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New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole did not get a borderline call on Friday night against the Boston Red Sox. Cole fired a 1-2 delivery to Boston Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo that just missed the outside corner. Verdugo proceeded to club a 3-run home run later during the at-bat. Gerrit Cole would go on […]

Albert Pujols has achieved baseball immortality. The legendary St. Louis Cardinals slugger became the fourth member of the 700 home run club on Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was an amazing moment for Pujols, who has been revitalized in his final season playing in the MLB. After his historic 2-HR game, Albert […]

St. Louis Cardinals legend Albert Pujols made history on Friday night, becoming just the fourth player ever to join the 700 home run club, which consists of only Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, and now, Pujols. The reactions and messages have been non-stop since he went deep at Dodger Stadium, where none other than […]

One cannot blame Chicago White Sox fans for being frustrated after the team fell short of expectations in 2022. However, one can fault them after Cleveland Guardians catcher Austin Hedges revealed a recent NSFW taunt Chicago fans threw the Guardians way. Hedges told Chris Rose exactly what happened in Chicago during a recent Guardians-White Sox […]

Albert Pujols has reached 700 home runs. The St. Louis Cardinals icon joined Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth in the 700 homer club by going deep against the Los Angeles Dodgers in an 11-0 win. Many people were looking for Albert Pujols to reach 700 home runs this season. But MLB Network host […]

The Atlanta Braves placed rookie Spencer Strider on the IL with a strained oblique muscle, per Bob Nightengale. Strider has a good shot at the NL Rookie of the Year award but his status for the postseason is now in question. The 23-year old right-hander owns a 2.67 ERA and 0.99 WHIP on the season. […]

Albert Pujols made history last night when he became the fourth member of the MLB’s exclusive 700 home run club. Pujols needed 21 home runs entering the season to join the club, and given how he hadn’t reached that total in three of the past four seasons, not many people considered it likely to happen. […]

Before AJ Brown became the pass-catching menace for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Tennessee Titans, he almost played a completely different sport. The star wide receiver was drafted by the San Diego Padres in 2016, leaving the door open for an MLB stint for him. Recently, Brown revealed that he was THIS close to fulfilling […]

The legend of Albert Pujols has grown even more. The St. Louis Cardinals icon joined the 700 home run club, making him only the fourth to do so in MLB history. He received well-deserved praise from all over the baseball world, including from Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani and Pujols were teammates together […]

The mad lad actually did it. When Albert Pujols signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in the offseason, fans expected a heartwarming end to his career. His last few years in Los Angeles showed that his skills were declining. Instead of the classic send-off season for old legends, though, Pujols treated St. Louis to one […]

The San Francisco Giants are playing a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Arizona on Friday night. However, for a brief moment, some Giants players had a different game on their minds. St. Louis Cardinals legend Albert Pujols hit his 700th home run on Friday against his former team, the Los Angeles Dodgers. It’s a […]

It happened, it finally happened; Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals just hit his 700th home run. That’s right, after being in The Show for over 20 years, the 42-year-old just made history in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he hit a dinger on a 1-1 count out to left […]

Things got heated on Friday night between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the Bronx, with both Aaron Boone and Gerrit Cole getting ejected for arguing balls and strikes. In the process, Boone set a record for most ejections in a single season with nine, the most since Bobby Cox in 2007. […]

Amid a final regular season push, the Seattle Mariners will be without their best player, Julio Rodriguez. Due to a lingering back issue, the Mariners have placed Rodriguez on the 10-day injured list. The Mariners have placed Julio Rodriguez on the 10-Day Injured List, per the team. pic.twitter.com/yKgdWrzgpk — FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) September 23, […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are currently the best team in baseball, but their closer situation hasn’t been great this season. Craig Kimbrel isn’t exactly thriving in his first year with the team and after blowing yet another save on Thursday night, manager Dave Roberts has decided to strip Kimbrel of his duties with the postseason […]

The Minnesota Twins are quickly falling out of the playoff race and because of it, they’re shutting down star outfielder Byron Buxton for the rest of the season. Buxton will undergo knee surgery and is expected to be ready for Spring Training, per The Athletic. Byron Buxton is having season-ending arthroscopic knee surgery on Tuesday. […]

A pair of National League powerhouses with World Series aspirations will clash out on the diamond this evening as the St. Louis Cardinals head to the City of Stars to do battle with the Los Angeles Dodgers. It is time to check out our MLB odds series, where our Cardinals-Dodgers prediction and pick will be revealed […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have had their fair share of injuries in the bullpen. On Friday, the Dodgers made a decision on one of their key relievers who succumbed to injury at the beginning of the 2022 season. The club agreed to a one-year contract worth $6.5 million with Daniel Hudson, per J.P. Hoornstra on […]

The New York Mets have some of the best pitching in baseball thanks partly to Edwin Diaz. The closer has been absolutely dominant. In addition to being perhaps the best closer in baseball, Diaz is known for his entrance song “Narco,” which has taken fans of the sport by storm. The Mets arranged for Timmy […]

