We know the names of the Toronto Maple Leafs stars by heart at this point: Auston Matthews. William Nylander. Morgan Rielly. John Tavares. The big guns are still here, and they’ll probably keep doing what they do. But heading into the 2025–26 season, there’s a quieter, nagging question worth asking—not in headlines or post-game highlights, … Read more
The Washington Nationals have a ton of outfielders. It is the one position where the organization is loaded with both quality and depth. James Wood, Dylan Crews, Daylen Lile, Jacob Young, and Robert Hassell III are on the roster. All of them are 26 or younger and have a lot of team control. There is … Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs head into the 2025-26 NHL season with one of the weaker prospect pools in the NHL, which isn’t ideal, however it is expected when you’re talking about a team that’s made the playoffs for nine years in a row. Our friends over at our sister site, Daily Faceoff, have been doing … Read more
In 2024, the Pittsburgh Steelers finished with a 10-7 record. That was good enough to make the wild-card weekend, but the Steelers lost 28-14 to the Ravens. Last season, Najee Harris was Pittsburgh’s workhorse RB. He led the team with 263 carries and 1,043 rushing yards. Harris had 143 more carries than backup Jaylen Warren. … Read more
Max Domi is a problem for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He might also have the potential to be a solution though, albeit one heavily based in wishful thinking. It’s not a controversial opinion to say that eight goals and 33 points in 74 games doesn’t cut it for a $3.75M forward who doesn’t have much … Read more
The Baltimore Orioles desperately needed to find another pitcher for the starting rotation. Five starting pitchers, including potential staff ace Grayson Rodriguez, are expected to begin the season on the injured list. Pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano was a star in Nippon Professional Baseball but is unproven in the majors. Charlie Morton, another free-agent signing, is 41 … Read more
When Kyle Clifford sees Artur Akhtyamov in the crease, he can’t help but think of his former teammate, Jonathan Quick. It’s high praise for the Maple Leafs prospect, who is with the Toronto Marlies this season after spending all of his hockey career in Russia. https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/from-russia-to-toronto-inside-leafs-goalie-prospect-artur-akhtyamovs-first-marlies-season/article_d36f7ba2-e5f9-11ef-8ae0-6b7f4f93039e.html
Baseball is inching ever closer as pitchers and catchers are scheduled to begin their first workouts on February 12th. Let’s take a position by position look at the Rays current roster projections, the battles to watch for, and their depth at that position. A quick review of what occurred in 2024. The Rays opened the … Read more
While the Dodgers were out adding more generational Japanese talents, the Nationals made a move. They signed Andrew Knizner to a minor league deal with a spring training invite. Knizner was Yadier Molina’s understudy for many years in St. Louis, and has a lot of big league experience. He is coming off of a disastrous … Read more
Yesterday, a report indicated that former San Francisco Giants catcher Curt Casali as agree to a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves. Casali is an 11-year MLB veteran backstop who has served mainly as a reserve since debuting in 2014. The 36-year-old began his career with the Tampa Bat Rays and also spent time … Read more