The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired Mikael Kotkaniemi, the father of Carolina Hurricanes centre Jesperi Kotkaniemi, as a European scout. The elder Kotkaniemi was quietly added to the Leafs’ management page on their website as one of their 13 amateur scouts on Wednesday morning. He announced his hiring on his LinkedIn page on Friday, stating … Read more
New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe was compared to franchise legend and Hall of Famer Derek Jeter both before and after Volpe earned a Gold Glove as a rookie in 2023. As Jake Kauderer of amNewYork pointed out, however, Volpe’s struggles at the plate and in the field routinely generated headlines as the 2025 Yankees … Read more
Aurelio da Silva Pereira, the legendary scout responsible for identifying Cristiano Ronaldo’s talent in his early years, has sadly passed away. Pereira first spotted Ronaldo while he was playing for Nacional in Madeira. At just 12 years old, Ronaldo was brought to Sporting by Pereira, where he quickly rose through the ranks before earning a … Read more
Shortly after the New York Mets and All-Star outfielder Juan Soto officially put pen to paper on a historic 15-year, $765M contract, Mets owner Steve Cohen said his team was “still engaged” with free-agent first baseman Pete Alonso. One unnamed National League scout recently told Randy Miller of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com that the Mets should … Read more