On Wednesday, Juan Soto’s 431-foot homer and Nick Martinez and three relievers’ four-hit shutout ended Atlanta’s eight-game winning streak. Soto, who entered the game hitting.175, led off the fourth by driving a 1-1 sinker from Braves starter Charlie Morton (2-2) into right center for the game’s only run. Martinez (1-1) won with six strikeouts, three […]
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MLB Rookies of the Year Announced
Shohei Ohtani The Los Angeles Angels’ version of Babe Ruth took home the trophy for the American League. He beat out the two Yankees Miguel Andújar and Gleyber Torres. He finished with 25 out of 30 first place votes and the other five were given to Andújar. While Ohtani missed a chunk of the season […]
MLB Announces 2018 Awards Finalists
The MLB has a funny way of announcing their award winners. They released the Gold Glove winners at 9 p.m. on a Sunday night. The other award winners won’t be decided for another week. Here are the finalists for the 2018 awards. AL Rookie of the Year Miguel Andújar 3B, New York Yankees Shohei […]
The Washington Nationals Aren’t Doomed if Bryce Harper Leaves
Any other year, the major talk surrounding the Washington Nationals would be regarding how much of a bust they were this season. However, most of the discussion has been about Bryce Harper’s pending free agency. He is perceived to be the most prominent free agent in MLB history because of his superstar talent and age. […]
The Biggest Names from the NL’s Loaded 2018 Rookie Class
The 2018 National League Rookie of the Year race is absolutely loaded this year. It’s not often that fans get to see this much elite fresh blood injected into the MLB. Fans have seen strong classes in NL in the past, as recently as 2013 and 2015. 2015 was headlined by Kris Bryant, Noah Syndergaard, […]
Taking a Look at the National League’s Rookie of the Year Race
Like the National League MVP, the NL’s Rookie of the Year race is pretty wide-open. There are two particularly leading candidates, but there is a wide pool of players that have legitimate arguments. We are seeing another excellent influx of young talent that baseball fans will be fortunate enough to watch for the next 10-15 […]
Yankees Split With Nationals
The Yankees played a 1.5-header on Monday against the Washington Nationals. They started by resuming the May 15 game in the afternoon. The game was tied 3-3 in the bottom of the sixth when it got suspended due to rain. The next day’s game was also postponed, which is why both games were played Monday. […]
Yankees Split Series With Nats
The Yankees lost to the Nationals on Wednesday night, 5-4. This was one of the more heartbreaking losses in recent memory for the Bombers. It was a shaky start for the Yankees. The Nationals took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first and made starting pitcher Sonny Gray throw 34 pitches in the […]