The New York Yankees had a season to forget in 2023. Injuries and underperformance plagued the team all season causing them to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2016. Despite signing a $162 million contract last offseason, Carlos Rodon was the worst pitcher in the rotation last year. He spent much of the […]
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Oakland A’s owner John Fisher got what he wanted. All 30 MLB team owners voted unanimously to allow the Oakland Athletics to move to Las Vegas. I guess even the most inept people get a win occasionally. Lately, John Fisher has been touting bigger payrolls once the team officially moves to Sin City. However, Johnny […]
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Major League Baseball has selected sites for both the 2024 and 2026 all-star games. However, the league has yet to pick a venue for the 2025 mid-summer classic. The venues that have been coming up as possible hosts are Atlanta’s Truist Park, Chicago’s Wrigley Field, Baltimore’s Camden Yards, and Toronto’s Rogers Centre. Truist Park has […]
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The opportunity to oversee the Boston Red Sox baseball operations is a job everyone has dreams of doing. On paper, the job itself is still very attractive. It’s a big market team, a legendary franchise, a very passionate fan base, strong farm system, and the city of Boston is one of the most exciting places […]
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During this year’s trade deadline, it seemed as though the Seattle Mariners were packing in their season. At the time of the deadline, the Mariners had been inconsistent all season. They were in third place in the AL West, and 3.5 games out of a wild card spot. Seattle flipped its longtime closer to the […]
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Somewhere inside Yankee Stadium sits Yankees Managing General Partner Hal Steinbrenner in one of the suites overlooking the playing field. While he watches, his team continues to put forth a disappointing on-field product often to a chorus of boos from fans. Despite heading into the season filled with optimism, his team has been a nightmare […]
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The Mets continued their firesale hours before the deadline with a massive trade. The Mets traded ace pitcher Justin Verlander to the Astros. In return, the Mets received Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford, the first and fourth-best prospects in the Astros system. The Mets will also be sending the Astros 35 million to help cover […]
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Eight weeks down and we have more questions than answers so far in the MLB season. The AL East has every team over .500. The AL Central has only one team over .500. Philidelphia added a big-time Free Agent, yet they are 7.5 games back in the NL East. The Dodgers are first in the […]
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One of the biggest surprises of the 2023 season is how well the Pittsburgh Pirates are doing so far. They are currently in first place in the NL Central and have the best record in the entire National League. They also have the second-best record in all of baseball trailing just the Tampa Bay Rays. […]
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This spring, the Yankees are having a position battle at shortstop. This is happening between Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Anthony Volpe, and Oswald Peraza. Kiner-Falefa was the starter last year, Volpe has yet to make his debut, and Peraza saw time in 2022 as well. While Kiner-Falefa has the experience and Volpe is a more highly regarded […]
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Last season was an absolute disaster for the Chicago White Sox. Despite coming off two straight years of being in the postseason, the team was mediocre all season. All year they showed no fight and could never get any consistency going. While manager Tony LaRussa was clearly past his prime, when he was out with […]
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The new trend in baseball seems to be having youthful talent at the shortstop position. The World Series champion Houston Astros had that in Jeremy Peña, and so did the Philadelphia Phillies with Bryson Stott. The Yankees built a dynasty in the 90s with a then-youthful shortstop named Derek Jeter. This past season, the Yankees […]
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It’s official. Opening Day is postponed. Major League Baseball released a letter on Tuesday detailing the impasse after the arbitrarily set deadline of February 28th came and went with no agreement being reached. So, here we are – faced with the first time that Major League Baseball will miss meaningful games since the 1994-95 season […]
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Some people call us the Gangsters of Glove. Some people call us Maurice… Wait… Did You Say Space Cowboys? Yes. And no, Steve Miller had nothing to do with this. Nor did Clint Eastwood. It’s not that exciting. At least not to you, maybe. In all seriousness, though, rebranding is all the rage these days. […]
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