Patrick Wisdom and Yan Gomes homered to help Justin Steele and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-4 on Wednesday night, ending a three-game losing streak. Steele (6-0) allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings, striking out three and walking three. He and Clayton Kershaw are the only National League six-game […]
Bryce Harper leads the top names of this vaunted free agent class. It seems as if people have been talking about his free agency ever since he came into the league in 2012. It’s quite unclear where the 26-year old phenom will land but whoever it is will have to pony up big time. His […]
At the top of one of the most anticipated offseasons in MLB history, you have one of the most incredible talents in Manny Machado. His lethal bat and elite glove will have teams throwing the bank at him. It will likely take a contract worth at least $300 million over 10 years which will make […]
Monday marked the first time that we saw two tie-breaking Games 163s, and on the same day at that. We had the Milwaukee Brewers traveling to Chicago to take on the Cubs for NL Central supremacy while the Colorado Rockies went out west to Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers for the NL West […]
Before the non-waiver trade deadline, the Chicago Cubs needed significant help in their starting rotation, so they went out on a (bit of a) limb to acquire left-hander Cole Hamels from the Texas Rangers. The veteran was not having his best of years in 2018, posting a 4.72 ERA and 1.373 WHIP in 114 innings […]
Tuesday signaled the end of the Washington Nationals’ 2018 season. Not officially but unofficially, as they have waved the white flag and begun the fire sale on the team. They have been the biggest underachievers of the season and easily the biggest disappointment of the MLB in 2018, and perhaps in recent memory. They have elite talent […]
The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired left-handed-hitting first baseman Justin Bour from the Miami Marlins in exchange for 22-year-old minor league southpaw McKenzie Mills. Bour, 30, will enter his second year of arbitration at the end of this season after being a bit of a late bloomer. The Miami Marlins originally acquired Bour from the Cubs […]
We are in the dog days of the MLB season, but to spice things up, it’s time to start looking at the playoff and awards races. And it’s time to get bold. People love predictions and making ones that don’t seem likely are always fun to read because they are fresh and unexpected. Obviously, there needs […]
The American League playoff picture is mostly set, even though it is just early August. We know, almost certainly, that the American League will be represented in the playoff bracket by the Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians, and New York Yankees as the three division winners and one of the wild card teams. […]
This year’s MLB Trade Deadline did not disappoint, which is becoming an exciting patter. A flurry of moves was made, whether it be the hours leading up to the deadline, a day or two before, or anytime in July. All the National League’s playoff contenders made moves to find a secure footing in the playoff […]
The Tampa Bay Rays traded starting pitcher Chris Archer to the Pittsburgh Pirates just before the trade deadline passed on Tuesday. The Rays have dangled Archer as a trade candidate for a few years now, and finally pulled the trigger on this trade with the Pirates for top-end prospects Tyler Glasnow and Austin Meadows, along […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers made another trade just before the deadline to bring in second baseman Brian Dozier from the Minnesota Twins. The Twins have had Dozier on the trading block for a the last couple of trade deadlines and finally pulled the trigger on a deal for minor leaguers Luke Raley and Devin Smeltzer […]
