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Cincinnati Reds president and COO Phil Castellini got himself into trouble with comments he made towards fans who were unhappy with the direction of the club. During a radio interview, the Reds president was asked why fans should remain loyal to the team after an offseason of many more player subtractions than additions and a […]

There’s a new Japanese export making loud noises in the big leagues in the form of Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki. Baseball fans should be quite familiar with his name now even if the season has yet to reach a full week. After all, Suzuki has already made MLB history, becoming the first player to […]

Juan Soto’s path to greatness continued on Tuesday night in the Nationals’ 16-4 loss against the Braves with a big home run. However, this homer was not not your average round-tripper. Soto smashed the 100th home run of his career at just 23-years old. And it was no wall-scraper either. The ball traveled over 450 […]

At first glance, Tuesday night’s game between the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres didn’t seem out of the ordinary. The two division rivals clashed for the second time in the 2022 MLB season, with the San Francisco offense exploding for 13 runs in a game that quickly got out of hand. However, MLB […]

Albert Pujols hit a home run for the first time since returning to the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday evening. Pujols returned to the Cardinals in the offseason after leaving via free agency in 2011. It's been 3,855 days since Albert Pujols last hit a home run in Busch as a Cardinal! pic.twitter.com/VZh3kPTRBP — St. […]

The San Diego Padres sustained a blow to their pitching rotation when former Cy Young award winner Blake Snell was scratched from his start due to left adductor tightness. With a trip to the injured list possible, the Padres could be in a position where they are in need of starting pitching early on in […]

The San Diego Padres will face the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series and make a Padres-Giants prediction and pick.   The Padres have gotten off to as good a start as any team in the MLB. San Diego has won four straight games after an opening-day […]

In a rematch of the 1985 World Series, interleague clubs collide as the Kansas City Royals battle the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Welcome to another edition of our MLB odds series, where our Royals-Cardinals prediction and pick will be revealed.   The Royals enter this contest after playing .500 ball over the weekend, […]

In one of the most highly anticipated divisions of baseball in quite some time, AL East foes go head-to-head on Tuesday evening as the Toronto Blue Jays visit Yankee Stadium to take on the New York Yankees. Check out our MLB odds series, where our Blue Jays-Yankees prediction and pick will be unveiled.   Toronto […]

In an NL East divisional matchup between the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies, stakes are as high as ever this early in the season. Check out our MLB odds series, where our Mets-Phillies prediction and pick will be revealed.   The Mets come into this second matchup of a three-game series after blowing […]

Happy Tuesday everyone! In the first game of a new series, the Seattle Mariners travel to Guaranteed Rate Field to square off with the Chicago White Sox. It is time to take a look at our MLB odds series, where our Mariners-White Sox prediction and pick will be made.   In their first series of […]

Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona shared his honest opinion on rookie phenom Steven Kwan’s jaw-dropping beginning to the 2022 season. “His at-bat was terrific. They tried to throw him off-speed today. His at-bats are great and I’m staying the obvious here. I bet there’s a lot of player development people who have their chest out […]

Aaron Judge is arguably the face of the New York Yankees and he’s made it clear time and time again that he wants to stay in the Bronx for his entire career. When they offered him a seven-year, $213 million extension prior to Opening Day though, the slugger turned it down in the hopes of […]

Taylor Rogers and Tyler Rogers became the fifth set of twins to ever appear in the same game on Monday in San Francisco in the Padres and Giants game. The brothers have never faced off since Taylor had previously played in Minnesota with the Twins who are in a different league and division. However, he […]

All eyes were on George Springer during the Toronto Blue Jays’ visit to the Bronx against the New York Yankees Monday night for the start of a four-game series at Yankee Stadium. And just what everybody expected, Springer got rained by boos from New York fans who clearly have not forgotten his time with the […]

Philadelphia fans are passionate. They also will let you know when you mess up, just ask Ben Simmons. Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm figured out what it truly means to play in the city on Monday following a difficult game in the field. Bohm made three early-game errors which led to some boo’s around the […]

Aaron Judge has been an outfield fixture for the New York Yankees for the past half decade. He’s been there long enough that he can take what the New York crowd dishes out when things aren’t going great. Yankees fans were heard audibly raining boos on Aaron Judge during the team’s 3-0 shutout loss to […]

Washington manager Dave Martinez was “shocked” to hear the news that the Nationals may be up for sale soon. Martinez, speaking before the Nats’ game against Atlanta, said principal owner Mark Lerner called him earlier today to update him. “To say the least, I was shocked,” Martinez said. “Those are big decisions that the Lerner […]

Los Angeles Angels star outfielder Mike Trout has reportedly been battling a stomach illness over the past couple of days, which has impacted his performance on the field. Despite being included in the starting lineup on Sunday, Trout recorded just one hit in the loss to Houston. The Angels are set to host the Marlins […]

The New York Yankees and superstar outfielder Aaron Judge failed to come to an agreement on a new contract before the slugger’s self-imposed deadline of Opening Day. As such, Judge can become a free agent following the season, though Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has said that the club will still try to re-sign the […]

