After an exceptional 2024, Anthony Santander has secured a five-year $92.5 million contract for the Blue Jays. Those in Toronto will be hoping for a repeat of 2024. The All-Star hit 44 home runs in arguably the best season of his career. Perhaps more impressively, he achieved all of this with the lowest BABIP in MLB. Whilst the Blue Jays will be hoping for a similar level of production to
The right arm is held stiff at a 90-degree angle towards the pitcher, the bat is held straight up, and the left arm crosses the chest to adjust the right sleeve. This pose occurred over 10,000 times in MLB, and has become one of the most iconic in the game. The stance, along with the player, are now headed to Cooperstown. Twenty-three years after his debut, Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki
If Andrew Vaughn was a free agent this offseason, I think he would still be on the market. Luckily, or unluckily depending on your point of view, he’s still employed by the Chicago White Sox. But after a disappointing 2024, Vaughn still has yet to show he’s a cornerstone first baseman the Sox thought they drafted back in 2019. High expectations are a given when you’re the third overall draft
There’s nothing like the start of a new year to reflect on the previous year’s happenings and think: “Gee, things can only get better this year, right?” Unfortunately, it sure looks like White Sox fans are in for another year of miserable baseball in 2025. A year after setting a modern-day MLB record for losses in a single season with 121, the White Sox are gearing up for a tough
A few months into the new millennium, my relationship with baseball, which up until that point had been one of casual interest, would change forever. On the afternoon of 11 April 2000, I saw a baseball park for the first time. Fans were gathered outside in the early spring day afternoon checking out the freshly-built park with its stunning brick façade and waterside location. It was so new, the smell
Blue Jays and Dial-up I’m sat in the spare room in my mum and dad’s house patiently waiting for the dial-up to finally connect. There’s a lot of beeping, and only those of a certain age will remember that distinct tune and anticipation of finally getting on to a website. I can’t recall the exact date, but it must have been late nineties, 1999 perhaps, broadband was a long way
It was announced on 13 January that the Seattle Mariners agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million contract with veteran infielder Donovan Solano. Per Robert Murray on X, the deal includes incentives up to an additional $1 million. The Solano signing comes after a dormant offseason thus far from the Mariners Front Office, as this is their first signing for the 26-man roster going into 2025. Solano, age 37, is an
Baseball has seen its fair share of characters throughout the years, but I don’t think we will ever seen another one like the recently-departed Bob Uecker. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1934, he caught the eye of his hometown Milwaukee Braves, who signed him in 1956 after Bob had finished his military service, being discharged form the US Army having achieved the rank of corporal. Playing career Uecker spent six
Here is your five-minute roundup of the biggest stories in baseball over the last seven days. Phillies and Blue Jays swap closers Jordan Romano successfully converted 105 of his 118 career save opportunities with the Blue Jays, but he was non-tendered at the end of last season. He signed a one-year deal to work in the Phillies bullpen, while former Phillies reliever Jeff Hoffman agreed terms to become the closer
In probably the worst-kept secret in baseball, Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The news was announced via his Insta. Sasaki will receive a signing bonus of $6.5 million, and his former team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, will get a posting fee of 25% of the signing bonus. It is difficult with Western capitalist outlooks to understand the thinking behind Sasaki’s decision
