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Morning, all! When the Rangers’ 2025 season ended they had $113 million in salary on the active 26 man roster and $103.5 million on the injured list. Baseball America has the Rangers’ 2025 draft report card. And that’s about all I’m seeing out there this morning.
Adam Fox and Mika shine, Quick stands tall, and the Rangers finally get it done out west. Not very pretty, but oh well.
Happy Wednesday, everyone! At the time of writing this post, Game 4 of the World Series has only just gotten underway, but even that feels like a miracle considering the incredible length of Game 3. Game 3 seems to be all anyone wants to talk about, with the Jays now shying away from pitching to […]
One of the defining aspects of the 2025 Orioles season is the sheer number of players who shuffled through the roster. Many of those who were involved in tying the MLB record for most players used in a season (70) are players who you’d never thought about, who started the season outside of the organization, […]
“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” So said Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby. It’s not quite winter yet, and baseball’s not quite over, but the weather’s getting colder and our remaining time with our […]
Meet the Mets Cedric Mullins and Starling Marte are more likely not returning to the Mets in 2026, which raises the question: how should the Mets replace them going forward? Lorinda Payson de Roulet, daughter of original Mets owner Joan Whitney Payson, passed away today. Former Mets manager Buck Showalter gave an interview on the […]
Jesse Barfield turns 66 today. Jesse Barfield was one of my favourite players. He was a 9th-round pick in the 1977 amateur draft, the first year the Blue Jays (and the Mariners) participated. MLB gave them the last two choices of each round (the big-hearted folks they are). Jesse made it up to the majors […]
It would sound obscure to say that the Dodgers’ secondary leader in home runs in the regular season is also the same player that is hitting under .100 out of the nine hole in the postseason. That is the situation that Andy Pages finds himself in, and he has become a major detriment for the […]
Your morning round-up of the latest from Blueshirt Banter, Rangers News, and updates from around the NHL
It was always going to be tough for anything to top Monday night (and into Tuesday morning) in Game 3 of the World Series. The 18-inning back-and-forth battle that ended with Freddie Freeman’s walk-off home run will go down as one of the more memorable games in World Series history, no matter how things play […]
Good morning. I’d be a wreck if I were a Dodgers or Blue Jays fan, but as a neutral, this has been a terrific World Series.
Former Kansas City Royals pitcher Will Klein shone in World Series Game 3 with his back against the wall. On Monday, in the most dramatic of circumstances, Klein pitched one scoreless inning after another — with no end in sight, until Freeman launched a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th. When it was […]
Good morning, baseball fans! The World Series continues tonight with Game 5 between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers from Dodger Stadium. The series is currently tied 2-2. Taking the mound for the Blue Jays will be right-handed rookie Trey Yesavage, who finished the regular season with a 3.21 ERA, 2.35 FIP, […]
The Arizona Cardinals are nowhere near where they thought they would be at the midway point of the schedule. A record of 2-5-0 and dead last in the NFC West Division was not the plan. RELATED: CARDINALS MIDSEASON REPORT CARD Is the season lost? Depends. In fact, it depends on what happens against the Dallas […]
I hated writing this post. Hated it. Read my Revue and you’ll understand why. It was physically painful to hit ‘play’ on the highlights video for multiple reasons. Saturday’s game was a well-fought battle between two up-and-coming SEC dark horses. But it was also a picture of clinical, unexciting football, especially on Mizzou’s side of […]
A lot happened in the LSU Football program this past weekend. While there is plenty of coverage regarding all of that on and the valley shook dot com, this post is discussing what the former Tigers were up to! Vikings 10 at Chargers 37 Justin Jefferson led the Vikings with seven catches for 74 yards. […]
Yes, I’m once again delving into the theoretical world of free agency to help the Colorado Rockies. Once again, I acknowledge this is fairly far-fetched and not likely to happen, but the idea of it is tantalizing enough that it’s worth thinking about. As I mentioned in the Paul Goldschmidt piece last week, MLB.com’s Thomas […]
The World Series lives on at least one more day (I am writing this before the game even starts). Since Jason didn’t ask it yesterday, did anyone here watch the entire 18 inning game Monday night? On to the links: Phillies News MLB News
1947 After GM Les O’Connor refused to a pay a $500 fine for signing Chicago Christian high-schooler George Zoeterman, commissioner Happy Chandler suspended the White Sox from baseball. Ironically, when O’Connor was an assistant to the prior commissioner Kenesaw Landis, he helped draft the rule which allowed the White Sox to sign Zoeterman, who had […]
Ok, admittedly I have been planning on writing this since last week’s article about solutions to the outfield conundrum/dilemma/failure. But just before writing this I found a link to an mlb trade rumors article talking about the same deal! So now it’s time to compare my limited ideas with whatever mlb trade rumors is talking […]
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various narrative paths. “Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly, HoF Umpire. Happy birthday to me! Today in baseball history: Cubs Birthdays: Mark Baldwin, Solly Hofman, Richie Barker, Arismendy […]
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And […]
Good Morning Birdland, The biggest domino of the Orioles offseason has already fallen. Earlier in the week, the team announced the hiring of Craig Albernaz as their new manager. At the moment, it is unclear if any members of the Orioles 2025 coaching staff will remain in Albernaz’ dugout going into 2026. But we do […]
Rogers flames out in the middle of the Jays win.