The Yankees were fairly confident for this rubber game of the series against the Baltimore Orioles. Their ace, Max Fried, started the game. He was looking to bounce back from his last start in Milwaukee, where he pitched six gutsy innings, but threw 40 pitches in the second inning. That was the second-highest inning total…
The Yankees finally won, stopping a four-game losing streak where their offense had been anemic. They won this game 6-2. The big story from this game was that an X-ray revealed that the Yankees’ spark plug, Jose Caballero, has a fractured finger. That injury prompted the team to recall star-crossed Shortstop Anthony Volpe. Will Warren…
The rest of the National League West just let out the kind of exhausted sigh usually reserved for tax season and bullpen games in July. The Los Angeles Dodgers have traded for Alek Thomas, and somehow, it already feels annoyingly on brand. This is what the Dodgers do. They find talented players who stalled somewhere…
Ryan Weathers came back for this game against the Baltimore Orioles. The Yankees lost 3-2. He was great, but the bullpen betrayed him. As the sweep at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers over the weekend demonstrated, the Yankees struggle against the better teams. They need to score some runs. Weathers missed his last start…
The Tampa Bay Rays have been allergic to losing. And that continued after a 4-1 beating of their division rival, the Boston Red Sox. With the victory, Tampa (26-13) has won 14 of its last 16 games and has become a legitimate challenger to the New York Yankees for the American League East division crown….
Carlos Rodon came back in this game for the Yankees. The return of the starting pitcher, who has been out all year following elbow surgery, was the biggest story of this game. However, Aaron Judge hit another first-inning home run. That was his 16th, and he now leads the American League in home runs. That…
The Yankees started Cam Schlittler, a day after they were dominated by Jacob Misiorowski, who routinely threw the ball in excess of 100 MPH. The Yankees were glad to be done with him, but faced Kyle Harrison in this game. Even though he has not allowed more than two runs in six consecutive starts, they…
Bobby Cox, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who helped turn the Atlanta Braves into baseball’s gold standard throughout the 1990s, died at 84. And honestly? It feels like losing one of the last true baseball men, the kind who looked more comfortable covered in dirt and arguing with umpires than sitting behind a microphone…
Baseball trades usually arrive with a little warning. A rumor here. A mysterious lineup scratch there. Maybe a GM tossing out the classic “we’re exploring options” line that convinces absolutely nobody. Then there are trades like the one involving Patrick Bailey. It was the kind that lands like a ninth-inning fastball to the ribs. The Cleveland Guardians reportedly…
Brewers’ 22‑year‑old rookie Jacob Misiorowski walked into the Bronx on Friday night and delivered one of the most electric velocity displays Major League Baseball has ever recorded from a starting pitcher. According to Statcast, Misiorowski fired 12 pitches at 103 mph or harder, the most ever tracked by a starter in the pitch‑tracking era. That’s…