Prince Fielder’s injury makes Rangers fascinating trade-deadline team For about 30 seconds on Saturday, before the wild news broke about Chris Sale throwing a fit and cutting up his throwback jersey, some baseball fans thought he’d been traded to the Texas Rangers. Imagine that rotation: Sale, Yu Darvish, Cole Hamels. Wowzer. The trade was fake, of course, another product of a fake Twitter … [Read more...]

Strike Zone: Trade Deadline Preview This week’s Strike Zone is all about trade candidates and the ramifications of any the deals that might take place. It’s not meant to be a completely comprehensive list of players who could go, but I’ll try to touch on the bigger names and others with a reasonable chance of switching teams this week. I’m starting with position players before moving on to … [Read more...]

Aroldis Chapman trade proves Cubs will do anything to win World Series Let it be known now if it weren’t already: The Chicago Cubs will do just about anything to finally win a World Series. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] On Monday, that meant consummating a blockbuster trade with the New York Yankees that will bring Aroldis Chapman to town, along with his 105 mph fastball … [Read more...]

Pirates fan makes a perfect barehanded grab On Sunday at PNC Park, one Pittsburgh Pirates fan performed a public service for everyone watching. He made a barehanded grab of a foul ball that was so perfect that it demonstrated to everyone exactly how it should be done. So let’s look at how exactly he got it done. It happened in the bottom of the eighth inning of the Pirates’ game against the … [Read more...]

Jayson Werth, Carlos Villanueva share another eephus pitch moment On Sunday, Washington Nationals left fielder Jayson Werth was thrown a pitch he had no idea what to do with. In the bottom of the fifth inning of the Nationals’ game against the San Diego Padres, Padres reliever Carlos Villanueva was pitching to Werth in what would be just a three-pitch at-bat. In between two pitches in the … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Bregman Gets the Call It’s decision time. No, I’m not talking about the election. This is the week where teams will begin taking inventory of their assets (if they haven’t already), deciding whether to buy or sell at the trade deadline. Contending teams are usually the buyers, looking to fill a specific need before a postseason run. The sellers are rebuilding teams … [Read more...]

Astros call up top prospect Alex Bregman after rout of Angels Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we’ll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. You could argue that the Houston Astros won twice on Sunday. The first win came during a 13-3 rout … [Read more...]

This kid getting a baseball bat as a present will make your day Everyone remembers the best gifts they received growing up. For me, it was a Nintendo 64. I was so excited to open it and play it, that nothing else mattered. No other gift I opened that day could compare to the Nintendo 64. I don’t remember crying tears of happiness, but it’s possible that happened. The problem with my story is … [Read more...]

Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza's Hall of Fame stage is set Your browser does not support iframes. On Sunday, two remarkable legacies forged on different paths will converge in Cooperstown, New York when Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza are officially inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The long-anticipated induction ceremony will air exclusively on MLB Network, with … [Read more...]

Johnny Cueto annoyed with Royals after White House snub Johnny Cueto played a key role in the Royals World Series win, but wasn’t invited to the White House celebration. (AP) Jonny Gomes wasn’t the only notable snub from the Kansas City Royals visit to the White House on Thursday. According to the San Jose Mercury News, Johnny Cueto, who pitched a shutout for Kansas City in Game 2 of the … [Read more...]