Last season, the Kansas City Royals finished last in the AL Central once again with a 56-106 record. It was another lowly season for a KC team that has yet to make the playoffs since they won the World Series in 2015. Despite yet another tough year, there was hope, which was odd considering that… read more

The Cleveland Guardians woke up in first place this morning because their bats finally woke up in the nick of time. After falling behind early and facing a humiliating four-game sweep, the Guardians emerged with 7-5 victory at Progressive Field on Wednesday. NOT A GREAT START When Tanner Bibee gave up a home run to… read more

The Ballers’ offense, combined with top-notch pitching, showcased this week why they were the South Division First Half Champs.

It seems only yesterday I was writing about the time the Pirates pitching staff allowed a combined five runs in a three-game series in Texas but lost two of those three games. OK, it wasn’t yesterday, but it was last week.  The constant thing about a struggling franchise (organization–this stuff is systemic, at this point)… read more

Time is starting to run short enough on the season to make an overall .500 season impossible, but Charlotte still has a great shot at getting even for the second half, hopefully pointing toward sunnier days (and playoff contention?) in 2025. And if scroll all the way down, when you see how the bats are heating up here in late summer, you can see that postseason goals may not be too nutty looking ahead, because Charlotte’s been mashing hell outta the ball.

Record 1-5 (August 21-27) 55-66 (overall) 24-31 (second half) The Dash continued their skid this week, dropping five of their six games and only averaging 3.5 runs per game (sadly, the White Sox would happily accept 3.5 runs per game). On the bright side, the Dash had several strong pitching performances throughout the week, and… read more

Ruling over the AL Central was fun, but now the Cleveland Guardians are in a 29-game fight to the finish. The red-hot Kansas City Royals beat the Guardians again last night at Progressive Field by a 6-1 score. The Royals have wiped out a 9-game deficit since late June and are now tied for first… read more

Baseball gets me every time. Oh, boy! A doubleheader! I get to enjoy two games in the same day! Then the Cleveland Guardians lose both games. Again. In the last two years, the Guardians have played eight doubleheaders. They have been swept seven times and split once. GAME 1: ROYALS WIN 4-3 Cleveland manager Stephen… read more

The Cannon Ballers finished with the best record of the week, going 4-2 against Fayetteville. Much of that performance was led by Sam Antonacci, the White Sox’s fifth-round pick in this year’s draft. The Knights and Barons finished .500 this week, and overall, there was plenty of competition for this week’s honors.