When I heard that Pirates legend, Andrew McCutchen, drove a ball off the right-field wall and managed to leg it into a triple in the bottom of the third inning of what would be a 4-3 victory over Tampa at PNC Park on Saturday afternoon, I got super excited. I found the highlights on social… read more

Kansas City Royals pitcher Cole Ragans didn’t have a typical minor league experience. As many minor leaguers have to, Ragans needed Tommy John surgery early on. After months of rehab, strength training and prep work, Ragans go back to the mound. After only a few pitches, he felt something in his elbow and was removed… read more

Carlos Carrasco hadn’t won a game since May 5. The Cleveland Guardians offense (and the Toronto defense) made it easy for him. The Guardians exploded for seven runs in the second inning and cruised to a 7-1 victory, their third in a row. Carrasco (3-6) did his part on the mound, pitching six innings while… read more

After three straight Guardians losses, radio announcer Tom Hamilton called on starter Tanner Bibee to pitch a shutout. Bibee had some help, but he did it. Bibee (5-2) and four relievers only gave up three hits and struck out 14 batters in an 8-0 rout of the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night at Progressive Field…. read more

If you’re a member of Generation X, the only time you got to see Willie Mays play was in the 1989 baseball comedy, Major League. Actually, people my age didn’t get to see the real Willie Mays; we got to watch actor Wesley Snipes play Willie Mays Hayes, a fictional character, who was more a… read more

The Cleveland Guardians usually enjoy timely hitting and solid starting pitching. They had neither last night in an 8-5 loss to the visiting Seattle Mariners. Cleveland took a 1-0 lead on an RBI groundball by Daniel Schneemann, but Seattle exploded for four runs in the third inning to knock out Guardians starter Triston McKenzie (3-4)…. read more

I was going to predict that the Pirates would take two of three from the Rockies at Coors Field over the weekend, with both wins happening on very effective bullpen days, and the loss coming via a pummeling of Jared Jones, but I forgot. In all seriousness, Pittsburgh did take two of three from the… read more

The Cleveland Guardians will welcome Jose Ramirez back from the paternity list on Tuesday night against Seattle. Without him, they lost on Saturday and Sunday in Toronto. Cleveland lost 5-0 on Saturday but put up a much better fight on Sunday, falling short to the Blue Jays by a 7-6 score. Ben Lively (6-3) had… read more

Timely hitting. Solid pitching. Lights-out bullpen. The Cleveland Guardians don’t need to deviate from this script. They opened a three-game series with a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. The Cleveland fans may not have expected a first-place team, especially when Shane Bieber got hurt, but that’s exactly what they are… read more

Tanner Bibee dominated Cincinnati hitters for five innings … except for the one guy who had his number. Jeimer Candelario bashed two home runs off Bibee to spoil an otherwise outstanding performance as the Reds beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-2 on Wednesday night. The Reds third baseman opened the scoring with a solo home run… read more