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The Mets, who are surely facing a very busy offseason after a disappointing 83 win 2025 which saw them miss the playoffs, made their first signing prior to the 2026 campaign, signing left-handed reliever Richard Lovelady to a one year, Major League contract today, the team announced. Lovelady, who was drafted by the Royals and […]
Thursday afternoon means a fresh episode of Real Life was recorded, edited, and is ready to help you wrap up the week. On today’s podcast, the guys discussed the World Series, cruise ships, Oilers vs. Habs, and much more. The guys kicked off the Thursday episode of Real Life with a look ahead at the…
Former Real Madrid player Lucas Vazquez displayed his affection for the Santiago Bernabeu for their tribute to the player in Real Madrid’s 1-0 win over Juventus on Wednesday night. The Bernabeu had a tifo prepared for Vazquez, and he discussed it in a recent interview. He said: “The photo on the tifo was from the […]
The Arizona Cardinals have issues with the offense. Most are pointing at OC Drew Petzing as the problem. Others mention the lack of talent along the offensive line. The most obvious is when both starting running backs became injured and subsequently missed multiple games. Some folks are blaming the lack of production from the receiver […]
Julián Alvarez’s stellar performance for Atlético Madrid in their 5-2 victory over Real Madrid in September highlighted his importance to the team. The 25-year-old scored twice as Atlético put their local rivals in the shade. The striker’s display inevitably triggered renewed talk about what the future holds for him. Paris Saint-Germain has been touted as […]
via team press release The Tampa Bay Rays have promoted Hamilton Marx to Vice President, Assistant General Manager, Samantha Bireley to Director, Baseball Operations, Jeremy Sowers to Director, Major League Operations, and Danielle Dockx to Director, Position Player Programming, the club announced today. “We’re committed to constantly evolving as an organization,” said Rays President, Baseball […]
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The Philadelphia Eagles issued their second official injury report in advance of their Week 8 home game against the New York Giants. The Eagles listed four players under DID NOT PARTICIPATE: A.J. Brown, Cam Jurgens, Adoree’ Jackson, and Azeez Ojulari. Missing two practices in a row typically points to players not being able to play. […]
The Game One starting pitchers for the World Series have been named. Blake Snell will be getting the start for the Los Angeles Dodgers, while Trey Yesavage will be starting for the Toronto Blue Jays. Snell only made 11 regular season starts for the Dodgers but was excellent in those outings, putting up a 2.35 […]
Real Madrid striker Endrick is keen on leaving the club on a loan deal this winter, according to a report published Thursday by MARCA. The Brazilian attacker feels he needs to play meaningful minutes to continue developing as a player and would like to compete for a spot on Brazil’s squad for the 2026 FIFA […]
The sting hasn’t worn off quite yet. “We’re still in grief mode,” said Mariners team president Jerry Dipoto at today’s end-of-season media availability. Across the room, Justin Hollander also became overwhelmed with emotion while talking about the end to a Mariners season that came just short of a World Series run. Dan Wilson, true to […]
2025 stats: 67 IP, 55 G, 3.90 ERA / 3.70 FIP, 1.40 WHIP, 20.4 K%, 11.3 BB%, 0.5 fWAR After a mini breakout in 2024, José Buttó looked like he might be a reliable dude in the Mets’ grand plan. He pitched 74 innings (the first 38 of which came as a starter) and was […]
We know that the Cubs have superior defensive players at many positions, and could win several Gold Gloves when those awards are announced next month. Today, Sports Info Solutions gave the entire team a Fielding Bible award (Bluesky link): As noted in the Bluesky post, this is the first-ever such award, given to an entire […]
Every year as a new season dawns, I do my best to come up with spur of the moment, lightly researched predictions for the upcoming season. I am not living completely under a rock, however, so these do tend to be hunches that accumulate over months of casual offseason observance of happenings around the league, […]
Sporting News announced MLB awards winners on Thursday morning, and multiple Brewers players and personnel took home some more hardware. After another great regular season (let’s never speak of the NLCS again), Pat Murphy collected his second consecutive NL Manager of the Year award from Sporting News, while newly promoted President of Baseball Operations and […]
After a 23-17 double-overtime win at Auburn last Saturday night, the Missouri Tigers are officially bowl eligible. In his first six seasons, head coach Eli Drinkwitz has had a bowl eligible record every year leading the Tigers. Though at 6-1 and ranked No. 15 in the latest AP Top 25 poll — Mizzou has their […]
I was sure Kevin Gausman would start game one, but I was wrong. Trey Yesavage is getting tomorrow’s start. He’ll be the second youngest pitcher ever to start a game one. Ralph Branca, who started for the Dodgers way back in 1947 was the youngest, 21 and 267 days. Right now, one of my kids […]
Tonight is officially listed as a home game for Edmonton, but it feels like part of an eight-game road trip. The Oilers played the Rangers, Islanders, Devils, Red Wings, and Senators on the road, and they host the Canadiens tonight before playing in Seattle and Vancouver this coming Saturday and Sunday. It’s an odd one-game…
There is no longer an undefeated team in the state of Florida as Miami fell from the ranks with a 24-21 defeat at the hands of Louisville. It was an eventful week in the state as the University of Florida fired head coach Billy Napier, and Florida State gave Mike Norvell the dreaded vote of […]
Free agency will begin shortly after the World Series ends, so clearly, we are getting close to that, and with that adjustments in many teams’ 40-man rosters. I thought it would be interesting to look at the Cubs’ 40-man roster and how it will shape up after free agents are deleted. Here is the 40-man […]
Here’s something you might not be aware of: the Red Sox absolutely own the third base Silver Slugger award. Of the 45 trophies given out at that position, 11 of them have gone to Red Sox third baseman. This has been thanks mostly to Wade Boggs, who won the award six times with the Sox. […]
Good morning, foLLks, and happy Thursday! We apologize for the delay for today’s Moose Tracks. In Mariners news: Around the league:
Remember all of those MacKenzie Gore trade rumors at the deadline, well they are back as we approach the offseason. In the last 24 hours, we have gotten even more smoke about the Nationals trading their 26 year old ace. The Nats were close to trading Gore at the deadline, but did not pull the […]
The Silver Slugger finalists across baseball were revealed on Thursday morning and three Athletics saw their names among the contenders for the prestigious award: None of these are a surprise to A’s fans. The trio were the heart of the Athletics order and look like they will be again next year. All three were near-locks […]