Trevor Plouffe, Philadelphia Phillies (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) Could baseball be coming back soon? A former major league player hinted on Monday that MLB is targeting a July 1 start date. For several weeks now, MLB fans have been desperate for any kind of sign that baseball will be returning in the near future.
Month: May 2020
Clint Frazier has some intriguing offensive tools, but he’s never going to develop into a quality starter for the New York Yankees. When the 2020 MLB finally gets underway it’s safe to assume that Clint Frazier is going to occupy a spot on the Yankees’ 25-man roster. He might even find a way to become
The three seasons since their last postseason appearance have been disappointing for the Toronto Blue Jays. That looks like it’s about to change On April 26, 2019 the Toronto Blue Jays hosted the Oakland Athletics at the Rogers Centre. It’s the type of middle-of-the-week, ordinary game that is quickly forgotten as soon as the final
Nine Mexican-inspired cocktail recipes to make your stay-at-home Cinco de Mayo extra spicy. Cinco de Mayo falls on a Taco Tuesday this year and as fate would have it, the world is under a pretty rigid quarantine forcing the closures of your favorite taquerias and carniceria so you won’t be able to order $2 tacos
Yadier Molina is now open to playing for someone besides the St. Louis Cardinals after 2020, and these five teams should be in the market for the veteran catcher. Back in January, the world was in a different place and the 2020 MLB season was on track to played as originally scheduled. Yadier Molina said
With the acquisition of Gerrit Cole, the Yankees starting rotation is once again a force to be reckoned with for the first time in a while. Let’s look back on the best seasons from pitchers in pinstripes since 2000. Outside of Luis Severino’s 2017 season when he finished in third place for the American League
The best-pitched game of all time took place 100 years ago. To celebrate, we dig into the best pitching performances of this century. One hundred years ago today, the two best pitching performances ever were thrown in the same game. Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves and Leon Cadore of the Brooklyn Robins each tossed
In the midst of the pandemic, we have no choice but to live in the past. What better way than to reflect on some of the best offensive seasons in Yankees history? It’s always easy to remember where you were for special Yankees moments in recent memory: the 2009 World Series, Didi Gregorius’ Wild Card
The Tampa Bay Rays have done a great job of punching above their weight, but does their current model offer a path to perennial contention in the AL East and deep in the playoffs? The Tampa Bay Rays have a nice little model for winning going. They’ve been able to strike a really nice balance
When the Detroit Tigers make the No. 1 selection in the 2020 MLB Draft, it’s likely going to be one of two players, Arizona State’s Spencer Torkelson or Vanderbilt’s Austin Martin. The Detroit Tigers hold the No. 1 pick in the MLB Draft for the second time in three years. With another shot at the top pick,
St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina said earlier in the offseason he’d either finish his career as a Cardinal or retire, but amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the veteran catcher has changed his tune. What was once an assumed conclusion to Cardinals legend Yadier Molina‘s impressive career has now changed to a potentially ugly finish as