AL and NL Playoff Races, Royals Sold, Verlander No-No, Skaggs Autopsy
American League Playoff Race… With just four weeks left in the season, the division races seem like they are pretty much decided, but the Wild Card teams are still up in the air. Oakland, Tampa Bay and Cleveland are fighting …
Alonso Record, Nevada Diamondbacks, Phillie Phanatic, Pedro Theory, Pujols Hits
The Biggest Apple Mets slugger Pete Alonso set the NL rookie home run record with his 40th bomb. The Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger set the previous mark in 2017. With a month and a half left in the season, Alonso needs …
Trade Deadline, Tulowitzki Retires, Twins Homers, Betts’ Trifecta, Wilkerson Saves
Trade Winds Blowing… As we approach the trade deadline there haven’t been any blockbuster trades yet, but the Trade Rumor Mill still has Noah Syndergaard, Edwin Diaz, Madison Bumgarner and Trevor Bauer drawing interest. So far it’s just been Marcus …
Trade Rumors, Hall of Fame Inductions, Boone Ejected, Eckersley/Price Beef, Harvey Cut
Rumor Has It… With singular trade deadline closing in fast, teams will just have the next week or so to make additions to their teams to fortify themselves for the playoffs. This year it looks like most of the trades …
All-Star Game, Trade Rumors, Cashner Traded, Verlander Speaks Out, Tyler Skaggs Tribute
All-Star Recap… The American League All-Stars beat the National League All-Stars in 2019’s Midsummer Classic. The AL staff combined to strikeout 16, dominating a loaded NL lineup 4-3 for its seventh straight win. Altogether a good night of baseball featuring …
All-Stars, London Games, Yanks Home Runs, McKay Called Up, Mets Memorial
Hey Now! You’re All Stars… The 2019 All-Stars Game rosters are out for the Midsummer Classic at Cleveland’s Progressive Field on July 9. The superstars of the sport and plenty of new faces were selected for outstanding performances so far …
Montreal Rays, Pujols Returns, Callaway Curses, Montas Suspended, Alonso Crushes
Ex-Rays… The Rays have received permission from MLB’s executive council to explore a plan in which they would play home games in both the Tampa Bay area and Montreal. Nobody was more surprised to hear about this unusual solution than …
Beltre Number, Kimbrel Keuchel Sign, McCutchen ACL, Rocker No Hitter, Haniger Rupture
Yo Adrian… The Texas Rangers had a ceremony to retire Adrian Beltre’s number 29 jersey over the weekend. He had spent the last eight of his 21 major league seasons in Texas. Beltre is a sure-shot Hall of Famer who, in …
Home Runs Record, Bruce Trade, MLB Draft, All-Star Voting, RIP Buckner
Touch ‘Em All… Home runs continue at a historic pace and baseball set a calendar-month record with 1,135 home runs in May. Previously, the most home runs in a single month was 1,119 in August 2017. The 2019 season is …
Twins Homers, Orioles Homers, Cano Injury, Pressly Streak, Trout Error
There’s Good News… The Twins tied the MLB record for fastest team to reach 100 HRs in a season. With Miguel Sano’s home run against the White Sox on Friday, Minnesota has joined the 1999 Mariners as the only two …
