Winning a home series was the perfect prelude to the Cleveland Guardians’ four-game set with the Kansas City Royals. Matthew Boyd scored his first victory since undergoing Tommy John surgery as Cleveland defeated the Texas Rangers 4-2 on Sunday. The Guardians will need as many solid starters as possible in the playoffs, so every strong… read more

Blake Shepardson – San Francisco If there was ever a project of a draft pick with sky-high upside, it’s University of San Francisco’s Blake Shepardson. Shepardson pitched his first two collegiate seasons at Regis University, a Division-II school in Colorado. There, Shepardson struggled through those first two campaigns with an 8.89 ERA over 85 IP,… read more

Cleveland’s offense needed a massive energy boost on offense, and the Guardians delivered a monster victory last night. Jhonkensy Noel, Jose Ramirez, Josh Naylor, and Bo Naylor all homered in a 13-5 win over the Texas Rangers at Progressive Field. The defending World Series champions, who are 60-70 this year, scored a run in the… read more

This week brings some additional categories, comparisons to last week’s lists, and short spotlights on Jairo Iriarte, Sean Burke, Aaron McGarity, Jesús Méndez and other top arms.

Just when you thought the 2024 Pirates were done, finished, washed up, and sunk to the bottom of the Allegheny River, they go and give us hope. Hope for a possible Buctober? Don’t be silly. Hell, they shot that hope to pieces when they lost 10 in a row and 15 out of 19 right… read more

Even though the Texas Rangers haven’t played like the defending World Series champions, they played well enough to beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-3 last night at Progressive Field. Cleveland has lost three games in a row. With Kansas City’s win, the Guardians are clinging to first place by one game in the AL Central. Cleveland… read more

The Washington Nationals are expected to call up baseball’s number three prospect Dylan Crews to make his MLB debut on Monday when Washington takes on the New York Yankees at Nats Park. Crews rose quickly through the prospect rankings after being drafted number two overall out of LSU. Before his Tigers teammate Paul Skenes broke… read more

The bullpen piles on another loss in what was once a close game.

Despite a stretch of two wins in six, the Norfolk Tides actually played worse, and fell to the bottom of the International League East Division … the Knights are no longer a last-place team! And really, with the talent in Charlotte now (and with as much likely still to come as to be lost to the parent club), there’s no reason the club should fall back into the basement. The charge to .500, at least for the second half, continues!