On the heels of losing Pablo López for the season, Joe Ryan was scratched from his start just 15 minutes before game time (he was starting in the WBC). Back tightness, apparently.
On the heels of losing Pablo López for the season, Joe Ryan was scratched from his start just 15 minutes before game time (he was starting in the WBC). Back tightness, apparently.
Last edited by WrongVerb; 02-21-2026 at 02:18 PM.
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Not good Detroit
https://x.com/MLBONFOX/status/2025317478067261542
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Well at least it looks like Detroit did block a Yankee extra point attempt ��
CySeymour (02-22-2026),Revering4Blue (02-22-2026)
Actually the Yankees went for two and didn't convert.
...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
Revering4Blue (02-22-2026)
Did he get hurt?
SunDeck (02-23-2026)
Jon Heyman
@JonHeyman
Breaking: Michael Conforto to Cubs
Minor league deal
https://www.truebluela.com/los-angel...-cubs-contractRated as below replacement level by Baseball Reference (-0.7 WAR) and FanGraphs (-0.6 WAR) but slightly above by Baseball Prospectus (0.9 WARP), the lefty-batting Conforto still played nearly every day on the strong side of a platoon, starting 106 of the Dodgers’ 115 games against right-handed pitchers. Until suddenly once the postseason started, Conforto didn’t play at all, and was left off the Dodgers’ roster in all four of their postseason series.
MLB 2026: Everything to know about MLB's pitch-tipping craze
Continue Reading Full Article Here:A decade ago, during the 2015 postseason, the Kansas City Royals were marching toward a championship when one of their advance scouts noticed a pitcher's tip from an upcoming playoff opponent. He couldn't get that information to Royals hitters fast enough.
"A pitcher was using a black glove and our advance scout picked up light reflecting off that glove," Royals general manager J.J. Picollo recalled recently. "The deal was this: If you see the light reflecting off the glove, it's his breaking ball. If you don't see any light, it's his fastball. Because it's how he turned his glove at the right angle. "We scored a bunch of runs because of it."
In the years since, pitch tipping has become even more prominent in the game.
The issue came to a head in the World Series when Blue Jays and Dodgers base coaches were asked to stop wandering so far out of the box -- perhaps to gain better viewing angles on the pitcher's hands and gloves while looking to help their hitters in any way possible.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb...d=BingNewsVerp
goreds2 (02-23-2026)
Jeff Passan
@JeffPassan
BREAKING: Nine-time All-Star Chris Sale and the Atlanta Braves are in agreement on a one-year, $27 million contract extension that includes a club option for $30 million in 2028, sources tell ESPN. Sale, 36, was set to hit free agency after this season but will remain in Atlanta.
2026 Cubs: Know your enemy, Cincinnati Reds
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/20...150000180.htmlEugenio Suárez is the active MLB leader in home runs against the Cubs with 36. So it made me very happy when he was traded to the Mariners last summer — had he stayed there, the Cubs would have had to face him only one series a year.
Now Suárez will come back and torture Cubs pitching again. As you’ll recall, he had a four-homer series against the Cubs last April in Arizona, then hit another in that wacky 13-11 Cubs comeback win at Wrigley.
Granted, Suárez is now 34, but I do not look forward to seeing him play 13 games against the Cubs this year. He’ll be mostly a DH with Ke’Bryan Hayes now a Reds fixture at third base.
The Reds might be tougher competition for the Cubs in the NL Central than the Brewers in 2026.
Chip R (02-25-2026)
Konnor Griffin hit two HRs today for the Pirates (not exactly alone in the offensive explosion; they're up 16-7). I'm sure the hype train is rolling in Pitt for him.
Al Michaels Shares Surprising Cincinnati Reds Admission Fans Will Love
On Tuesday, Michaels appeared on the "Not Dead Yet" podcast with Ben Sasse and Chris Stirewalt and a note about the Cincinnati Reds that fans will love.
It was suggested that Michaels must still root for the Dodgers.
"And you're wrong," Michaels said. "I did the Dodgers two biggest rivals in the in the sixties and the early seventies. I did the Reds. I did the Giants. I think my heart is still with Cincinnati because I had one of the best baseball teams of all time: Rose, Bench, Perez, Morgan, César Gerónimo, Concepcion, Sparky Anderson. In my heart of hearts, they're still my team."
While annoucers generally don't speak on what teams they root for deep down, it's cool to hear Michaels has been a Reds fan since the 60's.
You can listen to the full episode here.
https://www.si.com/mlb/reds/onsi/new...e-01kj8dp6b2ar
Chip R (02-25-2026),goreds2 (02-24-2026),Old school 1983 (02-25-2026),Redsfan6272 (02-25-2026),RedsFanInMS (02-25-2026),Sabo Fan (02-25-2026),tkidd (02-24-2026)
He is an absolute stud and is going to be really good while still just being 19. There is talk that the Pirates are already looking to work out a long term deal with him with numbers starting around 10 years/$145M, something the Reds should have done with Elly before he made his debut.
You could also go with a RF option like Matt Wallner, move Marte to CF and Friedl to LF. Maybe offer Petty as an opener.
More and more, I'm hoping Marte settles in at CF.
It would solve so, so many possible issues.
wally post (03-01-2026)
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