Opportunity Knocks: Why Grissom or Jordan Deserve the First Base Call for the Red Sox
written in conjunction with Gemini The news of Triston Casas’ ruptured left patellar tendon, sidelining him for the entire 2025 season, is a gut punch for the Boston Red Sox. While the front office is exploring all options, both internal and external, the immediate void at first base presents a golden opportunity to infuse youth […]
TEXAS RANGERS WIN THEIR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP
Editor’s Note: In case you have been lost under a rock the whole month of November to date, here’s a News Flash from back on November 3rd when the author originally submitted this article. We’ve been a little behind for some personal reasons. Please, don’t blame the author. Thanks! This team has had fine players […]
Get Your 2023 ALCS & NLCS Gear Here!
Get you favorite ALCS or NLCS team’s gear here (in alphabetical order by location)!! Your 2023 Arizona Diamonbacks: Your 2023 Houston Astros (and defending champs): Your 2023 Philadelphia Phillies (defending NL champs) – The Fanatics Affiliate didn’t have the NLCS Advance gear for the Phillies at the time of this posting – sorry! Your 2023 […]
What We Know So Far…
Memorial Day is one of the traditional benchmarks for a major league baseball season. Division races begin to take the shape they are likely to resemble for the rest of the season and player stats are more likely to resemble those that are projected forward according to their current pace. Batters have accumulated enough plate […]
Understanding the Risks and Rewards of Betting on Florida MLB Teams
Major League Baseball (MLB) is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the United States. With 30 teams across the country, MLB games draw large crowds of fans who enjoy the game as well as the opportunity to place bets on their favorite teams. Florida is home to two MLB teams: the Miami […]
Baseball Legacies: Murderers Row
Hearing the term ‘Murderer’s Row’ probably does not lead most people to think of baseball, however, Murderer’s Row could surely use chaos in the FanDuel MLB odds. They were the baseball teams of the Yankees back in the late 1920s. They were considered to be some of the best teams that had ever been seen […]
Craziest MLB World Series Wagers Ever Made
The tale of Mattress Mack, who tried to make the largest winning bet in Baseball World Series history, is well known. As far as I can tell, he always puts a significant chunk of his wealth on the Texas Astros to win the World Series. How likely is it that he will really cash in […]
WHAT IS VALUABLE?
What does Willie McGee have in common with Lou Gehrig? What does Phil Cavarretta have in common with Ted Williams? What about Jim Konstanty with Willie Mays? The answer is they all won MVP awards. How is it that some of the greatest players of all-time have won the same award as players whose careers […]
MLB Legacies: Mike Trout
Baseball truly is America’s favorite pastime: a fact that has resulted in a recent surge in Major League Baseball (MLB) popularity in recent years. With the rising quality of its players, and its marketability to young and old fans, MLB now houses some of the sporting world’s greatest figures. Ever-changing MLB odds are a testament […]
Ho! Ho! Jose!
It appears Christmas is coming early for the 2022 World Champion Houston Astros fans this year as the team officially announced, via Twitter, that they have signed former White Sox 1B Jose Abreu. The three year contract, worth an estimated $19.5 million per year ($58.5 million total), adds another potent bat to this already terrifying […]
HOW ARE THE ORIOLES DOING IT?
When Cleon Jones caught Davey Johnson’s flyball in left field to end Game 5 of the 1969 World Series, a permanent connection was created between the Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets. Ever since then, every Oriole fan immediately thinks of the disappointment of losing that World Series whenever the Mets are mentioned and every […]
My Life In Baseball
I walked through the vast concrete concourse underneath the stands of the largest stadium I had ever seen in my life. I noticed the 20-foot-long banners of all my favorite players in color hung from the slanted ceiling. Each player was depicted in an action stance with an orange and black background. Oh, how I would’ve liked to […]
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 […]
Highlights from a recent Jose Bautista Interview
Our friends at Betway interviewed former Toronto Blue Jay and bat flip expert, Jose Bautista at the following link. What follows is our favorite moments and our comments on them. On the season so far… Bautista seemed excited that outside of the top teams, there seems to be more parity across the league than there […]
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 […]
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. […]
Top Teams in Each Division of MLB 2022
MLB, or Major League Baseball, is a professional sports organization and the oldest league globally. As the league kicked off last April, 30 teams are now going toe to toe to have the best record in the season and secure spots for the playoffs. Throughout the years, many teams have made history and won one […]
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 […]
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. […]
Robbie Ray: A Fluke or The Real Deal
In 2021, Robbie Ray managed to shatter all expectations. Producing 3.9 Fangraphs Wins Above Replacement and ultimately beating Yankees ace Gerrit Cole for the AL Cy Young, Ray was now one of the best pitchers in the league – something that no one expected. Before that season, Robbie managed to sign a one-year deal with […]
MLB Betting Guide and Betting Strategies
Now that we are finally past the lockout and uncertainty of the season actually happening, we are just days away from baseball season. Opening night is upon us, and with that comes making money betting on the MLB. OddsJam has MLB odds from over forty sportsbooks, including FanDuel and DraftKings. This screenshot above highlights one […]
MLB Legacies: Ichiro Suzuki
Back in 2001, Irchiro Suzuki debuted in the MLB with the Seattle Mariners. However, his legacy would go on to be one no one expected. He was the greatest rookie ever seen inside the sport. However, he was also like a glimpse into the future of the sport as well as a remembrance of the […]
Can you Place Bets on the Boston Red Sox from Massachusetts?
It’s baseball season again, that means one thing for fans of the Boston Red Sox – betting on games! In this blog post, we will discuss the best places to bet on Boston baseball games, as well as some tips to help you win more often! If you’re looking to place bets on the Red […]
Top Choices to Win 2022 World Series
The 2022 MLB season isn’t even a sure thing due to the lockout currently in place, and little or no discussion between the warring factions. But that doesn’t mean we can’t assume a positive outcome and talk about the top choices, according to the MLB odds, to take home the World Series hardware in October. […]
Early Look at 2022 Cy Young Races
Last year we had several outstanding Cy Young Award candidates hailing from the National League with Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes getting the well-deserved nod in a race that included Zack Wheeler, Max Scherzer, Walker Buehler, Brandon Woodruff, Kevin Gausman, Adam Wainwright, Julio Urías, and Jacob deGrom. However, the American League was more like picking the prettiest […]
