Pirates second baseman Nick Gonzales is not a rookie. No, the 25-year-old, selected seventh overall in the 2020 MLB Draft, debuted for Pittsburgh in 2023. In 35 games, Gonzales batted .209 with 24 hits–including eight doubles, one triple and two home runs–and 13 RBI. There was concern about his future. Would Gonzales be another of… read more

Progressive Insurance sponsors the Cleveland Guardians’ stadium. Last night, the team scored enough insurance runs for Allstate, Geico, and Nationwide as well. Clinging to a 1-0 lead over the San Deigo Padres in the eighth inning, the Guardians sent 10 batters to the plate and scored six times to put the game out of reach…. read more

There is a pretty good chance that for the rest of time, the MLB draft signing bonus record will be broken year after year. After all, that’s how money in sports works. Last season, Paul Skenes signed with the Pirates for a record $9.2 million after Pittsburgh made him the number-one overall pick in a… read more

Mike Tauchman has been activated from the injured list ahead of the Chicago Cubs series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Tauchman had been on the IL since June 17th because of a groin strain. Alexander Canario was sent back to AAA Iowa in the corresponding news. Canario only got three at bats in his most recent… read more

Continuing my 2 part series on major league baseball midseason awards and turning my attention to the National League. You can read part 1 here. The National League has what I believe to be some candidates that are a lock, and I will not have any disagreement (or not much). You can’t look at some… read more

It was announced today that the Chicago Cubs will open the 2025 Major League Baseball season against the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Tokyo Dome. Those games will take place on March 18th and 19th. It makes sense to feature these two teams in Japan with Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the Dodgers and… read more

With the All-Star game over and the season resuming soon, I thought I would take a minute to look at who impressed the first half of the Major League Baseball season. Awards are something everyone likes to hand out, especially when there is no active baseball happening at the moment. I’ll start in the American… read more

The 2024 Chicago Cubs were not supposed to enter the All-Star break trying to decide if they would be a buyer or a seller before the July 30th MLB trade deadline, but here they are. The combination of Jed Hoyer not doing enough to add to the team in the offseason, injuries, and underperformance across… read more

Major League Baseball’s 94th annual All-Star Game is in the books and it was an instant classic. The American League used five unanswered runs capped off by a two-run home run from Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran to take down the National League by a score of 5-3. With the win, the A.L. has now… read more

Paul Skenes pitched a scoreless bottom of the first inning during his brief appearance as the starting pitcher for the National League in the 2024 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Global Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday night. Not only did Skenes pitch a scoreless bottom of the first inning, but he also… read more