The emotions were on high as the Pirates took on the Reds at Great American Ball Park on Friday night. Pittsburgh went into the night with a 72-81 record and was virtually out of the National League wildcard race with nine games to go. The Reds, on the other hand, began Friday’s festivities with a… read more

As I sit here and type this article, the Pittsburgh Pirates are 66-76 and helplessly out of the National League Central Division race with 20 games to go in the 2023 regular season. But while the Pirates are 13.5 games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers in their division, they are just 8.5 games back of… read more

The Chicago Cubs left Cincinnati with a split, but it felt like a missed opportunity after the Cubs blew two games in the bottom of the ninth inning. They were not able to get their fifth straight series win. They did, however, extend their streak of not losing a series to seven. They have played… read more

The Pirates just swept the lowly Royals in a three-game series at historic Kauffman Stadium. The Pirates went into Kansas City with a 58-73 record and were scuffling fairly significantly, losing four of their last five games–including three of four to the Cubs at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Wouldn’t it be nice if the sweep… read more

The Chicago Cubs will try to make it five straight series wins this weekend when they travel to Cincinnati to take on the Reds. It is a four-game series with a Friday doubleheader to make up a game that was rained out earlier in the season. The two teams are separated by just four games… read more

Jesse Rogers reported this afternoon that the Chicago Cubs are promoting one of their top prospects, Alexander Canario. This comes as a bit of a surprise as most people expected Pete Crow-Armstrong to be the next player to come from Iowa to Chicago. Canario, the 14th-ranked prospect in the Cubs’s system, was acquired from the… read more

The Chicago Cubs found a way to win their fourth straight series this week over the Milwaukee Brewers. The series win drew the Cubs to within three games of the Brewers in the National League Central Division. These two teams will not meet again until the final weekend of the regular season in Milwaukee. It… read more

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Mike Trout to a 12-year, $426.5 million contract in 2019, with a nifty $20 million signing bonus. Assuming he fulfills the entirety of the deal, that’ll make Trout an Angel until he’s 38 years old in 2030. But with the way things are going in the organization –… read more

For the past 10 years, the Colorado Rockies have struggled to replace future Hall of Famer Todd Helton. Since his retirement after the 2013 season the Rockies have sent out players such as Justin Morneau, Mark Reynolds, Ben Paulsen, Ian Desmond, Daniel Murphy, and C.J. Cron. Several of those players have been decent at the… read more

You would be forgiven for not paying much attention to the Detroit Tigers this season. But the franchise is showing some signs of life at the major-league level, and Kerry Carpenter is quickly becoming one of the more exciting young bats in the game. Carpenter, 25, is absolutely on fire at the moment, slashing .309/.385/.586… read more