Well this will be my last news and links piece of the 2025 regular season and while it’s been a frustrating one, there have still been plenty of fun things to watch. Drake Baldwin has been the best rookie in the NL and has had a really impressive season for a rookie catcher, complicating the … Read more
Today is definitely “talk about slash bemoan Spencer Strider’s current condition” day. Demetrius will have more content on the right-hander’s struggles later, but I want to throw out something different for this morning. There seems to be a by-default narrative that Strider is damaged now, presumably owing to the fact that, well, he’s been bad, … Read more
Needing a win in the worst way, the Mets scored early and often against the Braves on Tuesday night to pick up a 13-5 win and snap a seven-game losing skid. For the fourth start in a row, Spencer Strider just didn’t have it. He was lit up by the talented Mets lineup for eight … Read more
No one had the Braves playing the role of spoiler at this point in August, but following the season from hell and a handful of crushing injuries on the pitching side, that’s where we are. On Tuesday night, the Braves will begin a three-game series in New York that is far more important for the … Read more
The Atlanta Braves are taking on the Milwaukee Brewers in the finale of a series that has clearly not gone in the Braves’ favor. Spencer Strider coming back from injury has been one of the bright spots in a season that has easily been one of the most frustrating in recent memory. Strider has yet … Read more
The Atlanta Braves took on the New York Yankees tonight and the key was clearly that the offense had to show up since the Yankees’ bats have been on fire all season long. With Spencer Strider on the mound, the Braves had a legitimate shot to win if their bats showed up. Strider did not … Read more
A week that started out with such promise after two wins in New York, ended with the Braves dropping four of their next five games, featuring an offense that is proving to be one of the worst in the National League. Maybe this is who the 2025 Atlanta Braves are. If so, that sucks. But … Read more
Spencer Strider is cruising for the Atlanta Braves lately. The fastball velocity, although not quite at his pre-surgery levels right now, is returning. He averaged 96.2 MPH on Saturday and hit 98 with ease last night. The numbers since June 8th are stellar. He’s collected 26 strikeouts to 5 walks and allowed 4 earned runs … Read more
For the second straight season, the Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions. Most importantly, that means the Leafs were eliminated by the team that went on to win it all. That’s where the conversation started on the Wednesday edition of Leafs Morning Take. Should Leafs fans feel better or worse about how the season ended? … Read more
Following a weird game that resulted in an easy victory on Friday, the Braves were hoping to clinch a series victory behind Spencer Strider, who is still finding himself after elbow surgery. Things started quite well for Spencer, in a 1-2-3 inning in which his fastball averaged 97 MPH, a noticeable uptick from his other … Read more