Category: Baseball

The San Diego Padres are a very, very good baseball team. With the roster currently constructed, there is no reason why they shouldn't be a playoff team. But, it's time to ease off the gas when talking about just how good they really are. | Originally published March 1, 2021

Earlier this week, former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling missed out on being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame for the ninth straight year. This time it was by his closest margin ever, falling just 16 votes shy of the 301 needed for election. | Originally published January 29, 2021

Aaron Judge is a great baseball player. When healthy, he's one of the best bats and gloves in the game. But he's so rarely fully healthy. It's time for the Yankees to cut bait and cash out. | Originally published October 25, 2020

Wednesday night, the world learned of the passing of baseball legend Tom Seaver. He was 75. | Originally published September 4, 2020

Major League Baseball has a marketing problem. They seemingly just can’t figure out how to successfully attract a younger generation of fans. Recently, Fernando Tatis got flack for just doing his job, hitting a home run. It's time to just Let. The. Kids. Play. | Originally published August 18, 2020

Pitchers have won the MVP award in baseball before. Clayton Kershaw won the NL MVP in 2014. Justin Verlander won the AL MVP in 2011. Dennis Eckersley won the AL MVP in 1992. Wow, that was a large gap. It happens, but not nearly as much as it should. Why is that? | Originally published October 25, 2020

The Mets have had a lot of great players in their organization throughout the years. Tom Seaver, Mike Piazza, David Wright, Richie Ashburn — wait what was that last one? | Originally published June 10, 2020

In November, I wrote an article titled “The case for keeping J.D. Davis” for my student newspaper. Now, I’m doubling down. This time, because the Mets clearly did keep Davis, I’m going to prove why he needs to be in the lineup every single day. | Originally published June 2, 2020

Earlier this week while I was playing MLB The Show I had a 17-pitch at-bat, which got me thinking, what is the longest at-bat in MLB history? Turns out, it was much more recent than I would have guessed. | Originally published April 9, 2020

When the Houston Astros stole signs and essentially stole a World Series, it ruined a huge moment for a city that needed it along with countless smaller moments for people around the country. | Originally published January 22, 2020