Top 25 1. Purdue (11-1) (1) – After a tough schedule that included wins over Gonzaga, Tennessee, Marquette, Alabama, and Arizona, the Boilermakers finally received a break in a 100-57 drubbing of Jacksonville. No team is more deserving of the top spot heading into 2024. 2. Kansas (11-1) (2) – The computers don’t love the Jayhawks
My Take: The Yankees Miss Out on Yoshinobu Yamamoto
In a move that shook up the Yankees fanbase, Yoshinobu Yamamoto decided to join Shohei Ohtani in Los Angeles over taking his talents to New York. While it is easy to say that they lost Yamamoto over $25 million, that statement is only true if Yamamoto was coming to the Yankees if they simply matched or […]
College Basketball Top 25: 12/18/23
Top 25: 1. Purdue (10-1) (2) – Non-conference wins: Gonzaga, Tennessee, Marquette, Alabama, and Arizona. I don’t care what the NET rankings say – how can this squad not be the best in the country? 2. Kansas (10-1) (3) – Their non-conference conquests include Kentucky, Tennessee, and UConn with a solid win over Indiana. Befor
My Take: Yankees Complete Trade with Dodgers
The trade: The Yankees acquired LHP Victor Gonzalez and IF Jorbit Vivas from the Dodgers for IF Trey Sweeney The suspense is over. After 24 hours of speculating over who was involved in this trade, we received an official announcement today. While relatively minor, it isn’t a throwaway deal. The Dodgers needed roster space. The […]
College Basketball Top 25: 12/11/23
Top 25: 1. Arizona (8-0) (1) – It wasn’t a busy week, but it was a productive one as the Wildcats mauled Wisconsin by 25. The crazy end to their non-conference schedule has three more games: Purdue, Alabama, and Florida Atlantic. 2. Purdue (9-1) (2) – Purdue is pouring it on offensively, including a 92-point effort […]
My Take: Yankees Acquire OF Juan Soto
The trade: The Yankees acquired outfielders Juan Soto and Trent Grisham from the Padres for C Kyle Higashioka and right-handed pitchers Michael King, Randy Vasquez, Jhony Brito, and Drew Thorpe This is one of those blockbusters that will be talked about for as long as baseball exists. It is the second blockbuster that Soto has been […]
My Take: Yankees Acquire OF Alex Verdugo
The trade: Yankees acquire OF Alex Verdugo from the Boston Red Sox for RHP Greg Weissert, RHP Richard Fitts, RHP Nicholas Judice It isn’t often that the Yankees and Red Sox make a trade. While we have seen significant swaps in the past that go beyond the purchase of Babe Ruth (Don Baylor for Mike Easler, as one […]
College Basketball Top 25: 12/4/23
We are down to 12 unbeaten teams (half of them reside in the Big 12). It is hard to project a big conference team as the potential “last team standing” so I will look elsewhere. Here is how I rank those who are unbeaten, based solely on their potential to be the last unbeaten team: […]