonus for […]
From Never Manage Alone | 10 days ago | 3 reads
Spring Training is nearly here, and not a moment too soon for those of us shoveling snow from our driveways and scraping ice off the windshields. As the Sox pack up for Camelback Ranch, they have fresh validation that Rebuild 2.0 is stocking the system with real upside. MLB Pipeline’s updated Top 100 Prospects list […]
From South Side Sox | 10 days ago | 3 reads
The Rays front office has quietly done a nice job restructuring the outfield group – so quietly that the improvements may have even flown under the radar of many fans. The outfield production was less than ideal last season. Together, Rays outfielders produced an 85 wRC+ – which was the 5th lowest among all outfields […]
From DRaysBay | 10 days ago | 0 reads
A multi-sport athlete who also played football as well as baseball at Springboro High School in Springboro Ohio, Andrew Joseph “A.J.” Ewing really stood out on the diamond. A natural right-hander whose father had him learn how to swing from the left side as a kid, Ewing quickly began standing out not just as compared […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 10 days ago | 0 reads
“Into the unknoooooown, into the unknooooooooooooooooown” Francisco Renteria – 68Gabriel Rincones – 49Moises Chace – 24Matthew Fisher – 13Griff Burkholder – 5Keaton Anthony – 5Cade Obermueller – 4Carson DeMartini – 4Jean Cabrera – 1Mavis Graves – 1 It’s hard to remember the last time the Phillies had signed an international prospect of this much acclaim. […]
From The Good Phight | 10 days ago | 3 reads
Spring training: when the sunlight is bright and falls upon certain players more than others. A new pitch, a new swing, or a fresh face can all capture the attention of fans and writers alike eager to emerge from the cold tyranny of a baseball-less winter. At Blue Jays spring training in 2022, Yosver Zulueta […]
From Lookout Landing | 10 days ago | 0 reads
Santiago Espinal is fresh off a -1.4 bWAR season that saw him hit .243/.292/.282 overall in 328 PA with the Cincinnati Reds. Garrett Hampson, meanwhile, went just 3 for 19 in his short stint with Cincinnati last season as part of a three-franchise year where he hit .143/.250/.169 overall. Then, there’s Michael Chavis, who hasn’t […]
From Red Reporter | 10 days ago | 1 read
Although it’s not quite the bump back to mid-August that many front offices would prefer, Major League Baseball has set this year’s Trade Deadline as far back as they are currently permitted by the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Instead of the customary July 31 date, this year’s Trade Deadline will be on August 3 at 5pm CT. The timing has been increasingly flexible in recent years to allow MLB to schedule the deadline around games – they want to avoid teams playing in the hours leading ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 10 days ago | 0 reads
Like any number of baseball nerds across the globe, Amazin’ Avenue Managing Editor Chris McShane and I often play Immaculate Grid. We try to top each other’s rarity score and we, as you might expect, only allow ourselves to use Mets and former Mets. The best players to use are the ones who either logged […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 10 days ago | 2 reads
Time to add another name to the Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive coordinator search: Denver Broncos offensive pass game coordinator/quarterbacks coach Davis Webb. The Eagles, New York Giants, and Baltimore Ravens have all requested to interview him for their OC openings, according to a report from NFL insider Adam Schefter. It doesn’t seem like Webb is realistically […]
From Bleeding Green Nation | 10 days ago | 0 reads
Morning, all! Evan Carter is ready to leave his pattern of injury shortened seasons in the past and be an honest to goodness major league regular. Evan Grant has a list of 26thi he the Rangers can do do improve on 2025.
From Lone Star Ball | 10 days ago | 2 reads
Morning everyone, and hope you are all doing well. For those of you dealing with the snow, I recommend a trip to California right now, where it’s still cold but at least sunny. We got word late yesterday afternoon that MLB had set the mid-season Trade Deadline later than usual this coming season, setting it […]
From Athletics Nation | 10 days ago | 0 reads
Missouri track and field will trek back to the Hearnes Center this weekend to host the Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational, a two-day meet scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Jan. 30–31. The Tigers will compete across a full slate of multi events, field events and races as they look to carry recent success into another key […]
From Rock M Nation | 10 days ago | 0 reads
If I were to name every championship team from Yankee history and ask you to name some players from that year, any fan worth their salt could probably get at least a couple. The lore of the likes of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and plenty others is large enough that their […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 10 days ago | 0 reads
After I posted this article Tuesday citing a Joon Lee report on the Dodgers supposedly not paying their fair share of TV revenue sharing, my attention was called to this Los Angeles Times article by Bill Shaikin, in which Lee’s claims are, well, basically refuted: It also revived a strange chapter in team history, with […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 10 days ago | 1 read
One of the major goals for the Kansas City Royals this offseason was to acquire an impact bat, particularly one that could play corner outfield. It seemed logical that the Royals should be able to sell from their starting pitching depth, and possibly tap into their minor league catching depth as well, to find a […]
From Royals Review | 10 days ago | 1 read
Good morning friends! It’s Wednesday once more, and we’ve got some news and analysis to dig into. In Mariners news… Around the league…
From Lookout Landing | 10 days ago | 2 reads
22. Yujanyer Herrera (115 points, 15 ballots) Herrera turned 22 a few months ago, but he has been a professional for over six years, having been signed in August 2019 out of Venezuela by the Brewers for only a $10k bonus. Due to the pandemic, Herrera didn’t throw a pitch in affiliated ball until 2021 and he […]
From Purple Row | 10 days ago | 0 reads
Good morning! MLB Network is conducting its annual exercise in ranking the best players at each position. Yesterday, they tackled left field, and the top of the list is quite interesting: Yes, the man that many Red Sox fans have been shipping out the door in imaginary trade scenarios all offseason is, according to MLB […]
From Over the Monster | 10 days ago | 0 reads