A vital AL East showdown is on tap this evening as the Toronto Blue Jays travel to Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Rays for wild card supremacy. Join us for our MLB odds series, where our Blue Jays-Rays prediction and pick will be revealed. Sitting with a record of 84-66 heading into the weekend, […]

The MLB offseason hasn’t even started, and the race for the top names in the league are on. One of the biggest names available in the offseason is Jacob deGrom, who has publicly stated that he will test free agency in 2023. Because of that, teams like the Atlanta Braves are already gunning for the […]

Aaron Judge is on the precipice of making MLB history. The New York Yankees superstar has an opportunity to pass Roger Maris’ Yankees all-time single season home run mark. Additionally, Judge has a legitimate shot at the Triple Crown. As a result of Judge’s incredible 2022 campaign, we decided to take a look at the […]

To no one’s surprise, the St. Louis Cardinals are in contention for yet another National League Central Division title. That puts them in position to make another run at a World Series. That’s something the franchise is very accustomed to. But one thing that has been surprising has been the play of aging veteran Albert […]

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will play the second of their four-game rivalry series with a Friday night showdown at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Red Sox-Yankees prediction and pick, laid out below. Boston lost another […]

The Cleveland Guardians are starting to run away with the AL Central title. The young squad has wrapped up a nine-game stretch against their two biggest competitors, the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, winning seven of them. With a seven-game lead in the division, it seems like the Guardians are heading back to […]

The Atlanta Braves will continue their four-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies as the two NL East teams meet again at Citizens Bank Park. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Braves-Phillies prediction and pick. The Phillies blanked the Braves 1-0 on Thursday night in what could be a playoff preview. Now, they will […]

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge is chasing history, as he is one home run away from tying Roger Maris’ single season record of 61 dingers, the franchise mark for most in a campaign. Depending on who you ask, Maris’ record is also the MLB’s single-season record, as the likes of Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire […]

Aaron Judge has achieved baseball immortality, and yet he wants more. The New York Yankees star has already reached the exclusive 60-HR season club a few days ago. With almost two weeks left in the season, though, many are rooting for Judge to break the 71-HR record set by San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds. […]

Another day, another win for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Mookie Betts’ walk-off hit in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Dodgers over the Arizona Diamondbacks for the team’s 104th win of the season. The Dodgers has lost their last two games, so picking up the win was huge. Los Angeles is on its […]

The New York Yankees are one of the best teams in MLB with a 91-58 record, and it’s frightening to think they could have been even better had things broke Miguel Andujar’s way. After a sterling rookie campaign in 2018 when he hit an impressive 27 home runs to go along with 92 runs batted […]

The Baltimore Orioles, despite a solid 78-71 record in baseball’s toughest division, the AL East, are on the outside looking in the playoff race. With 13 games left in the season, they are trailing the Seattle Mariners by four games for the third and final Wild Card spot. Nevertheless, that doesn’t mean the Orioles players […]

Aaron Judge is still stuck with 60 home runs after failing to generate another one Thursday night against the Boston Red Sox, but there’s still a big reason for New York Yankees fans to have good sleep, as their team won that game, 5-4. Judge, however, did not seem enthused by the win that also […]

Aaron Judge will have to wait for at least another day to hit his 61st home run of the 2022 MLB season. All eyes were on Judge Thursday night in the New York Yankees’ series opener at home against bitter rivals Boston Red Sox, with baseball fans waiting for the hulking outfielder to finally move […]

There are few things in life that would make someone tear up more than the appreciation of thousands of people who acknowledge just how much you’ve been through in life. It’s not the easiest to battle any kind of sickness, but for Houston Astros slugger Trey Mancini, formerly of the Baltimore Orioles, it wasn’t just […]

The Seattle Mariners have put themselves in a good position to make the 2022 MLB playoffs in large part because of the brilliance of rookie outfielder Julio Rodriguez. However, Rodriguez could be in danger of missing games in the home stretch of the regular season, as he is dealing with a troubling upper-body injury that […]

The Atlanta Braves have followed up their 2021 World Series campaign with an even better 2022 regular season. That’s despite all of the injuries to the starting rotation. Over the last month, there had been reports that former ace Mike Soroka could return to the team this year with the playoffs looming. On Thursday, Braves […]

The New York Yankees made a surprising roster move on Thursday, electing to designate Miguel Andujar for assignment. The Yankees reinstated Scott Effross and Zack Britton from the IL, while sending Wandy Peralta to the shelf. Amid the roster shuffle, Andujar was DFA’d in what could be an end-all, be-all move regarding his tenure with […]

As the New York Yankees continue to inch closer to clinching the American League East, they will have to finish regular season play without Andrew Benintendi. Ahead of the Yankees’ home series opener against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday, Benintendi shared an update on his hand injury, where he noted that it is “safe […]

The Seattle Mariners are one of the bigger surprises in baseball this year. With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Mariners hold the final wild card spot in the American League. Arguably the biggest reason for that is the play of rookie Julio Rodriguez. Rodriguez was named to the AL All-Star team and […]