Mortgaging the future, rough night against the Canes, and Jake Evans as a trade target: Leaflets Photo credit: James Guillory-Imagn Images By Jon Steitzer 4 minutes ago Comments Editorials Mortgaging the future, rough night against the Canes, and Jake Evans as a trade target: Leaflets Maple Leafs’ Nick Robertson lands on TSN’s trade bait board Maple … Read more
The Red Sox made one of the biggest trade acquisitions of the winter, landing Garrett Crochet from the White Sox for four prospects. Boston apparently has interest in keeping its newly acquired southpaw for the longer term. Chris Cotillo of MassLive reports that the Red Sox and Crochet’s camp at CAA have had at least … Read more
Photo: Windsor Spitfires The Canadian junior hockey leagues (CHL) continued play in December. Here is the monthly summary of how the Capitals’ prospects playing in the CHL fared for the month. The Capitals currently have six prospects playing in CHL: the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and the Quebec Major Junior … Read more
The Los Angeles Dodgers head into the 2025 season with what they believe to be a deep roster and plenty of offense to defend their World Series title. That mindset was likely one of the biggest reasons behind their reported trade with the Cincinnati Reds on Monday. When the Dodgers swooped in to sign Hyeseong … Read more
MLB History 1973: A group of investors, headed by shipbuilder George Steinbrenner, purchases the New York Yankees from CBS for $10 million. Incredibly, this is less money than CBS paid for the team back in 1964. 2005: Commissioner Bud Selig approves the potential trade of Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson to the New York Yankees … Read more
Braves Franchise History 1966 – The Braves trade Eddie Mathews to the Astros. Mathews is the only player to play for the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta. MLB History 1918 – Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager. Gleason will win the American League pennant in his first season, but it will … Read more
The Washington Nationals have their first baseman. The team is finalizing a trade with the Texas Rangers to acquire Nathaniel Lowe. Reliever Robert Garcia will be headed to Texas in the trade. The Virginia native has been one of the most consistent first baseman in the league over the past few seasons. Lowe has been … Read more
Braves Franchise History 1935: The Boston Bees acquire Ray Benge, Tony Cuccinello, Al Lopez and Bobby Regis from the Dodgers in exchange for Ed Brandt and Randy Moore. Al López leaps to catch a throw MLB History 1960: Cubs owner Philip Wrigley announces that the club will not have a manager for next season and … Read more
The Tampa Bay Rays have traded LHP Jeffrey Springs, a key piece of the Rays rotation in 2022 that missed the majority of 2023 and 2024 due to injury, to the Oakland Athletics. Among the starting pitchers to deal, Springs made the most sense financially as he was set to make $10.5 million in 2025 … Read more
The Rays pitching depth has only expanded this off-season, despite the recent trade of Jeffrey Springs and Jacob Lopez. The Rays 40-man roster remains full of pitchers, with the majority of them ready to contribute at the major league level. In the list below I’ll denote players are out of options with an asterisk (*), … Read more