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Triston McKenzie is set to start Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series for the Cleveland Guardians. And a pitcher who made a number of important starts for Cleveland during his career, CC Sabathia, is reportedly in attendance, per Andre Knott. “CC Sabathia is a man of his word. He said he’d be here […]

With their backs against the wall, the New York Mets are turning to ace Jacob deGrom. Max Scherzer labored in the team’s 7-1 Game 1 loss of the NL Wild Card Series. Mets first baseman Pete Alonso revealed his honest thoughts on deGrom getting the ball in Game 2 with the season on the line, […]

The Seattle Mariners coasted to a 4-0 Game 1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays to open their Wild Card series yesterday. Not everything was good for the Mariners, though, as they watched their young star Julio Rodriguez get hit by a pitch twice in the contest, raising concerns about his injury status moving forward. […]

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland Guardians will continue their best-of-3 series on Saturday, with both looking to gain the advantage. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Rays-Guardians Game 2 prediction and pick. The Rays and the Guardians look to win this series on Saturday. Specifically, winning this series on Saturday means […]

Playoff baseball can be so cruel at times. Despite winning 101 games during the regular season, the New York Mets already find themselves on the brink of elimination following a crushing 7-1 defeat at the hands of the San Diego Padres in the NL Wild Card round. But first baseman Pete Alonso is mustering the […]

The New York Mets dropped their Wild Card opener against the San Diego Padres in the MLB playoffs, so that means they are likely to activate Jacob deGrom earlier than planned. However, the question is whether the star pitcher is ready and healthy to play or not. For those not in the know, the Mets […]

New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer has only a few words to describe his performance on Friday in their MLB playoffs opener against the San Diego Padres. He was a disappointment in the Wild Card contest, and he admitted as much in his postgame presser. Scherzer started for the Mets in what many hoped would […]

Toronto Blue Jays star Alek Manoah was confident heading into his MLB postseason debut against the Seattle Mariners. Despite the confidence, Manoah and the Blue Jays came up short in Game 1. The Mariners knocked Manoah for four runs in 5.2 innings pitched as they won 4-0. Manoah struck out four Mariner batters while walking […]

The St. Louis Cardinals entered the ninth inning of Game 1 of the NL Wild Card Series with a 2-0 lead over the Philadelphia Phillies. Somehow, the team lost that game on Friday night 6-3. It’s hard to point to one specific reason for why the Cardinals imploded in the ninth. And it doesn’t seem […]

Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell is a big New York Mets supporter, and just like any fan of the franchise watching the MLB playoffs on Friday, he was in deep pain. Who wouldn’t be, anyway? The Mets got dismantled by the San Diego Padres right from the start of their Wild Card series, with the […]

The MLB Playoffs are underway, but some baseball followers who are subscribed to MLB.tv were left very frustrated on Friday. Numerous fans overseas, mainly in the United Kingdom, claim their usual subscription for the app, where they usually watch games, wasn’t feasible to access postseason action, with Major League Baseball allegedly changing the package once […]

The New York Mets blew their lead over the National League East late in the season. As such, they were forced to play the San Diego Padres in the NL Wild Card Series. If this game is any indication, the Mets are certainly regretting not clinching the division. Mets superstar starter Max Scherzer took the […]

New York Mets star pitcher Max Scherzer has put together an elite career. He has been among the best in both the regular season and the postseason. But that was not the case tonight. Scherzer and the Mets are currently taking on the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of the NL Wild Card game. […]

It was a tough start to the Wild Card Series for the Toronto Blue Jays as they dropped a 4-0 decision to the visiting Seattle Mariners in Game 1. But the Jays may have escaped disaster as X-rays on star outfielder George Springer’s left wrist came back negative. George Springer had x-rays on his left […]

Friday was exactly why the Seattle Mariners gave up three of their top prospects at the trade deadline to get Luis Castillo. The hard-throwing righty rolled into the Rogers Centre and absolutely carved up an electric Toronto Blue Jays lineup, tossing 7.1 innings of scoreless baseball, allowing just six hits while striking out five. In […]

Zack Wheeler made the most out of his first career postseason start in the Philadelphia Phillies’ 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1 of their NL wild-card series. Wheeler did not earn the win in the game, although he did have his way against a stout Cardinals lineup. The veteran right-hander logged […]

It is no secret that San Diego Padres outfielder Juan Soto is still very much on good terms with New York Mets starting pitcher Max Scherzer. Soto and Scherzer shined during their run together with the Washington Nationals, and the two have since remained close off the field. For one, Soto issued his support to […]

The St. Louis Cardinals looked well on their way to a Game 1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday in the Wild Card Series, but everything came crashing down when they gave up six runs in the top of the ninth after having a two-run lead. Closer Ryan Helsley unraveled in his one inning […]

The Philadelphia Phillies stunned the Cardinals in St. Louis in Game 1 of the NL Wild Card Series. After being kept off the scoreboard through the first 8 innings of play, the Phillies’ potent lineup found their rhythm in the 9th and scored 6 runs to take the lead. Philadelphia went on to win by […]

The San Francisco Giants are preparing themselves for life without starting pitcher Carlos Rodon after just one season with the team. Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi admitted as much on Friday after their season ended, noting that he expects the team to be in the market for at least one starting pitcher this […]

