[ad_1] (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images) The Atlanta Braves are already nine games behind the Philadelphia Phillies for the NL East lead. They could, however, start erasing some of that huge deficit if they are competitive against one of the best teams in the American League, the Baltimore Orioles, in an upcoming series. Fortunately for…
[ad_1] The Chicago White Sox have been the worst team in the MLB through the first 2+ months of the 2024 season, and they’ve reached what they can only hope is a low point. The team has the worst record in baseball (15-48) by a wide 6.5 game margin entering the weekend, and have now…
[ad_1] Welcome back to Top of the Order, where every Tuesday and Friday I’ll be starting your baseball day with some news, notes, and thoughts about the game we love. On Tuesday, I wrote about how the Brewers have been able to leverage largely unheralded depth into an excellent start to their season. In a…
[ad_1] Coachella Valley is a win away from repeating as Western Conference champions after a 5-2 win over Milwaukee on Tuesday night. The Firebirds own a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series with Game 4 set for Thursday at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Cale Fleury began the scoring 31 seconds into Game 3 – the second…
[ad_1] (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) The New York Yankees have been enjoying some really impressive performances by their offense in recent games. Aaron Judge is officially back from his early-season slump, Juan Soto never really stopped hitting, and Giancarlo Stanton is also hitting blasts left and right. Early-season star Anthony Volpe is catching fire…
[ad_1] (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) The Baltimore Orioles had dropped the series opener against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. The weather didn’t allow the two teams to get on the field on Tuesday, but the series continued on Wednesday and every indication pointed towards the Blue Jays taking the second game as well….
[ad_1] Xabi Alonso is setting records at Bayer Leverkusen this season as they head towards a historic unbeaten treble. Leverkusen fought back from 2-0 down against Roma on Thursday night to draw 2-2 and advance to the Europa League final. The comeback extends their unbeaten streak to a European record 49 games, passing Benfica’s previous…
[ad_1] (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) The Washington Nationals have been one of the more surprising teams through one month of the 2024 MLB season and are looking to end their streak of four consecutive last-place finishes in the NL East. Fans recently learned one stat that added some context to how long it has…
[ad_1] There ain’t no stopping Jalen Brunson now, as he continues to lead the Knicks into what seems destined to be historic run into title contention. The guard is posting the highest stats ever displayed by a New York player in a playoff scenario, as he just produced his fourth-straight 40+ point game. To top…
