Category: Baseball
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Possible Yankee Free Agent Signings Post Juan Soto
By Jackson Koslow Disaster has struck for the New York Yankees. Star player Juan Soto has agreed to a 15 year, 765 million dollar deal with crosstown rivals New York Mets. Soto, the top free agent in all of baseball, was the Yankee’s priority signing of the offseason. Now, with Soto off the table, the…
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Way Too Early World Series Prediction
By Billy Fallon After the Chiefs beat the Niners in a thrilling matchup, the football season has come to an end. However, just a few days later, pitchers and Catchers reported to Spring Training. That’s right, get excited people because baseball will be here before you know it. With the season still far away, it…
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Shohei Ohtani: #1 Free Agent Joins the Dodgers
By Emily Cheigh Shohei Ohtani, the best player available this winter and remarkable two-way talent, has spent the last six seasons making history with the Angels. He announced his decision on Saturday via Instagram and revealed that he was agreeing to a 10-year, $700 million contract with the LA Dodgers. This record-breaking deal is the…
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World Series Preview
By Billy Fallon Diamondbacks Vs. Rangers To whoever predicted this being the World Series matchup at the beginning of the year, either stop lying or buy a lottery ticket right now, you probably should’ve bought it back when it was over a billion, your luck would have been worth more. Two teams that finished well…
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ISJ MLB Awards Predictions
By Billy Fallon AL MVP: Shohei OhtaniIf only Dodger Stadium didn’t have a concrete slab on the bottom of their wall, we would have seen another AL MVP race for the ages between Ohtani and Aaron Judge, but with Judge missing over 50 games, he is out of the race, even though his 37 homers…
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The Downfall of the Oakland A’s
By Billy Fallon The A’s were once the prized possession of Oakland. While in Oakland the organization saw four titles in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1989. In addition, even though they have not won a World Series since, they have captivated all of baseball with their “Moneyball” style of baseball perfected by Billy Beane that…
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Red Sox Chaim Bloom Fired
By Emily Cheigh On September 14, Boston Red Sox’s Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom was fired after almost four seasons. After the firing of general manager Dave Dombrowski in 2019, 1 year after they had won the World Series, Chaim Bloom joined the Red Sox. Leaving the Tampa Bay baseball operations department, Bloom came prepared…
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More Money, More Problems
By Billy Fallon As sports have evolved, especially baseball, the increase in spending on teams has typically led to an imbalance of talent and a better record for those who choose to spend endless amounts of money. However, this year should serve as a cautionary tale to those who try to spend big in the…
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Tracking Aaron Judge’s Free Agency
By Andrew Cheigh After a historic MVP season with the New York Yankees in which Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs, the most of any American League player in a single season, the sweepstakes for the 30 year old slugger is officially underway. Nearly every team in the MLB, if they have the financial ability…
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Joc Pederson = The Breakout Fashion-Forward Star of Major League Baseball?
By Zac Cornell Atlanta Braves’ 29-year-old star outfielder Joc Pederson is suddenly getting a lot of attention… for his fashion sense! Seemingly taking cues from stars like Harry Styles, Justin Bieber, and A$AP Rocky, in late September Pederson decided to start accessorizing his baseball uniform with a pearl necklace. Although baseball players are allowed to…
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