After yet another Spring in which Trevor Bauer posts pics of himself at Spring Training and tries to convince us all that he has just tons of support and interest among MLB teams who want to hire him but can’t, Bauer has finally been signed — by a Japanese travel team called Asian Breeze. – Julie DiCaro Read More
After making it known that he wants players to have “a voice” in a volatile Election Year, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell still had six months before preseason games started in which he didn’t have to worry about any potential on-field demonstrations. But thanks to new San Francisco Giants skipper Bob Melvin, all of the present pressure is now on Major League Baseball. – Carron J. Phillips Read More
The MLB is one of the oldest leagues in American sports. With that comes some legendary players and names for all of its teams, but nothing is better than watching your team acquire someone legendary from your rivals, or pass on someone who turned out to be a hall of famer because they weren’t all that good early in their career but turned out to be amazing afterwards. Here are some MLB players who you might have forgotten playing for another franchise. – Cale Clinton Read More
Major League Baseball is on the precipice of a pitching crisis.
Dr. Keith Meister, head team physician for the Texas Rangers and one of the country’s top elbow surgeons, believes that the MLB’s current fixation on pitching performance is shortening pitchers’ careers. In an interview with The Athletic, Meister revealed he world on 230 elbow ligaments last season and is already “way ahead of that pace” this season. – Cale Clinton Read More
On Monday, the Pittsburgh Pirates told No. 1 overall pick Paul Skenes that he will begin in the minor leagues. While it is disappointing we get robbed of seeing one of the league’s most exciting pitching prospects right out of the gate, the move is not unprecedented. In the history of the MLB, only 23 players have ever been brought straight to the major leagues, with only three such moves since 2000. – Cale Clinton Read More
The 2023 World Baseball Classic was fantastic. I was watching the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament at a bar in Los Angeles, when I noticed that most people there had gathered to watch Mexico take on Puerto Rico. The energy in the room was captivating, much of it because Loan Depot Park in Miami was abuzz. I had not seen that type of excitement around a baseball game since the Chicago Cubs’ World Series win in 2016. – Stephen Knox Read More
