Jeff Passan is one of the most respected baseball insiders on the planet. He breaks trades, reports contracts, and generally operates with the kind of measured professionalism you’d expect from someone at ESPN. And then Wednesday night happened, the Mets committed six errors in a single game, and Passan looked at his keyboard and typed…
The Chicago Cubs won 9-6 against the Mets on Tuesday night in New York. A good result. A needed result. And then Craig Counsell stepped up to the microphone after the game and reminded everyone that nothing comes easy for this rotation in 2026. Edward Cabrera. Hamstring. IL. Again. What Happened Out There It was…
The Chicago Cubs made a trade with the Houston Astros. Cue the excitement, right? Wrong. This is one of those deals that sounds promising in a headline and falls apart the second you actually read the details. Jed Hoyer has gone back to a familiar well — the Astros have quietly become one of his…
745 games. Over 3,000 plate appearances. Eight years grinding through Minor League ballparks most fans have never heard of. And on Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field, Justin Dean finally got the moment he’d been chasing his entire adult life. A three run triple. A lost helmet rounding second. A standing ovation from a crowd…
Two separate ten game winning streaks. And yet the Chicago Cubs sit at 39-36, third in the NL Central, eight games back of the division lead. That’s the kind of season that makes you scratch your head — flashes of brilliance buried inside a frustrating, inconsistent grind. The trade deadline is coming. And there’s no…
The Most Hated Man in Baseball Is Also One of the Best Funny how that works, isn’t it. Pete Crow-Armstrong is the crown jewel of Chicago, the guy Cubs fans would run through a wall for — and simultaneously, somehow, the most despised player in the sport to literally everyone wearing a different jersey. Both…
Andrew Painter’s nightmare season just got worse. And buried in the fallout of his demotion is a contractual detail that could force the Phillies into a roster decision they weren’t necessarily planning to make. Sometimes the most interesting moves in baseball aren’t the ones a front office chooses. They’re the ones a contract clause chooses…
The Chicago Cubs’ disappointing 2026 season was highlighted again in Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies, exposing many of the same problems that have followed the team all year. Another pitching injury surfaced when Edward Cabrera exited with a cramp in his throwing hand, while the offense failed to capitalize on scoring opportunities, going…
Two Innings. Six Runs. One Very Quiet Bus Ride Out of Town. Don Mattingly stood at the postgame podium Wednesday night and was asked the simplest question imaginable — is Andrew Painter making his next start? “Well, it’s something we’ll probably talk about,” he said. Anyone who’s ever heard a manager dodge a question knows…
Corey Seager has been the heartbeat of the Texas Rangers since the day he signed his ten year, $325 million contract back in 2021. A World Series ring in 2023 proved every dollar of that investment was worth it. And right now, for the first time since putting on that uniform, fans are genuinely…