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Mookie Betts has been so good for so long that it can be disturbing to see him struggle the way he has for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2025. Heading into their Tuesday night contest against the St. Louis Cardinals, Betts was slashing .231/.302/.355 on the season — career-worsts in every category if they hold. […]

Heading into the 2025 MLB trade deadline, Mason Miller was one of the most sought-after commodities on the market. After all, he had been lights out for the Athletics this season, recording 59 strikeouts in just 38.1 innings of work while sporting a 3.76 ERA. And with the Athletics struggling this season, that paved the […]

It’s a testament to the Houston Astros’ resiliency as a franchise that despite the departures of some of their key players over the offseason and persistent injury woes plaguing the team, they still find themselves sitting atop the AL West with a 64-50 record. On Tuesday, the Astros took care of business against the Marlins, […]

Instead of progressing forward in their rebuild, the Washington Nationals appear to have done nothing but take a step back in 2025. On Tuesday night, the Nationals fell to 44-68 on the year after being on the receiving end of a 16-7 beatdown from the Athletics. This is nothing but a continuation of their poor […]

The Chicago Cubs’ dream season has gradually been slowing down, and with the Milwaukee Brewers’ rapid ascent, they now find themselves down by four games in the NL Central standings following their 5-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday. And while the Cubs look to find a way to avoid letting the Brewers build […]

The old adage may say that “things have to get worse before they get better.” But New York Yankees reliever Devin Williams has got to be wondering just when he’d be hitting rock bottom. Williams’ freefall from All-Star closer to expendable reliever continued on Tuesday, as he once again crumbled in a high-leverage situation in […]

On Tuesday night, the Seattle Storm welcomed the Minnesota Lynx into their house for what should be an exciting matchup between two winning teams in the WNBA. The Storm entered the night with a 16-13 record, so they were definitely the underdog against the 24-5 Lynx led by MVP candidate Napheesa Collier. Nevertheless, this appears […]

On Tuesday night, the Toronto Blue Jays are looking to continue their strong play over the past few months as they look to take advantage of an opportunity to pad their win total with another game against the worst team in MLB, the Colorado Rockies. And they appear to be well on their way to […]

It has been exactly one month since Kiké Hernandez played his most recent game for the Los Angeles Dodgers, as he’s been missing ever since he sustained an elbow injury in the aftermath of a 6-4 loss to the Houston Astros. Hernandez sustained inflammation on his left elbow, although it seems as though this knock […]

To say that the 2025 season has not gone according to plan for Joc Pederson and Josh Jung would be a major understatement. But at least for one night, all was right in the world for both of them, being as productive as the Texas Rangers envisioned they would be heading into the season. Pederson […]

For much of the 2025 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers have been as dominant as ever, boasting depth up and down the roster on both sides of the ball. But a team can only be as good as their worst side of the ball, and at the moment, the Dodgers cannot hit a lick. On […]

2025 hasn’t exactly been the easiest season for Tyler Glasnow. He missed over two months of baseball after suffering a shoulder injury, and since returning to the mound in July for the Los Angeles Dodgers, he hasn’t exactly been at his best either. But on Monday, Glasnow managed to turn things around after a rough […]

The New York Yankees have been playing it cool over the past few weeks, refusing to man panic stations despite being in a brutal stretch that now has them sitting in third place in the AL East standings. However, the Yankees may have to sound the alarm bells right now after an 8-5 loss to […]

It looked like the New York Yankees were going to put a temporary stop to their bleeding on Monday against the Texas Rangers. They were two outs away from doing so when closer Devin Williams added yet another terrible moment to what has been a nightmare 2025 season thus far for the former All-Star. Williams […]

On Monday night, the New York Yankees were on their way to a much-needed win against the Texas Rangers, another contender for a Wild Card spot in the AL. They were leading 5-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth, and a victory would have stopped the bleeding — giving them their first win of […]

Things are picking up for this Boston Red Sox squad that’s on fire at the moment. They’ve won eight of their past 10 games, including their Monday night tussle against the Kansas City Royals, 8-5. They have surpassed the New York Yankees to claim second place in the AL East, and they keep putting pressure […]

Monday night could not have gone more according to plan for the Toronto Blue Jays. Facing the worst team in MLB in the Colorado Rockies, the Blue Jays wasted no time in putting them in their place, destroying them 15-1 on the night on three home runs and a staggering 25 base hits. Of those […]

The Philadelphia Phillies weren’t shy at all prior to the trade deadline, being aggressive on the market by trading for one of the best available relievers in the hard-throwing Jhoan Duran. Duran is going to be the Phillies’ undisputed closer, and on Sunday, in just his second game for his new team, he made his […]

Armed with the gigantic task of holding the fort while Aaron Judge recovers from an elbow injury, the New York Yankees made a mess of themselves in a big way this past weekend in a three-game series against the Miami Marlins. On Sunday, the Yankees were thoroughly outplayed by the Marlins on all sides of […]

