Category Archives: MLB/MiLB

Just a day after the one of the most disappointing baseball seasons by a team in history ends, the front office of that team takes no hesitation. According to multiple reports, Nationals GM, Mike Rizzo, fires the whole coaching staff along with 2014 NL Manager of the Year, Matt Williams. A record of 83-79 certainly doesn’t sound like a requirement for the firing of the whole staff, but considering the expectations that the Nats had riding on them, 83 wins was about 20 short of the prediction. Prior to the 2015 campaign, Mike Rizzo acquired Max Scherzer to head a Continue reading Nats Fire Whole Coaching Staff!!!!!!!!→

The Toronto Blue Jays just clinched the AL East division to end the longest playoff drought in the majors. Despite a good offseason of acquiring Josh Donaldson, Russell Martin, and others, the predictions of how the Jays will do in 2015 were still scattered, but even those who thought they had a chance at the division title, didn’t think they would end up dominating the way they have. Not surprisingly, Toronto’s offense has been the best all year, but the pitching staff had had question marks from the offseason to all-star break. Up until the mid-Summer classic, the Jays had Continue reading Behind the Scenes of the Jays’ Second Half Run→

Despite Terry Collins and Joe Maddon turning their franchise’s around to be legitimate title contenders, Mike Matheny pulled a rabbit out of his hat in St Louis this season. Dealing with the loss of two stars for almost the entirety of the season, along with minor injuries forcing Matheny to shuffle the lineup and rotation constantly, the Cardinals chose the hard road to a soon-to-be 100+ win season. An unsteady roster was not the only big obstacle as the Red Birds had to fight off not just Pittsburgh, but a new powerhouse in the Cubs. Whether or not the Cardinals Continue reading Why Mike Matheny is the NL Manager of the Year→