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Rangers 5, Astros 3 ARLINGTON, Texas, June 13 — The Texas Rangers strutted away with a win on Monday evening, as they made a comeback to beat the Houston Astros by a final score of 5–3. It was Adolis Garcia Bobblehead Night at Globe Life Field, and he contributed to the win with an […] READ MORE
The Houston Astros took a hit to their rotation depth with the placement of Jake Odorizzi on the 15-day Injured List on Tuesday. The veteran hit the IL because of what the team described as lower left leg discomfort. Houston recalled reliever Seth Martinez from Triple-A to take Odorizzi’s spot on the active roster. Odorizzi […] READ MORE
The San Francisco Giants have been a great story in 2021. At the start of the year, they weren’t even in the conversation in the NL West. The word on the street was that not only the NL West, but arguably the National League as a whole was a two-team race. It was all about […] READ MORE
There has been a lot of buzz directed at who will be the San Francisco Giants starting shortstop of the future. The shortstop free-agent market at the end of the 2021 season is heavily stacked with talent. And, the Giants’ pockets figure to be among the deepest in the bigs heading into the offseason. The […] READ MORE
Logan Webb flashed some of what he was able to do in Spring Training to San Francisco Giants fans in yesterday afternoon’s game vs. the Miami Marlins. Webb pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, striking out eight batters, all without allowing a run. In his previous four appearances this year, Logan Webb had accumulated a […] READ MORE
The San Francisco Giants finished the season with a 29-31 record, tied with the Milwaukee Brewers for the final playoff spot in the National League. Unfortunately for the Giants, the tie-breaker favored the Brewers, so the Giants are on the outside looking in. The Giants had every opportunity to make the playoffs, but several blown […] READ MORE
Giants 4, Diamondbacks 2 On August 18, the Arizona Diamondbacks were 13-11 after a 10-1 blowout victory over the Oakland Athletics. They were in playoff position, and a blowout victory over one of the best teams in the American League made the season-opening struggles appear to be behind them for good. Since then, the Diamondbacks […] READ MORE
Let’s meet the new San Francisco Giants. The Giants were busy at the trading deadline making five separate trades and adding seven new players. These were not the high impact trades we expected involving Madison Bumgarner or Will Smith. But the Giants did refresh their minor leagues. A message from our President of Baseball Operations, […] READ MORE
Milwaukee prospect Mauricio Dubon was hospitalized recently and is undergoing treatment. Manager Craig Counsell stated Dubon will miss significant time. READ MORE
With Carson Smith still recovering from a Tommy John procedure and unlikely to pitch for the majority of the 2017 season, and with Koji Uehara‘s future uncertain, the Boston Red Sox needed to pick up an eighth inning reliever this offseason. On Tuesday, not long before acquiring Chris Sale from the White Sox, the Red […] READ MORE
Josh has been with Last Word On Sports since 2014, and served as a writer and editor before being promoted to Baseball Department Head in August of 2015. In August of 2017, he stepped back down to editor. He previously wrote for the Daily Nexus and the Athletics Communications Department at UCSB, where received a degree in History. Josh got his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2015. He's also a huge Red Sox fan.