Mitch Keller of the Pirates allows the Marlins five runs in 5 2/3 innings, but the Pittsburgh pen pitches near perfectly for 6 1/3 innings as the Pirates take the game 6-5 in twelve innings.. The...
Three baseball sons on the Blue Jays post good games as Toronto defeats the Rays 8-2. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. picked up just one hit in five at bats, but the one hit left the park. Bo Bichette doub...
Pablo Lopez of the Twins works efficiently against the Royals and lasts seven innings in a 4-1 Minnesota win. He threw just 84 pitches, and if this were not early in the season he might have gone...
The Tigers beat the White Sox 1-0, Tarik Skubal of Detroit and Garrett Crochet of Chicago both going six innings. Neither walked a batter, Skubal striking out six, Crochet eight. The only blemish...
The Dodgers 1-2-3 of Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, and Freddie Freeman lit up the Cardinals for five hits, three extra-base hits, four walks, six runs, and four RBI. After three games, Betts is hi...
The Padres beat the Giants 6-4 to win their San Diego opener. They continue to do damage with singles. Sixteen of their 21 hits in South Korea went for singles, and eight of nine today. They are ...
Juan Soto figures prominently in the Yankees 5-4 win over the Astros. He draws two walks, singled in the Yankees first run, and made a great throw from rightfield in the bottom on the ninth to cu...
Nick Martini of the Reds blasts two home runs and drives in five runs from the eighth slot. That helps Cincinnati down Washington 8-3. The bottom of the Reds order, the six through nine hitters r...
Corbin Burnes of the Orioles pitched six innings against the Angels, striking out eleven and allowing just one hit, a home run by Mike Trout. Meanwhile, the Orioles hitters generated 10 hits and ...
Framber Valdez of the Astros keeps getting in and out of trouble against the Yankees. He induced the double play ground balls through four innings. Twice they came with the bases loaded and one o...
Logan Webb retired the first nine Padres he faced as the Padres play in San Diego for the first time this season. He struck out four, throwing 44 pitches through three innings. The Giants lead 1-...
The Astros load the bases with two out in the bottom of the first, and Chas McCormick delivers a single on a 3-2 pitch to drive in two runs Yainer Diaz follows with a single and Houston leads the...
After striking out the first two Angels, Corbin Burnes gets burned by Mike Trout, who takes him out of the park in center for a 1-0 Angels lead over the Orioles after half an inning. Trout didn�...
I notice Anthony Rendon leads off for the Angels on opening day. I like this move. Rendon’s power dissipated with his injuries, but his ability to get on base remained good. Putting him in the ...
I will officially start running Beat the Streak Picks tomorrow, as most of the 2024 hitters will be bootstrapped by then. However, since there is some data from the first two games of the season,...
The Angels and Orioles kick off the official start of the 2024 season with Patrick Sandoval taking on Corbin Burnes. Sandoval took a step back in 2023 as his strikeout rate dropped and his walk r...
The 2024 season begins with Yordan Alvarez of the Astros, Juan Soto and Aaron Judge of the Yankees, Mookie Betts of the Dodgers, and Bryce Harper of the Phillies at the top of the Baseball Musing...
After a preview of the 2024 last week in South Korea, the 2024 MLB season begins in earnest Thursday afternoon. Rain already postponed two east coast games, but the thirteen other games get under...
The division previews finish with the AL East. To help with evaluations, a crude runs created per game is calculated from Musings Marcels projections for both batters and pitchers. I then average...
The division previews continue with the NL East. To help with evaluations, a crude runs created per game is calculated from Musings Marcels projections for both batters and pitchers. I then avera...
The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to a deal with pitcher Jordan Montgomery: Left-handed starter Jordan Montgomery and the Arizona Diamondbacks are in agreement on a free agent deal, pending a physi...
My post last night took a bit of a shot at Shohei Ohtani‘s use of the word “shocked” in his press conference. If you read the original article, Ohtani (or his new interpreter) used the word...
It seems Theo Epstein’s grandfather scripted Shohei Ohtani‘s news conference today, in which he addressed the gambling scandal: Ohtani gave his version of events during a news conference at D...
The division previews continue with the AL West. To help with evaluations, a crude runs created per game is calculated from Musings Marcels projections for both batters and pitchers. I then avera...
The division previews continue with the NL Central. To help with evaluations, a crude runs created per game is calculated from Musings Marcels projections for both batters and pitchers. I then av...
Orioles owner Peter Angelos died today, Saturday, at the age of 94: Angelos had been ill for several years. His family announced his death in a statement thanking the caregivers “who brought co...
The division previews continue with the AL Central. To help with evaluations, a crude runs created per game is calculated from Musings Marcels projections for both batters and pitchers. I then av...
J.D. Martinez agrees to terms with the Mets: J.D. Martinez, the top remaining offensive player on the market, reached agreement with the Mets on a one-year contract worth $12 million, pending a p...
Damage control not performance dominates the start of the 2024 MLB season. ESPN reports on the dissension in the Major League Baseball Players Association: Earlier in the afternoon, a coordinated...
Sam McDpwell at the Kansas City Star suddenly learns everything he can about Community Benefit Agreements (CBA) to analyze the releases by the Royals and Chiefs ahead of the April second vote. He...