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Happy Wednesday A’s fans. Last night, the World Baseball Classic came to a dramatic conclusion with Venezuela scoring the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to defeat the USA 3-2. Now that the appetizer is over, it’s time for the main course: the 2026 regular season. Today marks the last day off Athletics players and […]
For all the reasons we’ve written about and all the painful innings Rockies fans watched, 2025 was a season to forget. Luckily, there was Hunter Goodman. In his first full MLB season, the then 25-year-old put up the best season for a catcher in MLB not named Cal Raleigh. Goodman, the Rockies fourth-round pick from […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide came home from a road trip to Kentucky where there were swept in a three game series, just to turn around and travel to Mobile to play South Alabama on Tuesday. The Tide lost that contest by a score of 6-3 in an ugly display of baseball. Alabama committed five errors […]
Morning, all! Shawn McFarland continues his top 30 prospect countdown with number 8, Winston Santos, and number 7, David Davilillo. The Rangers have two of the five minor league prospects listed as two way players after signing two teenagers last year that are both shortstops and right handed pitchers. Seong-Jun Kim and Josh Owen’s development […]
Major League Baseball’s opening day is just a week away as the spring training wanes, and the Detroit Tigers are rounding into shape ahead of the 2026 regular season schedule. The Motor City Kitties are just 7-11 during preseason play, but the results do not mean anything until next Thursday afternoon’s matchup with the San […]
German Marquez must have taken some inspiration from Walker Buehler because the right-hander took the mound for the San Diego Padres and delivered a five inning, nine strikeout performance against the Seattle Mariners that resulted in a 9-6 win for San Diego at the Peoria Sports Complex on Tuesday. Marquez did allow three runs on […]
What’s This Team’s Deal? Last year, this article began with a picture of a completely disheveled Tropicana Field, still unusable six months after Hurricane Milton. After sustaining significant water and wind damage, the stadium has been renovated and the Rays will return to Tropicana Field in less than a month. The capacity of this renovated […]
It won’t be easy—but it might be possible. Why the Rangers’ mix of Fox, Shesterkin, and rising young talent could make this retool work.
One possession from my childhood that is a continuous source of fascination is a Kansas City Athletics yearbook, the type that you used to be able to buy at the ballpark, or by sending in a few dollars to the club. The yearbook looks to be from 1967. It was given to me by a […]
MESA, Arizona — While most of you were watching Cubs closer Daniel Palencia close out the World Baseball Classic for Venezuela, Cubs catcher/DH Moisés Ballesteros and starting left-hander Shōta Imanaga put on quite a show in front of a festive St. Patrick’s Day full house at Sloan Park. Ballesteros smashed two monster home runs to […]
It’s Wednesday, and we are up and running! March Madness officially starts Thursday, though play-in games are taking place. Keep up with all the basketball news and everything else around the college sports world! See what is coming your way today on our site and around the internet. PAC-12 Basketball Arena Rankings This post looks […]
Last week I dug into the things we think we know at this point of the Orioles spring. We know that Tyler Wells is going to start the season in the bullpen because Craig Albernaz told us. We’re pretty sure that Coby Mayo is going to get a shot at third base with Jordan Westburg […]
It was almost Bedlam at the Bank again. Almost. Bryce Harper delivered a late-game blast to flip the script in a big moment, but this time around, his team didn’t end up finishing the job. Bryce Harper and Team USA fell just short of victory, with Team Venezuela (and beloved former Phillie Ranger Suarez) reaching […]
George Lombard Jr. and Elmer Rodríguez are typically regarded as the two best prospects on the Yankees, but the next two are pretty much interchangeable. Some believe No.3 belongs to Carlos Lagrange and No.4 to shortstop Dax Kilby; others have them in the reverse order. In any case, the point stands: Kilby, last year’s first-round […]
Well, it’s over now. Venezuela wins, Team USA is the runner-up once again, Japan shockingly wasn’t in either of those prior clauses, and we’re stuck with Spring Training for about another week. Did this WBC change your opinion of the event? Was it better, or worse, than you expected? I was pretty meh on the […]
Tuesday night we saw two powerhouse teams go head to head in the World Baseball Classic Final as Team USA and Team Venezuela squared off to see who could call themselves best in the world. Team USA was always going to be a juggernaut, but Venezuela beat out several other teams that were predicted to […]
White Sox fans are nothing if not optimistic. Every spring brings a new breakout candidate, every top prospect becomes the next cornerstone, and the most recent hot streak has us dreaming about what could be. Sometimes that hopefulness pays off. Other times, well, we’ve all been there before. So, every fanbase has them — the […]
Meet the Mets The Mets came away from their game against the Marlins yesterday with a tied 5-5 result. Sean Manaea had his best start of the spring so far, throwing four perfect innings, the offense was completely powered by Bo Bichette who drove in all five of the Mets runs. The Mets made a […]
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment You know what time it is. Time for the Conference USA Bowling Championships. Hail Pinman. Vanderbilt is the #2 seed in the tournament behind top-seeded hated rival Jacksonville State (who only wishes they were McKendree, but stole their coach and all their players.) The Commodores open the event today facing […]
There was a hint of optimism after Roki Sasaki struck out nine Chicago White Sox hitters in a “game B” outing last week. After Tuesday’s performance, the struggles that Sasaki has experienced throughout most of spring have returned. Sasaki was finally able to throw at least half of his pitches for strikes on Tuesday against […]
Hello Bluebird Banterers and welcome to my first post, formally known as nute39jays I will be trying to help out the two Tom’s with some posts. It is the time of year where a career minor leaguer can look like an All Star and a unknown prospect can put themselves on the public’s radar but, […]
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Samuel Basallo is 21 years old, under contract for the next seven-plus years, and widely regarded as one of the most exciting young hitters in baseball. After a brief debut in the MLB last season, he heads into 2026 as Baltimore’s everyday designated hitter and heir apparent behind the plate. So: what should we actually […]
Friends, we are just a week away from Major League Baseball returning in full force and the Colorado Rockies opening up the season in Miami on March 27. Camp is winding down, which means the team will have to start making decisions about who will be on that plane to Florida. So, without further ado, […]
The 2026 World Baseball Classic officially concluded last night, as Venezuela beat the USA to claim the title. This year’s tournament of 20 teams featured plenty of representation for the Milwaukee Brewers, with 14 players playing for eight countries. Let’s take a country-by-country look at how they fared. Canada: Tyler Black & Rob Zastryzny Canada, […]