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Inside Chicago Cubs rookie Patrick Wisdom’s improbable stretch of home run history

CHICAGO — He’s the backup to the backup, but Chicago Cubs third baseman Patrick Wisdom sure isn’t playing like it. As the 29-year-old rookie preps for Sunday Night Baseball — against the team that drafted him — Wisdom has already accomplished more than most. In his first 10 starts as a Cub, Wisdom hit eight […]

Patrick Wisdom hits two more homers, continues to be ‘a real offensive force’ for Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs infielder Patrick Wisdom reached a milestone on Sunday accomplished by only two other players in history. Wisdom, 29, hit two home runs in the Cubs’ 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants, giving him seven long balls in his first eight starts with his new team. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, only […]

Cincinnati Reds’ Nick Senzel could miss up to six weeks after knee surgery; Jeff Hoffman goes on IL

The Reds also announced Thursday that right-handed starter Jeff Hoffman has been put on the 10-day injured list with a sore shoulder. Senzel, who began the season as the center fielder before moving to third base, has been on the 10-day IL with left knee inflammation since Friday. He hasn’t played since May 17. Senzel […]

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Tuesday

Drew Smyly (L), rostered in 13% of ESPN leagues, Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals: Smyly is simply a better pitcher than most people realize. Clearly many are chalking up 2020 to a small sample size or the impact of Oracle Park, but Oracle played quite hitter-friendly last year, and Smyly was a guy who was […]

Former World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval on Atlanta Braves roster

The 2012 World Series MVP joined the Braves after being released by the San Francisco Giants a couple of weeks ago. He started at third base in the final game of the regular season, going 0-for-2 with two walks in a 9-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Sandoval played 33 games for the Giants, […]

Everything you need to know as MLB’s 2020 season restart begins

It’s here. Finally. Spring training 2.0. Or make that summer camp. Or is it summer training? In any case, Major League Baseball begins its strange 2020 odyssey on Wednesday in the strangest of ways — but appropriate for the times: testing for a virus that didn’t exist a year ago. If cleared, workouts will begin […]

All the ways MLB teams could use new 26th man on the roster

The most intriguing MLB rule change, however, is the change from a 25-man roster through Aug. 31 to 26 players. I’ve long advocated for a change in roster size, an acknowledgement that pitcher usage — and the number of pitchers rostered — has changed dramatically in the last two-plus decades. For example, in 1977, six […]

Who is the team to beat in the NL Central? It just might be the Cincinnati Reds

Earlier this winter, I researched free-agent spending over the past decade and discovered the Cincinnati Reds had committed just $121.1 million in free agency during the 2010s, the lowest total of any team. Less than the Rays. Less than the Marlins. Less than the A’s. The Reds do not spend in free agency. That’s why […]

Nick Castellanos “excited” about offensive potential in Cincy

It’s a small sample size, but it makes the Cincinnati Reds’ new outfielder eager to find out how that translates over an entire season. Castellanos signed a $64 million, four-year deal with the Reds, matching the biggest in franchise history for a free agent. The former Tigers and Cubs slugger likes the way the Reds […]

Nick Castellanos a top-20 outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds

Castellanos languished in the downtrodden Detroit Tigers lineup for months last season before the trade-deadline escape to the Chicago Cubs. Then, of course, he was properly motivated in his contract year to hit .321 with 16 home runs and 37 extra-base hits in a mere 51 games. Could Castellanos produce to this level for a […]

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