Will Brennan provided the perfect ending to the Cleveland Guardians’ weekend, delivering a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2. Cleveland improved to 30-17 with a sweep of the third-place Twins, who have dropped six games in a row and are now 5.5 games behind the Guardians…. read more

The Pirates have Paul Skenes! It’s too bad they don’t have Paul…well, I can’t think of an all-time great slugger with Paul as a first name. Maybe Paul Molitor? He’s a Hall of Famer. He had over 3,300 hits during his career. I guess Molitor is an all-time great Paul on offense. Maybe even the… read more

The MLB regular season is seven weeks old now and teams are beginning to solidify their positions in the standings. This is especially true for teams that will not compete for the postseason. Through 40 games, teams begin knowing what they are going to be this season. While it remains the middle of May, front… read more

Sporting their snazzy blue CLE City Connect jerseys, the Cleveland Guardians kicked off the weekend with a 3-2 home victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. Cleveland starter Triston McKenzie had trouble finding the plate with four walks, but he got the Twins to bounce into three double plays. His only major mistake was… read more

“Enjoy him, Pittsburgh, he’s yours!” That was super-excited Pirates radio play-by-play announcer Joe Block after rookie pitcher Paul Skenes struck out his 11th Cubs batter at Wrigley Field on Friday afternoon. The Cubs batter was Michael Trauchman, who was the final man Skenes faced before being lifted after six hitless innings in Pittsburgh’s 9-3 victory…. read more

The Cleveland Guardians bounced back from a series loss to the lowly Chicago White Sox to capture two out of three games on the road against the defending World Series winners, The Texas Rangers. Monday night’s game was a pitchers’ duel, as Tanner Bibee, Hunter Gaddis, and Nick Sandlin matched zeroes on the scoreboard with… read more

The MLB regular season is seven weeks old now and teams are beginning to solidify their positions in the standings. This is especially true for teams that will not compete for the postseason. Through 40 games, teams begin knowing what they are going to be this season. While it remains the middle of May, front… read more

Coming into the 2024 season, the NL East was expected to be a two-team race. The Atlanta Braves were expected to have an edge with the Philadelphia Phillies fighting for a title but well in the hunt for a Wild Card. Over the first six weeks of the season, it is clear that the Phillies… read more

Lost in all the hoopla over the Major League debut of pitcher Paul Skenes on Saturday was the fact that the Pirates didn’t seem to have much else going for them. The Buccos went into Saturday’s game losers of 20 of their previous 28. Yes, they did get the win on Paul Skenes Day (just… read more

There is no party like a Pittsburgh Pirates party, at least that’s what pitching phenom Paul Skenes is likely thinking after making his much-anticipated MLB debut vs. the Cubs at PNC Park on Saturday afternoon. How anticipated was the debut for Skenes, the number-one overall pick in the 2023 amateur draft? Not only did he… read more