Tag: Baseball Business
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Look Out For Those Mariners
The Seattle Mariners are pushing for the playoffs, and they’re not doing it quietly. The Mariners have traded for Eugenio Suárez. Details: Mariners acquire: Diamondbacks acquire: It’s not a prolific package going back to Arizona – I think Seattle GM Jerry Dipoto did a great job with this deal. Plugging the 3B Hole The Mariners…
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What’s the Deal With Luis Robert Jr.? – On the Block in 2025
Luis Robert Jr. – the 6’2”, 225 pounder from Cuba – has been roaming center field on the South Side since 2020. In 2023, he put up 4.9 fWAR (For context, FanGraphs’ WAR incorporates wRC+, while Baseball-Reference uses OPS+ for their bWAR), hitting 38 home runs and totaling the second-most outs above average (12 OAA)…
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On the Block in 2025: Sandy Alcantara
Sandy Alcantara seemed destined for surefire stardom following his Cy Young season in 2022–until he didn’t. Three years and one Tommy John surgery later, Sandy’s on the trading block. A few years ago, the Marlins could only imagine the return they’d get for the young right-hander, now they’re wondering if they’d get anything. Life After…
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On the Block in 2025: Merrill Kelly
Arizona’s been on the fence about the direction they plan to go at the deadline, however, MLBTradeRumors and Ken Rosenthal report they plan to sell. The D-Backs fell to the Astros last night, getting swept in the series and falling to 5.5 games out of the wild card. With a multitude of pitchers on the…
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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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How Jacob deGrom Crafted a Perfect Season in 2018
Historically, being considered for a Cy Young Award, otherwise known as the Best Pitcher Award, meant recording more wins than others. This resulted in Cy Young Award winners boasting 18-, 20- and sometimes 20+ win-seasons. In 2018, Mets SP Jacob deGrom won the Cy Young Award–and recorded 10 wins. deGrom’s Background Growing up in Florida,…
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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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At the 2025 All Star Break, Which Contending MLB Teams Need Bullpen Help?
With under three weeks to the 2025 MLB trading deadline, trade discussions will begin to heat up between teams, beat reporters will stir speculation and names will inevitably be dealt. Front offices are in the thick of evaluating their current rosters, determinining whether or not the team is ready for the playoffs. One of the…
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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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