Bobby McMann’s 2024-25 season ended with a sour taste in his mouth, and heading into the offseason, he should be circled as someone on the Toronto Maple Leafs who could bounce back and break out in 2025-26. On the surface, McMann scored 20 goals in 74 games. He hit career highs in goals, points, games, … Read more
Two Royals were named to the 2025 MLB All-Star Game rosters, which were revealed this afternoon. Unsurprisingly, Bobby Witt Jr. made hit second All-Star Game. What more can be said about the Royals franchise star? He’s off to a “slower” start than last year at .292/.344/.493 with 12 HR, 24 SB, and a league-leading 30(!) … Read more
The Kansas City Royals jumped out to an immediate three-run lead against the Texas Rangers, and while it turns out that is all they would need, Kansas City scored three more to put together a decisive 6-1 victory. Royals pitchers dominated all game. Seth Lugo started and has looked more and more like his 2024 … Read more
You heard it here folks: Jac Caglianone made his big league debut, and the Royals scored 10 runs. Was he the catalyst? Not really—he was the only player on the team not to get on base, actually, going 0 for 5 with multiple hard hit balls. But maybe his presence inspired the Kansas City bats, … Read more
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Few men have witnessed as much baseball around the globe as Bobby Valentine, who remains as bicoastal and international as ever at age 74. While he’s spent the last few seasons in a broadcasting/advisory role with the Los Angeles Angels, Valentine is still a popular presence in New York, where he led the Mets to … Read more
Dan Szymborski put out the Royals’ ZiPS projections at the end of last week. I have been waiting for them, so of course the Royals were the 27th team to be covered. ZiPS is one of the best projection systems around, but I feel like people misunderstand projections systems and how to read them. This … Read more
My father used to regale me with stories about old baseball players and teams. I suppose that’s the reason I’m more interested in the old times than the modern game. Dad was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, so I heard a lot of stories about “Dem Bums” growing up, but he also had an appreciation for … Read more
Bobby McMann has been an unsung hero for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season. After a rocky start to the year where he was scratched in the season opener by head coach Craig Berube, Bobby McMann has completely turned his season around In the first year of his two-year, $1.35M extension, McMann was expected to … Read more
There are times when hockey analysis becomes reductionist, ignoring the full sum of the parts, but Bobby McMann and Joseph Woll carried the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders. Woll was tremendous with 32 saves in the winning effort, making several high-danger stops, fending off the Islanders’ constant attempts … Read more