The Chicago Cubs will be needing every win they can get the rest of the way considering how on fire the Milwaukee Brewers have been for the past two months or so. With the Brewers demolishing the Washington Nationals, 14-3, the Cubs needed to win to keep in step with their rivals. But after the […]

The Chicago White Sox are not a good baseball team just yet, not by any means. But at this point, any sort of progress must be celebrated on their end. The White Sox have surpassed last season’s win total already even though there are 50 games remaining in the season, thanks to their incredible 1-0 […]

This offseason has been a rather eventful one for the Los Angeles Lakers. And they may not be done making moves yet. Now that they’ve received extra security for their future after Luka Doncic decided to sign a three-year, $165 million extension to stay until at least the 2027-28 season, they could very well be […]

Shane Bieber, when healthy, has shown himself to be one of the best pitchers in all of MLB. And the Toronto Blue Jays certainly believe in his capability of returning to full strength, as they pulled off a trade for him with the Cleveland Guardians with the hopes of him helping in their quest to […]

The 2025 season has long been lost for the Baltimore Orioles. In a disappointing turn of events, the Orioles have become the worst team in the AL East despite being pegged by many as a team that could grow into a powerhouse for around a decade or so considering how stacked their farm system has […]

The Miami Heat are rare in the sense that they do not want to bottom out and rebuild from the ground up. They prefer to remain in the fringes of the playoff picture at the very least, and at present, they are remaining semi-competitive, hoping that the next star that becomes available deems the Heat […]

The Memphis Grizzlies have had a very interesting offseason. Coming off a disappointing 2024-25 season in which they fell off towards the end of the season and, as a result, had to face the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs (in which they were promptly swept), the Grizzlies decided […]

The Seattle Mariners are going for it, as they were one of the most aggressive teams prior to the trade deadline as evidenced by their trades for Eugenio Suarez and Josh Naylor. But at the end of the day, what’s going to elevate the Mariners even further is a return to MVP form for center […]

Many considered the Philadelphia 76ers to be one of the biggest winners of the 2024 NBA offseason when they pulled off the major Paul George signing — making the nine-time All-Star their de facto Tobias Harris replacement. However, George never really got going in a 76ers uniform last season. He injured his knee during preseason […]

This offseason is shaping up to be an ever crucial one for the Golden State Warriors. Last season, they showed that they can still compete with the best, especially after acquiring Jimmy Butler. They went 23-9 since the trade deadline (23-7 with Butler) and pulled off an upset against the two-seeded Houston Rockets. The Warriors […]

Nathan Eovaldi is certainly doing everything in his power to will the Texas Rangers, the 2023 World Series champion, back to the postseason. In the month of July, Eovaldi has pitched on an entirely different playing field, and on Wednesday, his hot streak continued with a dominant start in a 6-3 win for the Rangers […]

Wednesday night was an eventful one for the New York Yankees. They found themselves on the brink of defeat many times but managed to rescue themselves over and over again, taking a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in 11 innings. The Yankees shot themselves on the foot so many times that it’s a […]

On Wednesday, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Eugenio Suarez trade saga finally came to an end after the hard-hitting infielder was acquired by a former employer of his, the Seattle Mariners, in a blockbuster trade. The Mariners beat everyone to the punch, with teams such as the Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies missing out on […]

The St. Louis Cardinals are facing the music, embracing their status as a selling club prior to the trade deadline as evidenced by their decision to trade away closer Ryan Helsley to the New York Mets on Wednesday. It’s not like the Cardinals have a bad team; despite their 2-0 loss to the Miami Marlins […]

The 2025 season has not gone according to plan for the Cleveland Guardians. Despite their 5-0 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday, they remain a long way back of the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central standings, making it likely for them to be a selling ballclub prior to the 2025 MLB trade deadline. […]

To say that Sandy Alcantara has suffered a major fall-off would be an understatement. In 2022, the Miami Marlins ace went out and won the NL Cy Young award after putting up an ERA of 2.28 across 32 starts (228.2 innings). But just three years later, Alcantara is barely holding on to a rotation spot […]

With the Pittsburgh Pirates being very much out of playoff contention, one would think that they’d be willing sellers prior to the trade deadline. In fact, it’s a reasonable thing to think that anyone other Paul Skenes could be available in a potential trade. But Skenes isn’t the only member of the Pirates’ starting rotation […]

Another day, another Anthony Volpe error has struck for the New York Yankees. On Tuesday, in a 7-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, Volpe vowed that he’d be better and he had to clean up his mistakes after committing two throwing errors — one of which led to a run and the other almost […]

The Philadelphia Phillies have been one of the winningest teams in MLB for the past four seasons, but they haven’t quite gotten over the hump yet. However, the Phillies, like in every season, believe that 2025 is their year. They are certainly going for a World Series title, as evidenced by their blockbuster trade for […]

The New York Mets have wrestled back the NL East lead from the Philadelphia Phillies, going 7-4 since the All-Star break, but the Phillies are right on their tail. The Mets only have a half-game advantage over their fiercest division rival, and they are coming off two straight defeats to the San Diego Padres — […]