New York beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 on Wednesday night behind Justin Verlander’s seven innings of two-hit work and Pete Alonso’s major league-leading 13th home run. Brandon Nimmo’s three hits, including a fourth-inning go-ahead single, helped the Mets win for the fourth time in 16 games. Cincinnati was the lone MLB team Verlander had never […]
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 […]
On Thursday night, the Boston Red defeated the Houston Astros 4-1 to punch their ticket to the World Series for the first time since 2013. They have won the last 3 times they were in the World Series in 2004, 2007, and 2013. they will take on the winner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and […]
Blake Snell was the breakout of the 2018 season this summer but had a trip to the DL interrupt what was an excellent season. After his last start on July 12, before his stint, the 25-year-old had thrown 119 innings, posting a 2.27 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 3.42 FIP, and struck out 134 batters, which was […]
The Oakland A’s have been the feel-good story of baseball this season and have been able to surge all the way to the top of the AL West with the Houston Astros. The Astros beat Oakland on Sunday to regain sole possession of first place, but Oakland briefly tied the defending champs atop the division […]
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. […]
The Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros made a trade Monday to swap troubled closers. The Blue Jays traded Roberto Osuna to the Astros, while Houston sent Toronto a package headlined by closer Ken Giles and Houston’s No. 10 prospect Hector Perez, a pitcher. Osuna, 23, is one of the best young closers the game […]
When you talk about the top pitchers in baseball, the first names to come to mind are immediately Clayton Kershaw, Chris Sale, Max Scherzer, Corey Kluber, Justin Verlander, and recently Jacob deGrom. Then in the tier below them, you have guys like Gerrit Cole, Luis Severino (who is starting to creep his way to the […]
Bartolo Colon reached another career milestone yesterday after striking out Max Muncy: 2500 total strikeouts. Justin Verlander and C.C. Sabathia are the only other active players who have accomplished this feat. Bartolo Colon puts away Max Muncy for career strikeout number 2,500- making him the 34th pitcher in MLB history with 2,500+ strikeouts! Congratulations, #BigSexy […]
Domingo German has been the Yankees fifth starting pitcher while Jordan Montgomery has been out with injury. German’s performance so far has been a mixed bag. He looked good in the bullpen this year before the Montgomery injury. Of course, Montgomery went down with an elbow strain and was placed on the disabled list on […]
Detroit Tigers’ ace, Justin Verlander, finished second in the Cy Young voting last season while his Tigers were two games out of a playoff spot by season’s end. Needless to say, Verlander and the Tigers were hungry to get back to baseball and redeem themselves from disappointing finishes. Opening Day in Chicago had to be […]
As most baseball fans know, Spring Training is a time for everyday big leaguers to tune up their game and for minor league talent to show off to make the big club. The exhibition games played in Florida and Arizona have a winner and a loser, but the wins and losses don’t matter until the […]
