If the MLB Season Ended Today:
With approximately 125 games played so far this season, what would happen if the MLB playoffs began this week? Who would be a definite lock-in for the postseason, who would be on the bubble and which teams would be watching the playoffs on television? American League: Division Leaders: Houston Astros-West, Cleveland Guardians-Central, New York Yankees-East […]
How will the MLB Playoffs be played this year?
Ah, yes, it’s now the second week of August and as the dog days of summer are baking much of the United States, it’s hard to believe that fall is just around the corner. The MLB postseason is just around the corner as well and the 2022 playoffs will be very different than what fans […]
The Phillies have their sights on the Postseason
After the end of this past April, if anyone in the baseball world mentioned the Philadelphia Phillies and the playoffs in the same sentence, people would think that they were crazy or living in an alternate baseball universe. Under the leadership of now-fired manager Joe Girardi, the Phils sat at 22-29 early in the 2022 […]
Oriole Fan Favorite Trey Mancini traded to the Astros
The busiest weekend in Major League Baseball has arrived and not, it’s not the World Series. This Tuesday, August 2nd, marks the annual MLB trade deadline and for many players this time represents both bittersweet changes and new opportunities with different ballclubs. For Orioles fan favorite Trey Mancini, his chances of playing in the postseason […]
And there were Six: Padres attempting to crash postseason party
Okay, if you dislike the use of alliteration then forgive me with that title, but I simply could not resist. The San Diego Padres have made bold attempts in the last 48 hours to become a real contender not only with the rival Dodgers but are eyeing a chance to go to their first World […]
If the baseball season ended today: NL playoff predictions
It’s almost hard to believe but the 2022 MLB season is heading towards the final stretch and with the trade deadline looming, it’s time to take a hard look at which teams are in the driver’s seat heading into the postseason and which teams are sitting on the bubble to keep their playoff hopes alive. […]
Chicago Cubs Shopping for trade deals for Happ, Contreras
Professional sports are a business and in business deals have to be made to better the organization. In the case of the Chicago Cubs, outfielder Ian Happ and fan-favorite catcher Willson Contreras are purportedly on the MLB trade market and with an August 2nd deadline rapidly approaching, both players may have seen their last days […]
Yankees select Eric Reyzelman in MLB Draft: Lessons in Fortitude
How many of us have had dreams in our lives, only to give up on those hopes when life gets rough? For new Yankees pitcher Eric Reyzelman, life has been a study of hardships, letdowns and perseverance. You can say that Reyzelman was born into struggles but his day of reckoning may have just arrived. […]
Fear the Moustache: The New and Improved Matt Carpenter
By the end of the 2021 season, Matt Carpenter had seen better days in the big leagues and it looked like his ride was all but over. Carpenter finished up the season with the Redbirds and was hitting a paltry .169 with three homers in 207 trips to the plate. Whatever magic he had in […]
Weird Weekend in Toronto awaits the Royals
Alas, a true youth movement has arrived in Kansas City to sweep over the Royals roster as they head north of the border to play the Toronto Blue Jays this weekend. Why is there a sudden rush to bringing up all the young talent in the Royals organization? Simply put, Covid-19 is creating a golden […]
Yankees win a wild one – with a wild pitch?
Ok, I’ve grown up with baseball and can still remember most of the New York Yankees lineup from the 1977 and 78 World Series, let alone remember the greatness of the Jeter era (ball flip, anyone?) But this past Wednesday night I have to say I saw one of the craziest and unlikely endings to […]
The AL East reigns in as the toughest division in MLB
As we head into the All-Star break and just past the half way mark of the 2022 baseball season, there’s no real surprise here – the American League East division is by far the toughest and baseball division in the land. This claim is easy to make when none of the teams in the AL […]
Tim Anderson Earns All-Star Game Starter Spot
Despite the apparent woes of the Chicago White Sox halfway through the 2022 season, one thing is apparent: shortstop Tim Anderson is having a career season so far. In fact, Anderson is having a career year for all of the shortstops in the American League. Anderson just earned his first spot in the American League […]
The White Sox look more Black & Blue through Mid-Season
The 2022 season was supposed to be a year that the Chicago White Sox were supposed to be a dominant force in the American League. Coming off back-to-back playoff berths in 2020 and 2021, the White Sox looked to Opening Day, 2022 as the start of another divisional title run and a chance to make […]
Kyle Schwarber: Heating up the Summer for the Phillies
Within Major League Baseball, there are really three distinct seasons: the first two months which seem like extended winter, after Memorial Day to the 4th of July and most importantly after the All-Star break. For Phillies outfielder Kyle Schwarber, the second season has been an appropriate time to show why the Phillies picked him up […]
Vinnie Pasquantino: Was it an out or a Homer?
