After having yet another team fire sale in 2018, the Miami Marlins’ never-ending rebuild appears to finally be making progress. This offseason, Miami signed veterans Jean Segura and Johnny Cueto and acquired reigning American League batting champion Luis Arraez. With the improvements the Marlins made this offseason, I believe they will be a much-improved team […]
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Last season’s results had to be very encouraging in the progress that the Baltimore Orioles were making with their rebuild. They finished the season with an 83-79 record and were playing some meaningful games in September. The prior season, Baltimore lost 110 games. This was the first winning season the Orioles have had since 2016. […]
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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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Nobody disappointed this year like the Chicago White Sox. The Southsiders saw their division hopes crushed over a six-game home stand. After dropping all six to the team ahead of them, the Cleveland Guardians, and the lowly Detroit Tigers, Tony La Russa‘s (and Miguel Cairo‘s) squad was laid at death’s door. Another two losses brought […]
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The Red Sox’s moves at the trade deadline make you wonder if Chaim Bloom believes this team can make a playoff push and if he should have done more to remake the club with 2023 and beyond in mind. Boston improved its outfield offense and improved all around at first base. Yet, their outfield defense […]
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Minnesota is ready to run it back. Things looked grim for the Twins last year. 89 losses. Jose Berrios was traded away. Nelson Cruz was sent to the Rays. With the White Sox still on the rise, the Guardians hanging around, and the Tigers on the come up, the gap to compete seemed narrow as […]
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The new Major League Baseball season starts on March 31. It’s going to be an exciting road to the World Series with the winners crowned in early October. Can the Atlanta Braves follow up their 2021 win? 2021 saw the Braves beat the Houston Astros to win the World Series for the first time this […]
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How can you not get romantic about baseball? The early part of Fall gifts us with sweater weather, the changing of the leaves and, MLB playoffs! With respect to the parent actors in those Staples commercials, this is truly the most wonderful time of the year. I made an appearance on the Sports Stove on […]
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On paper, it’s easy to say the Chicago White Sox are a dominant team. They are currently ten games ahead of the Cleveland Indians and will easily win the American League Central. Jose Abreu is having another MVP year; the team is sixth in runs scored and the pitching staff has a combined earned run […]
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October is here. Metaphorically of course. It may be a couple of days until October yet, but for MLB teams and fans alike, October is among us. Fans are in for a treat with an expanded playoff format that has given us some unbelievable matchups in the 2020 AL Wild Card. The American League fields […]
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The Last Dance continued last night with episodes seven and eight. These, to me, were the most interesting of the whole documentary. These episodes dealt with some of the more fascinating aspects of Michael Jordan‘s career. From his father’s death, to his departure from the NBA to play minor league baseball, to eventually coming back […]
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With MLB Opening Day only 25 days away and spring training games steadily underway, baseball season is right around the corner. Over the next month, we will preview all 30 MLB teams for the 2020 season leading up to Opening Day on March 26th. Next up, the Chicago White Sox 2020 preview. Check out the […]
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As the Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the World Series to win the first World Series in team history, the other 28 teams were focused on the upcoming free agency period. Each team has an offseason to-do list and players that they are interested in bringing in to join their […]
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Danny Mendick’s Journey was not an easy task. Growing up in Rochester, New York, the utility infielder dealt with much adversity early on, coming out of high school at 5-foot-8, and not a single college team knocking on his door made it very difficult for him. After not receiving any type of scholarship to play […]
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