Baseball is great for many reasons, one of which is that there’s always a winner. Unless it’s spring training, or the 2002 All-Star Game. The Cleveland Guardians played the Milwaukee Brewers to a rare 12-12 tie, which was allowed since these games don’t really count. JOSH NAYLOR REPLACEMENT? While Carlos Santana will replace Josh Naylor… read more

Over the weekend, the Colorado Rockies made a rather surprising move, placing reliever Justin Lawrence on waivers last Saturday, as first reported by MLB Insider Jon Heyman. On Monday, MLB.com’s Thomas Harding reported that Lawrence had been claimed by the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates haven’t formally announced the claim and will need to make a 40-man… read more

Our Sox Populi staff combines their prospect lists each offseason, coming up with the Top 100 players in the system. We’ll be summarizing and counting them up here, five at a time, leading up to the regular season. Today it’s a reliever bonanza featuring Carson Jacobs, Nick Altermatt, Zach Franklin, Fraser Ellard and Drew Dalquist.

Yes it is only Spring Training, but there are always exciting things to look forward to. For the Boston Red Sox, today marked a great day for some great debuts and they did not disappoint. Today was the first day that the Red Sox would see newly signed pitcher Walker Buehler take the mound for… read more

Victories in spring training are meaningless, but after a 1-5 start, The Cleveland Guardians had to feel good about a second win. Cleveland beat the Colorado Rockies 3-1 on Friday afternoon in Goodyear, Ariz. LIVELY START Ben Lively made a strong case for a spot in the Guardians’ starting rotation. He pitched three shutout innings,… read more

Our Sox Populi staff combines their prospect lists each offseason, coming up with the Top 100 players in the system. We’ll be summarizing and counting them up here, five at a time, leading up to the regular season. Today covers Jake Fox, Terrell Tatum, Calvin Harris, Jacob Burke and Alec Makarewicz.

If you are a Red Sox fan, you have to thrilled with the way things in Spring Training are going. Alex Bregman already set the center stage with his debut, going 3-3 with a HR. Furthermore, Garrett Crochet delivered on what was a very anticipating debut for him on the mound. While the stable veterans… read more

There will be numerous position battles to watch in preseason for the Boston Red Sox. There is enormous outfield depth for the Red Sox and the best position player battle is going to be the second base position. There is highly touted prospect Kristian Campbell as well as Vaughn Grissom. Both bring an enormous blend… read more