Tag: All Star Game
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Is Cal Raleigh Actually This Good?
You can’t talk about the 2025 baseball season thus far without mentioning the name Cal Raleigh, aka Big Dumper, the switching–hitting catcher for the Seattle Mariners and current Home Run Derby champ. With an MLB-leading 38 home runs and 83 RBI, Raleigh has taken a seismic leap in production at the plate. The big question…
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The Curious Case of Jacob Misiorowski
On June 12, 2025, a 6’7″, 197-pound right-hander from Blue Springs, Missouri stepped onto a major league mound for the first time. Less than a month later, Jacob Misiorowski was named an All-Star. His debut performance was electric: 5 no-hit innings on 86 pitches, 4 walks, 5 strikeouts and a 6-0 win. When the 2025…
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Five Pitchers Snubbed from the 2025 MLB All-Star Game
If you tuned in to read my post about hitters that were snubbed for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, then you knew this was coming. Lots of great firepower was left off the rosters this year, in favor of names like Tarik Skubal, Paul Skenes, and Edwin Díaz, to name a few. For the pitching…
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Five Hitters Snubbed From the 2025 All-Star Game
The MLB All Star rosters for both the AL and the NL were released on July 6. Names like Cal Raleigh and Aaron Judge were slam-dunks to be named to the rosters. More interesting? The names missing from the list. Below, in no particular order, are five hitters who deserved a flight to Atlanta. 1. Juan Soto,…
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