With just 21 days remaining in the regular season, the MLB Playoffs are far from set in stone. In 4 out of 6 divisions, the top teams are within 5 games of each other. In some cases, the divisional race is a toss-up between 3 teams. NL West This is …
Read More »MLB Enters Last Month of Regular Season: Who’s Hot and Who Might Miss the Playoffs
The MLB regular season is coming to a close in less than a month and there’s already a clear picture on who’s making it to the postseason. The American League appears to be the stronger than the National league based solely off total wins. But, the race to see who’ll …
Read More »Rays and Braves Set to Begin Important Inter-league Series
The Tampa Bay Rays travel to Atlanta to begin a two-game interleague set with the Braves on Wednesday. Both teams are on an absolute roll right now as they are both trying to make their first playoff appearance since 2013. The Braves currently have a 3.5 game lead ahead of …
Read More »Tampa Bay Rays Hit Hot Streak As Postseason Approaches
The Tampa Bay Rays are rollin’ right along in the AL East. They solidified a three-game series sweep of the Boston Red Sox in a 9-1 rout on Sunday. The Red Sox were outscored 24-5 in the series and have now lost six of the last eight games. It was …
Read More »AL East All of a Sudden a Race Again
It seemed like just yesterday the Red Sox were coming off of a four-game sweep of the Yankees and what appeared to be an insurmountable lead atop the AL East. How quickly things changed though. Yankees Back In It The Red Sox (90-42) are now on a three game losing …
Read More »Justin Shafer: Another Gator Alum debuts in the Major Leagues
Many athletes can pick out a specific instance that changed their careers forever. Twenty-five-year-old right-handed pitcher Justin Shafer may have just had this moment for his career. Road to the Big Leagues Shafer played at the University of Florida for three years before he was picked in the eighth round …
Read More »MLB Roundup: Fedoras, Dead Fish and a Final Stretch
As we inch closer to October, the NL East remains wide open, the Boston Red Sox continue to run away with the league’s best record, the Tampa Bay Rays are currently above .500 and a few other notes in this MLB roundup. Who Wins the NL East? The NL East …
Read More »Stanton Receives Warm Welcome in Return to Miami, Yankees Win
First he waved his two fingers proudly in the air, then Giancarlo Stanton pounded his heart in appreciation of the standing ovation he got in his return to Miami. Stanton proceeded to smack a sharp single into left field in his first plate appearance of the game. In typical Stanton fashion, …
Read More »Taking the A’s Train
The Oakland Athletics are hot. Red hot. After a shutout win Monday night against the Texas Rangers, the A’s now sit atop the AL West standings tied for first place with the defending champion Houston Astros. Since losing four straight from June 12 to June 15 that pushed them to …
Read More »Red Sox First Team in MLB to 80 Wins
Since the All-Star break, the Boston Red Sox have pulled away as the best and hottest team in baseball. Boston became the first team to 80 wins Tuesday night, coming from behind to win 10-7 in 10 innings in Toronto. https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1027028972301963264 “It’s really good,” Boston first baseman Mitch Moreland, who …
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