Category Archives: Pro Baseball
Athletics News: 3/13/2025
By Tim Byrnes At the end of 2021, the A’s dumped nearly every asset on the field. Matt Olsen and Matt Chapman were traded for scraps. Matt Olson was under contract for the near future, but he was moved. Sean Manaea and Chris Bassett emptied the top of our pitching staff, and even crowd favorite […]
Halo Happenings: 3/13/2025
By Danny Delgado Coming to Spring Training, the talk, the hope, the desire was for Caden Dana, 21, to emerge as part of the Los Angeles Angels’ pitching rotation. While Dana’s performance has been up and down, and Reid Detmers continues to tease, Jack Kochanowicz has been Tempe Diablo’s breakout pitcher this March.
Dodgers 2025: Spring Training Questions
By: Those Deferred Benchwarmers After getting our contracts deferred by Mid Valley Sports, Those Benchwarmers are back to take you through another exciting Dodger season! Last week, MLB Network posted 5 questions the Dodgers face heading into Spring Training and the eventual start to the season. In our debut article, Those Deferred Benchwarmers answer those […]
Athletics News: 3/6/2025
MVS contributor Tim Byrnes fires his thoughts about the A’s and their locations…as well as the outfield situation.
Halo Happenings: 3/2/2025
By Danny Delgado The Los Angeles Angels are 5-4 this Cactus League season–through Sunday. Early on, Jorge Soler has been doing the most damage with five hits, two home runs, and six runs batted in, in just 10 at-bats.
Athletics News: 2/27/2025
Traveling from Oakland to Sacramento to Las Vegas, the A’s pick up some hope along the way.
Halo Happenings: 2/23/2025
Long time starters Patrick Sandoval and Griffin Canning moved on during the off season, so what does the Angels starting rotation look like in 2025? (Sandoval was, controversially, non-tendered and signed with the Red Sox. Canning was traded to Braves for Jorge Soler.) Yusei Kikuchi (LHP), 33: 9-10/4.05
Athletics News: 2/20/2025
The era of the Las Vegas Athletics won’t begin until their 33,000 seat facility is opened in 2028. For the next three seasons, 2025-2027, the A’s will be sleeping on the couch at a friend’s house in Sacramento. The address will be Sutter Health Park—14,000 capacity.
Halo Happenings: 2/18/25
Mike Trout is moving from center field to right field. The reason is to reduce the wear and tear of playing center. Interesting because a few years ago, then, Angel Manager Joe Maddon made the suggestion of moving Trout to the right—and Trout shut it down. Coming into Spring Training 2025, Trout has lost weight […]
THE PADRES ARE RUINING BASEBALL!!!! (okay, not really…)
By Matt Khitikian Deferred money and back-loaded contracts, the root of all MLB evil. The downfall of the game as we know it. Only the ultra-rich (cheaters?) teams would employ such underhanded tactics to exploit the system.
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