This Sunday, the last regular season games of MLB will be played and the chase for the wild card spots will be decided. The races to win each division this year were not nearly as interesting as the bids for the wild card spots. The last team to clinch their division …
Read More »National League Wild Card Race Heading Toward a Heated Finish
With just nine teams left in the National League wild card race, three lead their divisions, three are tied for the wild card spots, and three are trying to push into a spot themselves. But just a week and a half remains of the regular season. The three division leaders — the Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs …
Read More »MLB Playoff Races Heat Up As Season Winds Down
As October approaches, and with it the promise of postseason baseball, many teams are still fighting in heated divisional and wild card races while others are well on their way to securing a spot in the playoffs. American League AL East Leaders: Boston (78-61) In the Hunt: Toronto (1 GB), …
Read More »MLB Hunt for October
With under 30 games to play in the 2016 Major League Baseball season, three divisions are separated by five games or less, and both wild card spots are crapshoots with six AL teams within five games vying for that second spot, and four NL teams within four games. Let’s get …
Read More »Rays And Marlins Still Struggling
The Tampa Bay Rays and the Miami Marlins continue to struggle as the Major League Baseball calendar moves into August. The Chicago Cubs (65-41) beat the Miami Marlins (57-50) 3-2 on Tuesday night while the Rays lost to the Kansas City Royals by the same score. Jose Fernandez started on …
Read More »Miami Marlins Look to Bounce Back Against the Phillies
After back-to-back shutout losses–their first back-to-back losses since the end of June–, the Miami Marlins (53-46) will be looking to bounce back tonight. The Marlins will face the Philadelphia Phillies (46-55) in the second game of a three-game series. The Marlins fell 4-0 last night to the Phillies. Miami pitcher Jarred Cosart, who was …
Read More »Yankee Closer Aroldis Chapman Traded to Cubs
The New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs finalized a deal on Monday that brings reliever Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs. By acquiring Chapman the Cubs have added a critical piece to their championship ambitions. Cubs president Theo Epstein says the Cubs pulled off this trade for one reason, to win a World …
Read More »Rays Crush Rockies 11-3, Face A’s Next
In the midst of a terrible season that has seen the Tampa Bay Rays (37-57) accumulate a losing record and, at one point, lose 11 games in a row, the Rays had a bit of a breakthrough Wednesday night on offense. The Rays dominated the Colorado Rockies (43-51) 11-3 on the …
Read More »MLB National League Preview: Nationals, Marlins, Giants, Braves
Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals Tonight is appropriately “Dusty Baker Bobblehead Day” at Nationals Park as the Los Angeles Dodgers will play the Washington Nationals. Baker, the Nationals’ manager played for the Dodgers during his MLB career and won a championship with them in 1981. This is the first of a three-game series, with Scott …
Read More »MLB All Star Game Preview: Ortiz, Stanton, Arrieta
The best of Major League Baseball will showcase their skills at tonight’s 2016 All Star Game. The American League-National League matchup, also known as the “Midsummer Classic”, will take place this year at San Diego’s Petco Park. https://twitter.com/AllStarGame/status/743470101064613888 Each team is made up of players from the respective league. The rosters for each …
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