Recently, the Boston Red Sox signed 2-time All-Star third baseman, Alex Bregman to a 3-year, $120 million deal with opt-out options after every season. Boston may have to exercise those options early as they already have a third baseman who they gave an 11-year, $330 million contract to in 2023 and who has no plans […]
Mariano Rivera may be the greatest pitcher of all time. I know he only pitched one inning a night but every pitch he threw landed in a mitt. You could not score runs against this alien. The New York Yankees don’t win all those championships without Mariano making professional hitters look like me in the […]
The 2024-25 NBA season started with the Boston Celtics blowing out the New York Knicks 132-109, tying the record for the most made 3’s in a game and creating the avalanche of indolent, concern-trolling about TV ratings and the NBA product being watered down by too many perimeter shot attempts. The NBA is fine but […]
As a Yankees fan, I’m conflicted. On one hand, I should be celebrating the arrival of Cody Bellinger. After missing out on Juan Soto thanks to an overzealous security guard cosplaying as Ethan Kopech from the new Netflix movie, Carry-On, the Yankees managed to take the billion dollars meant for Soto’s wallet and distribute it […]
Over the weekend, my wife and I were harassed by my wife’s boyfriend who could not leave me alone about Juan Soto choosing to take the New York Mets blood money over re-joining the most prestigious organization in professional sports and electing not to create a legacy for himself and his ancestors. Mets fans are […]
The Juan Soto decision is in. BREAKING: Superstar outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets are in agreement on a 15-year, $765 million contract, sources tell ESPN. It is the largest deal in professional sports history. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 9, 2024 Juan Soto will be moving to Queens for the next 15 […]
Luis Severino came into the offseason with a problem. At 30 years old, he went into last season with the New York Mets giving him a chance to prove he can still pitch at a high level. He changed the way he pitched, leaning more on early groundball outs instead of trying to overpower hitters […]
Today, reports are suggesting that Juan Soto contract talks have exceeded the $600 million range as the Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, Dodgers and Blue Jays continue to fight over the 26-year-old 4-time MLB All-Star. But Soto has yet to make his decision. Here’s what his agent Scott Boras, because of course his agent is Scott […]
I loved Aubrey Huff growing up. Maybe it’s because I played MVP Baseball, using franchise mode to turn the worst organization into World Series juggernauts and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays suuuuuucked. But yea, shout out my dudes Rocco Baldelli, Carl Crawford and Aubrey Huff—much love to Johnny Gomes and Scott Kazmir. I know Aubrey […]
For whatever reason, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred had dedicated his life to destroying the game of baseball. But that reign of terror may have gone too far. In a recent podcast appearance, Rob Manfred, tip-toed around a new idea the owners have apparently been tossing around behind closed doors. The Golden At-Bat. “There are a […]
Aaron Judge almost won the Triple Crown this season. He finished 1st in homers (58), 1st in RBIs (144) and 3rd in batting average (.322). He also led all of baseball in on-base percentage, slugging, OPS, OPS+ and wRC+. And all of this was a season after he won the MVP and set a new […]
The Yankees used to have a permanent residency in the World Series but they haven’t been to the Promised Land since 2009. Whether it was Joe Girardi being too tight or Aaron Boone being too loose or injuries or the Houston Astros knowing what pitch was coming or Aroldis Chapman giving up bombs and smiling […]
Aaron Judge went into the 2022 season on the final year of his contract. He then hit the most home runs in American League history and won the MVP Award. Greatest contract year ever. Gleyber Torres went into 2024 on the final year of his contract and within the first two weeks of the season, […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers are headed to the NLCS after a big 2-0 Game 5 victory over the San Diego Padres. Kike Hernandez hit a massive homer in the 2nd inning that gave the Dodgers a 1-0 lead which is all Yoshi Yamamoto and this unstoppable Dodgers bullpen needed to shut the Padres down. As […]
Pete Alonso was one at-bat away from being left on read all winter. If the New York Mets lost Thursday night, Alonso would’ve entered free agency ready to sign a minimum wage contract. Alonso played all 162 games this season and still managed to have the worst season of his life with career lows in […]
Over the weekend, the New York Yankees made a huge deal with the Miami Marlins to acquire 26-year-old (1-time) All-Star, Jazz Chisholm Jr. BREAKING: The New York Yankees are finalizing a deal to acquire outfielder Jazz Chisholm from the Miami Marlins, sources tell ESPN. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 27, 2024 Prior to this deal, […]
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