It didn’t take long for tempers to flare between the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers this season. During the season-opening series between the NL Central rivals, Andrew McCutchen found himself the victim of a Keegan Thompson beanball that resulted in the benches clearing from both teams. Following the scuffle, MLB has issued a punishment to […]

The Chicago White Sox starting rotation, set to be one of the best in the American League, has been bit by the injury bug in the early parts of the season, as front-line starters Lucas Giolito and Lance Lynn have each been sidelined by injuries. While Giolito is only expected to miss his next two […]

The Washington Nationals could be the latest American sports franchise to be put up for sale. According to The Washington Post, the Lerner family, which owns the ballclub, is strongly considering the idea of selling the Nationals, and has hired an investment bank to research potential buyers and investors. Despite that step, managing principal owner […]

Outfielder Michael Conforto is still a free agent following the first few games of the 2022 MLB season. But that may not be the case for much longer. The Cleveland Guardians and Boston Red Sox reportedly reached out to Conforto on Monday.  The Guardians, who seemed unwilling to spend any kind of significant money during […]

The New York Yankees have a decision to make regarding the future of flame-throwing closer Aroldis Chapman. The left-handed is set to see his contract with the club expire this offseason, and with free agency looming, no new deal has been agreed upon. Per Brendan Kuty, Chapman revealed Monday that he and the Yankees have […]

The New York Mets are set to unveil a Tom Seaver statue on April 15 prior to the Mets’ home opener against the Diamondbacks. Seaver, a Hall of Fame pitcher, passed away in 2020. The statue has been in the works for a couple of years and was finally completed prior to the 2022 campaign. […]

The San Francisco Giants picked up their second win of the season to close out their first series of the year when they took down the Miami Marlins at home Sunday, 3-2. Perhaps the victory was made even more memorable by the fantastic big-league debut of Heliot Ramos, who did not waste much time making […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the favorites to win the World Series in 2022. They also just dropped the opening series of the season against the Colorado Rockies. Colorado defeated Julio Urias and the Dodgers in the rubber match of a three-game set on Sunday by a final score of 9-4. Urias struggled in the […]

The MLB offseason was very tumultuous, with a lockout that lasted 99 days. The MLB owners locked the players out, both figuratively and literally. In an attempt to get the players to negotiate to their liking, the owners enacted the lockout on December 2nd. It lasted until March 12 when both sides finally reached an […]

The San Diego Padres’ pitching rotation has been one of the best so far in the entire MLB. During the first two games of the season, Yu Darvish new acquisition Sean Manaea shut down the Arizona Diamondbacks in their entire run, not giving up a single run. Their starting pitching is poised to be one […]

One could presume that even today, there still may be tension between players who featured for the Boston Red Sox and those who played for the New York Yankees during the height of their rivalry over the 2000s. However, this is far from the case with David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez. The two have always […]

The 2022 MLB season features the debuts of tons of promising young players. Lost in the hype over very talented prospects like Hunter Greene, Spencer Torkelson, Bobby Witt Jr. and Julio Rodriguez is a rookie for the Cleveland Guardians by the name of Steven Kwan. The 24-year-old outfielder is having a historically great start to […]

Shohei Ohtani opened up the 2022 season with the Los Angeles Angels on a sluggish note. Over his opening 13 at-bats against the Houston Astros, he recorded a mere one hit. Ohtani got back on track on Sunday against the reigning American League champions, as he roped a double down right field in the third […]

A perfect game in baseball is arguably the most difficult feat in sports to accomplish. To be able to retire all 27 batters in a game, without anyone reaching base is hard enough. Doing that while also striking out 19 of those batters sounds nearly impossible. Yet that’s exactly what Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki accomplished […]

The Hunter Greene era with the Cincinnati Reds opened up on a promising note, as he led the way in the 6-3 win over the Atlanta Braves. Greene had quite a task in his MLB debut in going up against the reigning World Series winners. Still, the Reds’ No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 […]

Carlos Correa was one of the most coveted free agents this offseason. The Minnesota Twins landing him shocked the baseball world and gave them another perennial MVP candidate alongside Byron Buxton. Correa showed them right away that he was worth the investment with a monster home run. Correa smacked the ball 458-foot to go yard […]

Giancarlo Stanton was once again a standout performer for the New York Yankees against the Boston Red Sox. The veteran slugger recorded a two-run home run in the Yankees’ 4-2 win over their AL East rival in the second game of the series. Stanton posted an exit velocity of 112.0 mph on the 437-foot home […]

The Boston Red Sox have not gotten their season off on the right foot, dropping their first two games to the archrival New York Yankees in crushing fashion. The Sox still have the talent to compete with any team in the majors this season. The Red Sox are looking to compete with the star-studded core […]

It’s the Sunday night baseball game of the week as the Boston Red Sox takes on the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Red Sox-Yankees prediction and pick.   The Yankees defeated the Red Sox 4-2 on Saturday to improve to 2-0. Luis Severino lasted […]