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 »AL East Teams Dominate Wild Card Race
The Boston Red Sox currently lead the American League East by a single game over the Toronto Blue Jays, who lead the American League wild card by, you guessed it, a mere one game over the Baltimore Orioles. However, with 23 games to play, those three teams will all be …
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 Royals Begin Series
Coming off of a sweep against the New York Yankees and a 8-7 record since the All-Star break, the Tampa Bay Rays (42-61) are facing the Kansas City Royals (49-55) to start a four-game series at home tonight. The season high four-game winning streak for the Rays will hopefully be enough of a …
Read More »Marlins Looking to Close The Series With A Win
The Miami Marlins hope to win the series against the Philadelphia Phillies today after getting a 5-0 last night. Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton helped his team break out of a scoring slump with two RBI’s, while Ichiro Suzuki singled in the eighth inning to move him to within three hits of the 3,000 career hit mark. Starting …
Read More »Marlins Continue to Play Well
The Miami Marlins moved up one spot to #12 in the ESPN power rankings for week 16. Their current record is 53-45 after losing a three day series with the Mets yesterday(1-2), leaving them one of several teams still battling for the two wild-card spots. The Marlins started with Jose Urena, …
Read More »American League Second Half Outlook
The second half of the baseball season is in full swing which translates to? Pennant races. Teams like the Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers are looking for the same production from the first half of the season. Other teams are looking too make additions to there roster through trades or the minor league call …
Read More »How Week 15 IN MLB Looks for the Marlins, Rays, and Braves
A few days following the All-Star break, and week 15 of Major League Baseball is about to be in full swing… The ESPN Power Rankings have the Miami Marlins at #13 as they come out of a winning three game series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Their current record is …
Read More »Marlins Start Second Half of the Season With Series Win
The Marlins have a promising start to the second half of the season as they started it off in St. Louis. The Marlins won the series 2-1 and are showing that they are a contending team to make it into the postseason. In Friday’s game, the Cardinals sent four balls …
Read More »Gainesville Native Andrew Miller Named to MLB All-Star Team Roster
Gainesville native and former Buchholz pitcher Andrew Miller has been named to the American League All-Star team. The team’s roster was announced Wednesday and Miller is one of three Yankees chosen for the game. The 6’7″ lefty is 5-1 on the season for the New York Yankees and is sporting a …
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