Firsts can be few and far between deep into MLB careers. But Chicago Cubs utility player Ben Zobrist, a 16-year veteran of the League, managed to snag one. He had never been ejected, at any level of professional baseball, ever – that’s 1,562 game in the majors alone – until the ninth inning of the [...]
Overall, there are three teams on pace for 100 wins and three on pace for 100 losses -- all in the American League. With six teams on pace to hit the number 100 this year, 2018 isn't far off the pace of 2002, when there were seven (four 100-loss teams and three 100-win teams). Who [...]
Big names switch leagues with more clubs selling on AL side
Joe Sheehan weighs in.
We don't appreciate enough how awesome Mike Trout is. His dad sounds pretty terrific, too.
Have an opinion, support it with facts and don't be afraid to be wrong.
The great JoePo weighs in on the state of the game.
The cry from Mets fans to call Alonso up to New York is only going to get louder now. He put the U.S. up, 9-6, in the seventh inning, with an absolute moon shot to left. It traveled 415 feet, but that's not what made it extraordinary. It had an exit velocity of 113.6 mph [...]
Last Wednesday, position players Daniel Descalso and Alex Avila combined for a 4.2 innings of relief work. Max Rieper, of Royals Review, just posted a piece entitled, This is the year of position players pitching. Hey, it's got to be better than using Buddy Baumann (24.00 ERA) and Gerson Bautista (12.46 ERA) From the Joe [...]
Reds promote Dilson Herrera to majors.
For Jose, since he mentioned the Royals the other day
A few years ago, it seemed like this upcoming free agent class was going to be a monster one. Now death, injuries and decline have put a serious dent into that allure. And Bryce Harper, who perhaps falls into his own category, too. Harper, approaching his 26th birthday, has sandwiched two useful but far-from-spectacular seasons [...]