Every year, someone gets hot. These unexpected names are putting the league on notice with their scorching hot start. If MLB fans were told months ago, these players would be setting the baseball world on fire, many would have laughed it off; now fans are most likely refreshing their stat lines on the daily. These […]
Pitchers have had to endure some polarizing playing conditions at this early stage of the season, and the stat metrics so far indicate some trends that also reflect that. Polar is the appropriate word used to describe the weather on the East Coast. Apart from the four games that were rescheduled due to rain and […]
Trevor Story has been a bit of an enigma for the Boston Red Sox since signing with the team in 2022. He has been hurt in every season since, and when he has been on the field, he has been relatively ineffective. Given the contract he signed with Boston, fans have been getting impatient with […]
Chris Bassitt is the ideal clubhouse presence. He is a leader who commands respect among his peers and throughout all levels of the Blue Jays organization. That would include the media. The running dialogue that Bassitt so often freely offers makes him so approachable during the season, but especially following a start. The Voice Of […]
MLB is rich with tradition, record keeping, and tracking the pursuit of extraordinary milestone achievements. For example, if a player reaches the 3000 career hit mark, it is widely viewed as an automatic ticket to Cooperstown, likely on the first ballot. The same holds for a player who totals 500 or more career home runs. […]
With his exemplary and unique skill set, Boston Red Sox rookie sensation Kristian Campbell has dazzled MLB fans so far in 2025. For decades, scouting departments have emphasized drafting and developing players who can fulfill their talents across the five-tool assessment areas. A player often shines by offering a glimpse of a high potential ceiling […]
The Blue Jays got their man. Sources have indicated that Vladimir Guerrero Jr, the 26-year-old Blue Jays star, has agreed to a 14-year contract that handsomely pays him (pending physical), an average annual value (AAV) of $35.7 million over the next 14 years. That would, of course, bring Vladdy to his age 40 season, effectively […]
Blue Jays fans have been served a rather polarized viewing experience through the first week of the 2025 MLB season. Following the Baltimore Orioles’ 12-2 home opener shellacking, looking ahead with excitement or optimism was quite challenging. Back In The Mix Little by little, the Blue Jays have turned things around from embarrassment to hope. […]
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is back and here for the better. Triple-A (‘AAA’) baseball returned this past weekend for the slate of games for 2025, with most of the International League back in action. Down in Allentown, Pa., the Lehigh Valley IronPigs hosted the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders in another edition of the “IronRail” series. Lehigh Valley […]
Baltimore Orioles outfielder Tyler O’Neill seemed to have had the upper hand from the moment he stepped to the plate in the third inning on Thursday afternoon. The electric atmosphere and energy in the building at Toronto’s Rogers Center, to commemorate Opening Day, had already been extinguished by the Orioles hitters. It might have been […]