For every Major League ballplayer that first hit in the Show has to be a special occasion worth celebrating and remembering for the rest of their careers and even their lives. For rookie Kansas City Royal Vinnie Pasquantino, his first hit in the big leagues will not only go down as memorable but almost comical. […]
Mark Appel: Patience truly is a Virtue
We’ve all heard the old adage that ‘good things come to those who wait.” For Phillies relief pitcher Mark Appel, the wait, struggles, grief and frustration all vanished in a simple moment on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Ballpark. The first thing that really jumps out is simply saying Phillies relief pitcher Mark Appel. Appel’s […]
Philadelphia Phillies: Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back
We all know the drill about moving forward and when things are going great, we stumble and fall back and have to start over again. Just as the Philadelphia Phillies were building up momentum with interim manager Rob Thomson (who may be in the running for NL Manager of the Year if he keeps this […]
What is going on with the Phillies Bullpen?
Right now, the million-dollar question in Major League Baseball isn’t whether or not the Yankees will make the playoffs (unless a meteor takes out our planet, yes, they will) or if the A’s are moving out of Oakland (when and where, not if) but what is going on with the Phillies bullpen? In a season […]
Willson and William Contreras: A tale of Two Baseball Brothers
Major League Baseball has been interwoven into the DNA of American culture for well over the past hundred years. While being seen as our national “pastime,” the game of baseball provides us with uplifting stories that are a breath of fresh air in our current divisive society. This past weekend, a special treat unfolded at […]
Chicago Cubs Rebuild: A Long Way to Go
Here we are, smack-dab in the middle of June and with the MLB season already two months old, for many teams it’s time to hit the panic button already. I can think of a handful of teams who are on the cusp of this season slipping away and none are more prominent in my mind […]
Matt Swarmer: From the Rec Leagues to Wrigley Field
As baseball fans, we love cheering for the underdogs, whether it’s the teams or the players who realize their unlikely dreams to make it someday to the Show. On this past Memorial Day, the Chicago Cubs brought up Matt Swarmer to realize another one of those unlikely Cinderella baseball story lines. If you told anyone […]
Meet the Redbird new pitching sensation…Albert Pujols
If you were fortunate enough to watch ESPN Sunday Night Baseball this past Sunday between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants, you were treated to an historical night filled with interesting storylines. The first and probably the most significant fact was that Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina became the leading pitching-catching battery […]
Christopher Morel: The Cubs True Utility Player
As April moves into May and Memorial Day weekend looms in just a few days, MLB teams are settling down into the grind of the 2022 baseball season. For the Chicago Cubs, the daily ups and downs (literally and figuratively) have given way to a new rookie sensation who’s a breath of true fresh air: […]
St. Louis Cardinals: Finishing off April with Basebrawl
For those readers who are missing football games with de-cleating tackles and good old fashioned violence, fear not because all you have to do is watch a recent MLB game and you will certainly get your fill of rugby-like scrums. The St. Louis Cardinals discovered this growing trend with their recent homestand against the New […]
Cubs win historic football game at Wrigley
Well, no, the Cubs didn’t actually win a football game this past Saturday at home versus the Pittsburgh Pirates but when you see a baseball box score of 21-0, it looks like the Bears won a game and not the Northsiders. As the sun came out on a beautiful Saturday spring day and warmed up […]
Nick Lodolo: How will he fit into the Reds starting rotation in 2022?
The MLB season is already nearly two weeks old and it’s time to reflect on how things are going in the NL Central. For the Cincinnati Reds at least, they have found two possible gems in the tandem of Hunter Greene and Nick Lodolo. We’ve already heard about Hunter Greene, for that matter what baseball […]
Hunter Greene – Bringing the Heat (Literally)
Normally, it’s hard to get excited early in the season when a rookie pitcher loses his second MLB start 5-2 on the road and that’s exactly what Hunter Greene did Saturday night at Dodger Stadium. Yes, it was a bit of a homecoming for Greene since he hails from Sherman Oaks, CA in the San […]
Wrigley Field Faithful warm up to Stroman in 2022 Debut
If new Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman ever studied anything about marketing while in college at Duke, he showed that he learned well by marketing himself as the newest addition to the Cubbies’ starting rotation on Sunday. Despite the tough 5-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, the Stroman trade last December was a good move for […]
NL Central Predictions for 2022
Well, it’s that time of year again when hope springs eternal as Major League Baseball opens up with another season of our national pastime. If you took a long nap and woke up suddenly this weekend and watched a National League game, don’t panic, you’re not on a strange island where baseball rules have been […]
