Kansas City Royals news: Alec Zumwalt is out
Jaylon Thompson covers the reports that Alec Zumwalt is out as Royals hitting coach. The offense struggled at key points. The Royals got off to a slow start this spring with a 22-37 record entering…
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Cam Schlittler, Ben Rice share Player of the Game honors for Yankees’ playoff opener
Last year, Cam Schlittler put in one of the most memorable Yankees’ playoff pitching performances of the century in Game 3 of the AL Wild Card Series against the Red Sox. With the series tied at one…
In Praise of the St Louis Cardinals 2026 Season
Well it’s finally over and on the books for 2026. While the season didn’t end on a very good note, let’s instead talk about what went right. After stripping the roster down to the bolts, old school…
Pirates Prospect update: Seth Hernandez named top MLB Prospect in FSL
The Pittsburgh Pirates top prospect Seth Hernandez found himself atop another prospect list as he was named the Florida State League’s top prospect for his body of work as a member of the Bradenton…
The Red Sox were completely unprepared for Game 1 of the Wild Card series
All September, we watched the Red Sox half-heart their way through the month. Guys got days off, pitchers were pushed back, bullpen arms were saved, and the general intensity of all the games flat…
Ben Rice has Yankees on brink of ALDS with MVP-type performance in Game 1 win
For as often as it is applied with certainty, “Most Valuable Player” can feel uncomfortably inexact. Pitchers are valuable in different ways than hitters. Hitters are more valuable in good times than…
Padres rout Cubs 8-0 in emphatic Wild Card opener with Tatis’ leadoff homer, King’s no-hit bid
SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit the first leadoff homer in Padres playoff history on the Cubs’ first pitch, Michael King took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and San Diego rolled to an 8-0…
How Yankees utterly dominated Red Sox without MVP Aaron Judge
NEW YORK – Aaron Judge was nowhere to be found on the field at Yankee Stadium. Yet “M-V-P!” chants still resonated through the raucous ballpark. Judge did not join his teammates on the baseline for…
Red Sox manager Chad Tracy explains why he pulled Payton Tolle in Game 1 loss to Yankees
Tuesday’s Game 1 of the Wild Card Series between the Yankees and Red Sox went as expected. Both starters, Cam Schlittler and Payton Tolle, lived up to their hype, allowing just one run between them…
Red Sox lose Game 1 of the Wild Card series in horrific fashion 9-0
That game, SUCKED!!!!!! That was a level of disaster I haven’t seen from the Red Sox in New York on a single night since the pre 2004 days. The entire lineup looked like trash, Payton Tolle was…
Watch Padres’ Fernando Tatis and Manny Machado ignite Petco Park with homers
The San Diego Padres hit a couple of homers in the opening inning against the Chicago Cubs in the National League wild card series at Petco Park. It was a tough start for Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd in…
White Sox take down Astros as Grant Taylor delivers, Houston bullpen implodes in wild-card Game 1
Two bullpen games entered. One disintegrated almost immediately. Game 1 of the American League wild-card series between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros did not feature the caliber of…
