Despite being all out of everything with just days to go in the 2024 regular season, the Pirates managed to make news in the most negative way on Tuesday when it was announced that veteran first baseman Rowdy Tellez was DFA’d (Designated For Assignment). In baseball lingo, that means Tellez, 29, was released. He’s no… read more

The Cleveland Guardians clinched one of the top two spots in the American League playoffs with a 6-1 win over Cincinnati last night. That means Cleveland will avoid the dangerous wild card round, in which a great team could easily lose a best-of-three series. Tanner Bibee (12-8) pitched like an ace for seven innings, giving… read more

But all told, this probably wasn’t the worst team in Arizona rookie ball, as three clubs sported a worse run differential than Chicago’s -44, and the Complex Sox actually played 15-13 ball against ACL teams with a winning record.

The Texas Rangers’ final road trip of the 2024 season will be part of history despite the team’s 74-82 record. When the Rangers square off against the A’s from the Oakland Coliseum on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, it will be the final series played before Oakland relocates. Next season, the A’s will play their home… read more

The Barons defeated the Montgomery Biscuits 2-1 in extras to claim their first Double-A Southern League Championship since 2013.

Charlotte was too unsteady in every aspect of the game to advance into the first division of a very large division/league. While the White Sox have their top prospects arbitrarily bypass their Triple-A affiliate as often as not, it remains a serious indictment that the club cannot pool enough talent at this level to field a competitive team. We can get chuffed over becoming a better-rated system all we want, but consistently failing to run out a legitimate four-, five- or six-man rotation on the team at the doorstep of the majors prevents any serious estimation of this organization.

Colorado Rockies franchise great Charlie Blackmon has announced his retirement after 14 MLB seasons. “I’ll hop over that fence pickle the beast and embrace the next phase of my life,” Blackmon said at the end of a social media statement on Monday. Blackmon spent all 14 years of his Major League career with the Rockies… read more

When the Colorado Rockies step up to the plate in their final game of the season on September 29, fans are going to pour their hearts into belting out a simple phrase of “Tonight!” from the song “Your Love” by The Outfield. For the uninitiated, it may seem like a silly tradition that Rockies fans… read more

The DSL Sox finished seventh in the eight-team DSL Central, with a 20-35 record. That made them the ninth-worst team in the league. Worth repeating: The White Sox have one team in the league, thus the talent they have on their roster is not watered-down and split into two squads, and still are consistently terrible. It’s an indictment of the international scouting by the White Sox, period.