Look, I’ve covered a lot of baseball in my day, but watching Paul Skenes carve up major league hitters like he’s playing catch in his backyard never gets old. Tuesday night at Camden Yards, the Pirates’ young gun reached a milestone that had Pirates fans everywhere doing happy dances in their terrible towels. Can he…
You’ve got to be kidding me. Just when the Houston Astros thought their pitching rotation was finally getting its act together, the injury bug bites again, and this time it’s a gut punch. Luis Garcia, fresh off a two-year hiatus and a grueling Tommy John surgery recovery, is heading back to the 15-day injured list….
Well, here’s a sentence no Arizona Diamondbacks fan wanted to read in September: Ketel Marte limped off the field Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco. In a season where the injury bug has basically moved into Chase Field and started paying rent, seeing Arizona’s All-Star second baseman hobble away from his position was enough to make…
It’s time to hang up the cleats for one of Chicago’s favorite sons. Anthony Rizzo, the ever-smiling, hard-hitting first baseman who became the heart and soul of the Chicago Cubs, is calling it a career after 14 seasons in the big leagues. And in a move that feels as right as a perfectly turned 3-6-3…
Sometimes you can smell a special story coming from a mile away. Other times, it sneaks up on you like a 95-mph fastball in the dark. Connelly Early’s major league debut? That was pure magic happening right before our eyes in West Sacramento. The kid didn’t just arrive at the big leagues—he made an entrance…
Casey Mize is a good pitcher, and he presented a challenge to Yankee Starting Pitcher Will Warren. The Yankees needed to win this game against Mize and the Detroit Tigers, but they did not; they lost 12-2. In his last 10 games, Mize is 5-3 but has a 5.55 earned run average. New York is…
The Chicago Cubs will be without Closer Daniel Palencia for at least two weeks with a shoulder injury. The team placed Palencia on the 15-day injured list after he left Sunday’s game against the Washington Nationals. Palencia has been the Cubs’ closer since the middle of May. After getting out to a great start in…
It seems like every time Aaron Judge steps up to the plate, another record is in jeopardy of being shattered. Well, you can add another one to the list. The Yankees captain just keeps climbing the franchise’s Mount Rushmore of home run hitters. With his latest blast, a first-inning rocket against the Detroit Tigers, he…
The tension in the Kansas City Royals clubhouse was palpable Tuesday morning. With playoff hopes hanging by a thread, the last thing this team needed was another injury to their rotation. Yet here they were, watching veteran starter Michael Wacha pack his bags for Kansas City after suffering a concussion in what manager Matt…
Look, I’ve seen plenty of pitchers chase milestones, but watching Logan Webb punch out his 200th batter of the season Monday night felt different. Maybe it was the way he attacked Adrian Del Castillo with that signature changeup in the fifth inning, or perhaps it was the genuine emotion from a guy who’s never been…