The New York Mets head into their NL wild-card series against the San Diego Padres with a few notable injury concerns. In the case that they are looking for reinforcements for the series, Mike Piazza is ready to turn back the clock and play for his former team. Piazza took to Twitter on Friday to […]

On Sunday, the Los Angeles Rams host the Dallas Cowboys in a pivotal NFC matchup. The Cowboys have won three games in a row with backup quarterback Cooper Rush at the helm. Apparently Rams linebacker Bobby Wagner isn’t a believer. Speaking to the media Friday, Wagner had dropped some comments that are sure to find […]

The Cleveland Guardians were led by Shane Bieber and Jose Ramirez in their Game 1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Wild Card Series. Bieber shared a Thanos-esque take on Jose Ramirez after the game, per Al Pawlowski on Twitter “He’s inevitable,” Bieber said of Ramirez. Shane Bieber echoed a similar sentiment in […]

The Cleveland Guardians received an epic Donovan Mitchell shoutout ahead of their MLB playoff matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays. Playoffs tonight‼️‼️‼️ LETS GOOOO @Mets @CleGuardians #LFGM #ForTheLand — Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) October 7, 2022 Donovan Mitchell, who’s famously a New York Mets fan, has seemingly adopted the Guardians as his American League favorite team. […]

George Springer has every intention of playing in October amid his elbow injury. The star outfielder offered a straight-forward 5-word response when asked about his status ahead of the MLB playoffs, per The Athletic’s Kaitlyn McGrath. “‘It’s October. I’ll be fine,’ George Springer says of how he’s feeling physically right now,” McGrath wrote on Twitter. […]

Starling Marte is a key piece to the puzzle in New York for the Mets. He’s dealt with injury concerns as of late, and his playoff status was unclear as a result. New York recently made a final decision on the outfielder ahead of the NL Wild Card Series, per Andy Martino. Is Starling Marte […]

The St. Louis Cardinals have been one of the best teams in the MLB for so long, having finished under .500 only once this century. This is thanks in no small part to Cardinals legends Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina, who have led the team to two World Series triumphs in 2006 and 2011. With […]

The San Diego Padres didn’t go on the tear everyone expected them to go on after the 2022 MLB trade deadline, but they still managed to sneak into the playoffs as the fifth seed in the National League. That may have been the worst case scenario, though, as they will have to take on the […]

The Toronto Blue Jays might be a staple of the MLB playoffs, but a certain star of theirs is getting his first taste of postseason action. Alek Manoah has emerged as one of the best pitchers in the American League this season. After the team missed the playoffs in his first year, the righty makes […]

Albert Pujols announced before the start of the 2022 season that this year would be his last. When St. Louis Cardinals fans heard that, they assumed they would be getting Pujols for the entire campaign. But that almost wasn’t the case. Ahead of the Cardinals’ MLB Playoffs battle with the Philadelphia Phillies, Pujols revealed that […]

The New York Mets host the San Diego Padres at Citi Field in what should be a star-studded Wild Card Series in the 2022 MLB Playoffs. Here we’ll discuss our New York Mets NL Wildcard Series predictions as they take on the Padres. Despite both teams having won 101 games in the regular season, the […]

The Seattle Mariners are finally going back to the playoffs. But can they go beyond the Wild-Card round? They have the Toronto Blue Jays in a three-game series that begins Friday in Toronto. If they survive the Blue Jays, they will get the unenviable task of overcoming the Houston Astros in the American League Division […]

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge etched his name into the history books after a historic 2022 campaign. The 6’7 slugger stopped the world in its tracks during his pursuit of the AL record for most home runs in a season, with everybody making sure they got to tune in to such a historic moment. […]

Fan attendance in baseball games has seen a gradual decline over the years. It’s among the chief concerns of Major League Baseball, and recent numbers don’t look optimistic for the MLB in that area as a whole. J.J. Cooper of Baseball America noted that while there has been an increase in live audience count from […]

David Bell will stay on as manager of the Cincinnati Reds. But several other members of the team’s coaching staff in the 2022 MLB season will have to find jobs somewhere else. According to Jon Heyman of The New York Post, the Reds will keep Bell for 2023 despite another atrocious season for Cincinnati. Reds […]

The New York Yankees could be getting a boost to their lineup when they start their American League Division Series next week because Matt Carpenter has a good chance to return to their roster. Aaron Boone on Matt Carpenter: "I expect him to be on the roster" for the ALDS. Via @TMKSESPN on @ESPNNY98_7FM just […]

The National League East turned out to be the lone must-watch division in the final weeks of the regular season. In the end, the Atlanta Braves had the last laugh over the New York Mets. The Braves clawed their way to first place in the NL East after they had trailed the Mets by 10.5 […]

A busy offseason awaits Los Angeles Angels general manager Perry Minasian in the coming months. The Angels missed out on clinching a spot in the postseason for the eighth straight year, as injury woes coupled with the lackluster production from the bottom half of their lineup marred their 2022 campaign. Minasian is set to have […]

With the Philadelphia Phillies set to start the MLB Playoffs festivities with their NL Wild Card round series vs. the St. Louis Cardinals, that means it’s time to release some predictions. The Phillies, who finished the regular season at 87-75, came a long way from the first half of the year, when they fired ex-manager […]