The Milwaukee Brewers currently have a former baseball player as their manager as Craig Counsell spent six out of his 16 MLB seasons with his home town team.  While the future of Craig… Read More

Major League Baseball has announced that Houston Astros reliever Bryan Abreu lost his appeal of the two-game suspension he was issued over the weekend for intentionally hitting Texas Rangers… Read More

HOUSTON — Follow along because at the end there is going to be a Game 7. Let’s begin with how unmercifully the Minute Maid Park crowd booed Public Enemy No… Read More

Jose Altuve rounding the bases after his decisive three-run homer. | Andrew Dieb-USA TODAY SportsThe Astros fired the last salvo in a back-and-forth battle and will aim for their third conse… Read More

Carlos Correa provided the edge in the Minnesota Twins’ Game 2 American League Division Series victory over the Houston Astros and further cemented his name into the MLB record book… Read More

The Milwaukee Brewers 2023 postseason run was brief and did not extend into the divisional round of the playoffs.  However there are eight former members of the organization who are on… Read More

Giancarlo Stanton’s bat has awoken for the New York Yankees, but fans were focused on his base running Saturday afternoon against the Houston Astros after an out at home plate. Stant… Read More

TORONTO – Jose Berrios delivered a quality start and the Blue Jays’ three-run fifth inning held up as Toronto edged the Houston Astros 3-2 on Thursday night.Brandon Belt drove in… Read More

Last Updated on June 3, 2023 by Inna Zeyger LOS ANGELES — The New York Yankees look to their ace Gerrit Cole to make a comeback in the series against the Dodgers after losing Game 1. T… Read More

Amid big projections for Aaron Judge‘s new contract and speculations during his free agency, the slugger got a major award boost on Thursday. He won the prestigious Silver Slugger for… Read More

Houston Astros C Martin Maldonado has enlisted the expertise of  Scott Boras to navigate through his remaining days on an MLB roster before he enters free agency in about two months. Th… Read More

ATLANTA — Watching a blockbuster action movie on your phone. Driving a tightly tuned sports car with a donut spare tire. Listening to the Vienna Philharmonic on cheap headphones. Watch… Read More

The Giants most pivotal offseason in over a decade is officially underway and after the departure of closer Will Smith who inked a 4-year pact in Atlanta, which we already discussed in the p… Read More

His bat will be an upgrade for Milwaukee over last season’s platoon of Manny Piña and Erik Kratz and leaves the Los Angeles Dodgers with a possible hole to fill at the catcher… Read More

As is usually the case here at Mop-up Duty, this post was inspired by a heated conversation about who the greatest third baseman in the history of the franchise is. A glut of talent has pass… Read More

For the Atlanta Braves , the regular season's final week is as much about getting ready for the National League playoffs as it is winning and losing. This is important because Soroka has p… Read More

The Philadelphia Phillies demoted struggling third baseman Maikel Franco to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and activated infielder Brad Miller from the injured list on Sunday. Hicks left Saturday… Read More

Leave it to a former battery-mate to try and get the best of Justin Verlander.  With Verlander pitching at Comerica Park as an opponent on Monday, James McCann found hims… Read More

It was nice to see Austin Barnes hit a home run last night. Per Rowan Kavner at Dodger Insider:Barnes became the sixth Dodger catcher since 1908 and the first since Russell Martin in 2008 to… Read More