Record 1-5 (August 21-27) 55-66 (overall) 24-31 (second half) The Dash continued their skid this week, dropping five of their six games and only averaging 3.5 runs per game (sadly, the White Sox would happily accept 3.5 runs per game). On the bright side, the Dash had several strong pitching performances throughout the week, and… read more

Ruling over the AL Central was fun, but now the Cleveland Guardians are in a 29-game fight to the finish. The red-hot Kansas City Royals beat the Guardians again last night at Progressive Field by a 6-1 score. The Royals have wiped out a 9-game deficit since late June and are now tied for first… read more

Baseball gets me every time. Oh, boy! A doubleheader! I get to enjoy two games in the same day! Then the Cleveland Guardians lose both games. Again. In the last two years, the Guardians have played eight doubleheaders. They have been swept seven times and split once. GAME 1: ROYALS WIN 4-3 Cleveland manager Stephen… read more

The Cannon Ballers finished with the best record of the week, going 4-2 against Fayetteville. Much of that performance was led by Sam Antonacci, the White Sox’s fifth-round pick in this year’s draft. The Knights and Barons finished .500 this week, and overall, there was plenty of competition for this week’s honors.

The Birmingham Barons split a six-game set with the Biloxi Shuckers. Solid pitching performances from Noah Schultz, Jairo Iriarte, Jacob Gonzalez, and more!

I had one of two quotes ready to unleash on Twitter (presently known as X) at the conclusion of the Pirates’ four-game weekend series against the Reds at PNC  Park on Sunday afternoon. One quote was the title of this article. The other quote was this: “The Pirates didn’t lose the series against the Reds,… read more

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