Charlotte Knights Record 3-2 (last week), 36-43 (overall), 3-2 (second half) Knights Player of the Week Cory Abbott 7 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 BB, 12 K Colson Montgomery .125/.263/.125, 16 at-bats Mark Payton .318/.400/.364, 22 at-bats Michael Chavis .235/.350/.412, 20 at-bats Carlos Pérez .167/.167/.250, 12 at-bats Wilmer Difo .200/.556/.200, 10 at-bats Chuckie Robinson .538/.538/.923, 13 at-bats Bryan Ramos .222/.222/.333, 18… read more

Hello, and welcome to a new era of Chicago White Sox coverage on the Fans First Sports Network! We are the Writing Staff Formerly Known As South Side Sox, moving over as a collective from SB Nation and bringing virtually all of our regular coverage and features with us. In an effort to keep our… read more

The Cleveland Guardians will get a much-needed day off today after losing to the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Sunday. The Royals won three of four games in the series. Looking at the pitching matchup, we should have seen this coming. Logan Allen was 8-3, while the Royals’ Seth Lugo was 10-2. Sounds like a… read more

There is no secret that the Toronto Blue Jays have had quite a poor season thus far, and certainly one of the worst in recent memory. Furthermore, current faces of the franchise Vladimir Guererro Jr. and Bo Bichette have been on serious down years this season and talks of moving one if not both players… read more

June was a historically bad month for the Colorado Rockies as they posted a 7-20 record while posting some of the worst overall offensive numbers. As the calendar turns to July, Colorado returns to Coors Field for a seven-game homestand starting with the Milwaukee Brewers for four games. The Rockies narrowly avoided a sweep at… read more

If “classic Cleveland Guardians baseball” is a thing that exists, we saw it last night in Kansas City. Tanner Bibee (7-2) delivered six strong innings, and Jose Ramirez led the offense in a 7-2 victory over the Royals. Cleveland avoided its first four-game losing streak of the season and has a chance to even the… read more

OK, the headline for this article is a little misleading. When you see words like “Pirates,” “managed,” and “ineffective,” you probably think Pittsburgh’s brain trust has taken Paul Skenes’s enormous pitching talent and turned him into a pitch-to-contact guy, a la Gerrit Cole back in the day. You probably think Skenes has been ineffective over… read more

The Kansas City Royals are making their move on the Cleveland Guardians. Cleveland came to town with the best record in baseball, but the Royals beat them 10-3 to take the first half of the four-game series. The Guardians have lost three in a row, but they still hold a seven-game lead in the American… read more

Mason Miller has quickly become one of the most attractive trade targets in Major League Baseball. The 6-foot-5 right-hander possesses a fastball that tops 100mph and a wipeout breaking pitch that has led to 60 strikeouts in 34.2 innings. Miller has saved 14 games for the Oakland A’s and is arguably the best closer in… read more

The best team in baseball rolled into town, and the Kansas City Royals rose to the challenge. Vinny Pasquantino’s sacrifice fly in the sixth inning was the difference as KC beat the Cleveland Guardians 2-1 on Thursday night. The third-place Royals are now eight games behind the Guardians in the American League Central Division. The… read more