After facing two of the best teams in baseball in the Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles, the Cleveland Guardians ran into the hottest team in baseball: the Arizona Diamondbacks. The surprise winners of the National League last year, the Diamondbacks have heated up since the end of June. They beat Cleveland 7-6 last night. The… read more

The Knights and Dash had strong weeks, both finishing better than .500, but it was not so easy for the other affiliates. Drake Logan earned the weekly award for the system as a whole, but Edgar Quero, Noah Schultz, and DJ Gladney earned the awards for their respective teams, as each of those players excelled.

The mission for the Pirates coming into a three-game weekend series against the Diamondbacks at PNC Park had to be a sweep. With the first postseason tiebreaker now head-to-head matchups (the one-game playoff is a thing of the past thanks to the expanded postseason field), a sweep would have given Pittsburgh a 4-2 edge in… read more

Record 0-6 (last week) 52-50 (overall) 11-22 (second half) The Barons rode the struggle bus last week, and have been on that road most of the second half. In the past six games against the Montgomery Biscuits, Birmingham was outhit, 49-23 — and outscored, 28-4! The most Birmingham scored in a game was two runs… read more

Few rivalries in Major League Baseball have been able to bring the fireworks that the Rangers and Astros Silver Boot Showdown has provided over the last few years. Multiple benches-clearing brawls and the Rangers’ seven-game ALCS victory last October have blood boiling at an all-time high between the two squads from the Lone Star State…. read more

The Baltimore Orioles pounded out a 9-5 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday afternoon, but pitching help is on the way. After losing on Thursday and Friday, the Orioles evened the score over the weekend. Give the Guardians’ hitters credit; they were the first team to score five runs off Orioles All-Star starting pitcher… read more

One reliever with a powerful fastball profile, another with unique closer moxie.

With the continued matriculation of talent up to Charlotte — the latest addition being Birmingham Barons ace Mason Adams — the Knights continue to crawl closer to .500 on the season, and by September could get there and then some.