Remember everything I said about the National League East? Trash that and reapply it to the NL Central. That division through April looks like the real deal. Every single team is above .500 and chock full of talent. The Pirates have finally put together a competent offense behind their rotation, the Reds have finally developed a rotation behind their star-studded infield, the Cubs are mashing...
Remember when nobody wanted Munetaka Murakami? The Japanese slugger was the most sought-after foreign free agent, then statistics came out that he couldn’t hit velocity, and he had to settle for a two-year, $34 million contract with the White Sox. Well, Murakami is proving just about everyone wrong, and currently is tied with Yordan Alvarez for the major league lead in homers with 11. Oh,...
Baseball hasn’t been kind to the Big Apple. The Mets and Yankees both struggled mightily last week, costing the Bombers a few spots on the top 10 and the Mets to fall off the list. The Amazins’ have dropped nine games in a row after starting 7-4 and fundamentally look like one of the worst teams in baseball. And the Yankees got swept by the Rays, split a series with the Angels, and...
Winter is officially in the books. Even if the weather on the East Coast is still in the 40s. Baseball began Wednesday night with the Yankees defeating the Giants 7-0, kicking off an exciting 2026 season. The Dodgers still have a target on their heads coming off back-to-back World Series rings, and will look to be the first team to three-peat since the Yankees from 1998-2000. Meanwhile, the...
The Padres have added two former National League East players to their roster. The Friars have reportedly agreed to deals with former Met Griffin Canning and former Phillie Nick Castellanos. The Canning deal was first reported Friday night by the Devine Sports Gospel, and confirmed this morning by Robert Murray who stated the deal would be official once Canning passed a physical. Murray also...
Updated Post: Dec. 19 at 1:25 p.m. After hammering out a three-team deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros that saw them send second baseman Brandon Lowe to the former, the Tampa Bay Rays are also trading right-handed starting pitcher Shane Baz to the Baltimore Orioles. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal was the first to report the news. Per ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Tampa Bay will...
The Padres have re-signed right-hander Michael King to a three-year contract worth $75 million. The deal includes player options for the 2027 and 2028 seasons, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports. The deal also includes a $12 million signing bonus. King will receive a $5 million salary in 2026, and the player options are worth $28 million (with a $5 million buyout) and $30 million, respectively....
The Mets and Padres are engaging in trade discussions. This, according to Ken Rosenthal, Dennis Lin, and Will Sammon of The Athletic. No deal appears close, but there are options of multiple players that could make sense to be dealt, and the teams are led by two presidents of baseball operations who are eager to make maneuvers to help their roster. Despite the talks on the rumor mill earlier...
LUIS ARRÁEZ, IF Position: IF B/T: L/R Player Data: Age: 28 (4/9/1997) 2025 Traditional Stats: 675 PA, .292/.327/.392/.719, 181 H, 8 HR, 61 RBI 2025 Advanced Stats: 109 wRC+, 3.1% K%, 3.6% BB%, .289 BABiP, .300 xwOBA, 0.9 fWAR, 1.2 bWAR, 3 DRS (1B), -2 DRS (2B), -6 OAA (1B), -1 OAA (2B) RUNDOWN Three-time batting title holder Luis Arráez may be one of the most polarizing players in baseball. He...
The Mets have hired Tim Leiper from the Padres to be the team’s new third base coach. He held the same role in San Diego for the last two seasons, in addition to being the team’s infield instructor. Leiper replaces Mike Sarbaugh, who was dismissed as part of the mass overhaul of the coaching staff shortly after the end of the regular season. Leiper’s professional coaching...
The final Saturday of the 2025 season marks one last power rankings. Unfortunately for most the readers involved, the penultimate day of the season will be filled with anxiety and potentially disappointment. The Mets, who had the best record in baseball in mid-June, and the second wild card spot in August, are on the verge of completing their collapse. They are “tied” with the Reds...
Last week in baseball featured our first glimpses of clinches. The Phillies won their second consecutive National League East title Monday with an extra-innings win, the Brewers clinched a spot in October with a win Sunday that featured a made-up letter from Bob Uecker, and the Cubs also clinched a spot with their 88th win of the season Wednesday in Pittsburgh. So far, these three NL teams have...
