Welcome back to Top of the Order, where every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I’ll be starting your baseball day with some news, notes, and thoughts about the game we love. Blake Snell’s Giants tenure couldn’t be going much worse. In three starts spanning just 11.2 innings, he’s allowed 15 runs — nearly a third of…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss various topics in professional baseball, including the amount of dirt MLB players ingest in a season, interesting statistics about Mike Trout’s season, Shohei Ohtani, Earl Webb’s single-season doubles record, Cody Bellinger and potential wall padding at Wrigley Field, replay review rules, Matt Waldron’s knuckleball, Elly De La Cruz and…
(Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images) Kansas City Royals catcher/first baseman Salvador Perez has had an amazing career. He won the World Series with the Royals in 2015, and was the MVP of that Fall Classic. He has gone to eight All-Star Games, won five Gold Gloves, and four Silver Slugger awards. Perez hit his…
(Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images) Gary Sanchez played for the New York Yankees from 2015 to 2021. He was the Yanks’ catcher/designated hitter until he was traded to the Minnesota Twins ahead of the 2022 campaign. On the other hand, relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman played for the Yanks in 2016 and then from 2017…
(Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) For five innings, the Chicago White Sox were beating the Minnesota Twins, 2-0. Unfortunately, games just don’t last five frames. The Twins scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to flip the score, then another one in the seventh and two in the eighth to claim a 6-3…
Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports Tuesday, April 2 was a good day for the Chicago White Sox. A solid seven-inning start from Garrett Crochet gave the team a lead into the late innings and the bullpen managed to preserve the win. This win, the first of the season, moved to Sox to a 1-4 record, a…
Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports Ribs have been in the headlines this week, but sadly, not as part of a review of exciting new ballpark barbecue offerings. On Monday, Triston Casas was diagnosed with a fractured rib on his left side, an injury that will result in a prolonged absence and comes at a time when…
Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer-USA TODAY NETWORK Wednesday night, the Orioles beat the Angels to vault into a tie for first place in the AL East at 16-8. That tie was short-lived; the Yankees beat the A’s a few hours later to reclaim first for themselves. Meanwhile, the Red Sox beat the Guardians to move to 14-11,…
In Monday’s game between the Yankees and the A’s, Carlos Rodón fooled Esteury Ruiz with a back foot slider, leading Ruiz to be hit by the ball. Umpire John Tumpane ruled in favor of Ruiz, causing Yankees manager Aaron Boone to complain, receiving a warning from home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt. The confusion continued, with…
Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Mike Trout decided to take a more aggressive approach on the bases this season. Formerly a stolen base threat, Trout longed for his glory days and expressed frustration at the effects of new rules limiting base stealing. The Angels ranked last in the AL in stolen bases last year but…
