Author: Allison Waxman

NPB Stars Who Could Make an MLB Impact in 2026

Shohei Ohtani. Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Roki Sasaki. This isn’t just a list of Dodgers players, but recent marquee Japanese players who came over after playing in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Before these players, there was never a real overseas class of players from Japan who might be posted during the offseason, until now. Munetaka Murakami, Tatsuya Imai and Kazuma Okamoto headline a...

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NLCS Game Chat: Dodgers vs. Brewers, 8:08 PM

Monday, October 13, 2025 • 8:08 PM ET American Family Field • Milwaukee, WI LHP Blake Snell (2-0, 1.38 ERA) vs. LHP Aaron Ashby (0-0, 5.79 ERA) TBS, HBO Max The National League Championship Series (NLCS) begins on Monday. The Los Angeles Dodgers (93-69) travel to Milwaukee to face the Brewers (97-65). The Brewers claimed victory in the NL Central and won home-field advantage as the No. 1 seed in...

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ALCS Game Chat: Mariners vs. Blue Jays, 5:03 PM

Monday, October 13, 2025 • 5:03 PM ET Rogers Centre • Toronto, ON RHP Logan Gilbert (1-0, 1.13 ERA) vs. RHP Trey Yesavage (1-0, 0.00 ERA) FOX/FS1 The ALCS action continues on Monday with Game 2. The Mariners took Game 1 from the Blue Jays, 3-1, thanks to a stellar pitching performance from Bryce Miller (6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 3 K). Cal Raleigh came through with another clutch solo homer, while...

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Sandy Alomar Sr. Passes Away

MLB announced Monday that former major league player and coach Sandy Alomar Sr. passed away. He was 81. A member of the New York Mets in 1967, Alomar Sr. rejoined the team as a coach in 2005 until 2009. The Puerto Rican second baseman played for six different teams across his 15-year career (Braves, Mets, White Sox, Angels, Yankees & Rangers), and was an All-Star with the California Angels...

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2025-26 MLB Free Agent Run Prevention Team

David Stearns harped that run prevention, in the field and on the mound, was one of the Mets’ biggest failures in 2025. The Mets’ president of baseball operations noted the team would focus on run prevention in their offseason plans. What this means for the current state of the team is up for debate, but Stearns purposefully left it that way. Anything seems fair game and on the table...

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