The Pittsburgh Pirates are putting together a little bit of a hot streak in the NL Central. They’ve won four out of five games, and are now tied for third in the division with the Cincinnati Reds, just two games behind the second-place St. Louis Cardinals. After a 10-16 March/April, the Pirates are 17-14 since, […]

This week did a lot to tighten all of the races across baseball. Of the league’s six divisions, only the Giants have a lead of larger than 4.5 games. Consequently, no first place team has a lead smaller than three games. Breathing room was the name of the game this week. Most impressive team of […]

Another week has gone by, and our boy Yasiel Puig killed it once again. We named him our best NL hitter of the month of May, but he’s also a stud in the field. Check out this catch from Thursday night against the Pirates. At heart, Puig is really just a child. MTV’s Fat Joe […]

May is in the books, and a lot of teams and players took gigantic steps forward. Unfortunately, some players and teams also took massive steps backward. Here’s a recap of the month. AL Hitter of the Month: Edwin Encarnacion. 16 homers in May for Encarnacion powered the him to a .281/.369/.763 line, and pushed the […]

The Phillies and Mets found themselves forced into playing a five-game series this weekend because of a rain out earlier in the season. Unfortunately for both teams, three of their first four games in the series have gone to extra innings, meaning that the teams have already played the equivalent of five games, with one […]

I know it’s only June 1st, but things do not look good for the Tampa Bay Rays. One year ago, the Rays were just in fourth place in the AL East, but were only three games behind the division-leading Red Sox and were 30-25. This year, the Rays are 3.5 games behind Boston…who is in […]

On Friday night in Boston, something strange happened – four different men served as manager of the Boston Red Sox. Confused? Let me explain. First, it was John Farrell, the actual Red Sox manager. Farrell was ejected in the first inning for arguing after David Ortiz was hit by David Price and Price wasn’t ejected. […]

The longest homers of the past week include a new entrant into our top five for the year, and a new player at the top of our list of overall appearances on the list – and there’s no chaff this week. Lots of homers were absolutely destroyed this week. 1. Paul Goldschmidt vs Troy Patton, […]

We’re just days away from the 2014 MLB Draft, and diehard baseball fans and prospect gurus across the country are getting hyped up. For the casual fan that may be interested in the Draft, it’s worth noting that the MLB Draft is quite different from the NFL and NBA Drafts that you’re probably more used […]

The Los Angeles Angels are living up to their hype this offseason, despite getting smashed with injuries. After their 7-5 win on Thursday over the Mariners, the Angels are just a game and a half behind the A’s. That’s shocking considering how much Oakland dominated the division in the early going of the season, but […]

Another week of great defense is in the books, and this time around, home runs are just a little difficult to come by. May 22nd, Indians vs Orioles – David Lough’s robbery. Tie game, seventh inning…and David Lough took three runs away from the Indians with this slick grab. It’s not the sexiest play ever, […]