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 […]
Read More about College Basketball Top 25: 12/11/23My 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 […]
Read More about My Take: Yankees Acquire OF Juan SotoMy 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 […]
Read More about My Take: Yankees Acquire OF Alex VerdugoCollege 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: […]
Read More about College Basketball Top 25: 12/4/23College Basketball Top 25: 11/27/23
Thanksgiving Week never seems to disappoint, and 2023 was no different. The Maui Invitational was one of the most loaded fields in recent history, with Purdue emerging from the pack. The Battle 4 Atlantis was a great platform for Villanova to jump from, and Florida Atlantic bounced back strongly from their loss to Bryant to […]
Read More about College Basketball Top 25: 11/27/23College Basketball Top 25: 11/20/23
The early season has its usual collection of madness games, including Penn outclassing Villanova, Bryant knocking off Florida Atlantic, UC Irvine defeating USC, and Greensboro taking care of business against Arkansas in this past week alone. Do these games mean anything? In the long run, not really – though it continues to prove that parity […]
Read More about College Basketball Top 25: 11/20/23College Basketball Top 25: 11/12/2023
The 2022-2023 college basketball season ended with one of the craziest tournaments in history. For the first time ever, a 15-seed and a 16-seed both won in the first round (15th-seeded Princeton won a second-round game as well) while a #9 seed (Florida Atlantic) made a run to the Final Four, where they were eliminated […]
Read More about College Basketball Top 25: 11/12/2023Yankees MILB: 2023 Pitching Review
A look at the Yankees’ pitching prospects in 2023, starting with the All-Star team. The starters: RHP Drew Thorpe, Hudson Valley/Somerset (14-2, 2.52 ERA (3.05 FIP); 139.1 IP, 34% K, 7.1% BB, 49.2% GB; Age: 23; Rule 5 Eligible: 2025) In a surprising twist, Thorpe makes my list of top five pitchers in the organization. […]
Read More about Yankees MILB: 2023 Pitching ReviewYankees MILB: The Offensive All-Stars
A look at the top positional players in the Yankees’ organization this season. Overall, it was a good season for positional players. The FCL Yankees averaged 6.67 runs per game, second in the league to the Tigers. The average age of the Tigers position players was a full year older than that of the Yankees. […]
Read More about Yankees MILB: The Offensive All-StarsYankees MILB 9/24: Clayton Beeter Tosses 5 Scoreless Innings
News: This is the last full report for 2023. I don’t typically type up reports during the off-season leagues. Those leagues are important, but the most intriguing part about them is who the Yankees send there. I will probably type up some sort of recap soon enough. Anyway, thanks for reading these reports this season. […]
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