Remembering Rico Carty

His full name was Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo Carty (September 1, 1939 – November 23, 2024), nicknamed “Beeg Boy”, was a Dominican professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1963 to 1979, most prominently as a member of the Atlanta Braves. Where he was a teammates with future Hall of […]
Andrew McCutchen joins exclusive company

You may have heard the phrase, “Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” There’s no doubt that statistics can certainly be used in many ways to bolster an argument, prove a point or even make a case seem stronger than it really is. According to baseball-almanac.com, more than 20,000 players have played Major League Baseball. If one […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NL East 2023 Free Agent Guide

Atlanta Braves Notable FA’s: SS Dansby Swanson (5.7 WAR), OF Robbie Grossman (0.8 WAR), OF Adam Duvall (-0.1 WAR), OF Guillermo Heredia (-0.3 WAR), IF Ehire Adrianza (-0.4 WAR), RHP Kenley Jansen (0.9 WAR), RHP Jay Jackson (0.1 WAR), RHP Darren O’Day (0.1 WAR), RHP Jackson Stephens (0.0 WAR), RHP Silvino Bracho (-0.1 WAR) […]
MLB Rivalries: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs

Baseball has seen so much action over the years, and alongside hockey, football, and basketball, it is one of the most loved sports in the United States. Just like people bet their hard earned money on the Super Bowl, they spend their hard earned money betting on the World Series odds. But, what makes the […]
How the Padres Found their Winning Formula Against the Mets

Wow… who would’a thought it. The Padres win a playoff series. Better yet – the Padres win a playoff series against a 100-win team with 3 absolute aces on the mound. To cap it off, who would’ve thought Trent Grisham out of all people would be the MVP. It was one hell of a series […]
How the Padres Can Beat the Mets in the Wild Card Round

Well, first things first, Padres fans – we’ve done it before this year. As I’m sure a lot of Friar Nation can recall, the Padres took 2 out of 3 back in July… IN New York, mind you. For a team who is most well known for their failures and insignificance in recent years – […]
What’s Going On With the Padres?

The playoff stretch is officially among us. Usually, this is one of the worst times of the year for Padres fans. Oh yes, around this time of the year, Padres fans know all too well what happens. We begin to unravel. Winable games are lost. Tempers flare. Playoff hopes slowly dissipate. After dropping two straight […]
Why Won’t Soto Swing?

My fingers furiously punch into the keyboard as I watch Juan Soto pass on 2 consecutive mash-able hanging breaking balls. We can all agree on one thing. Juan Soto is a MASTER of being walked. His strikeout-to-walk ratio is absolutely out of this world! That’s cool and all, but… why don’t I like it? The […]
Why Can’t the Padres Beat the Dodgers

We’ve come a LONG WAY, my friar faithful. But, there’s still one major road block for the San Diego Padres. And it’s only a couple hours north. The damn Los Angeles Dodgers. I don’t know about you guys – but I circle every series against LA. I block off my schedule during game time. I […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Washington Nationals vs. Miami Marlins Recap
In a match of two teams trying to turn their seasons around to run for a National League Wild Card spot, the Washington Nationals squared off against the Miami Marlins. The Marlins’ power bats made their presence felt in this game, and they trampled the Nationals 12-2 in South Florida. In the National League East […]
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 […]