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Now that we are two months into the MLB season, the MVP Race in the American League is heating up. Aaron Judge won last year and has been struggling to remain healthy. The list of pitchers at the top of the American League is different from years past. The current list of players is arranged […] READ MORE
Being last in the division is never the ideal spot, especially when the farm system rank is decent but not extremely promising at no. 14 in Bleacher Report’s most recent ranking. Alas, this is where the 2023 Colorado Rockies find themselves, being 26-36 and 10.5 games back from the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks. With an average […] READ MORE
Every so often, tipping pitches becomes a big deal. Tipping pitches means the pitcher is inadvertently giving signals of his upcoming plans for what he is going to throw to the plate. An event happens in a game every so often that brings the idea back into the spotlight. This week, the Toronto Blue Jays […] READ MORE
In the American League, the Detroit Tigers are 14th in hits, 11th in ERA, and last in runs scored. Yet, they are fresh off a sweep of the New York Mets at home and sit a few games back of the Minnesota Twins for first in the American League Central. For a team that finished 25th […] READ MORE
Heading into 2023, the Pittsburgh Pirates gained steam nationally as a team that would at least be fun to watch. Through one month of the season, no one could’ve seen this coming. At the end of April, the Pirates stand alone at the top of the National League Central. They’re the only team in the […] READ MORE
The Tampa Bay Rays aren’t just a streaky team; they’re for real. The month of April belonged to the Rays. At 16 games above.500 to start the year, the Tampa Bay Rays have dominated in every series, losing only one series on the year to the Toronto Blue Jays. Beyond that, every game has been […] READ MORE
With a bevy of rule changes set to take effect this season, Major League Baseball is entering a new era. It stands to reason that further changes might be in store in the near future. There are rumblings that MLB will soon expand for the first time since 1998, when the Arizona Diamondbacks and the […] READ MORE
Baseball fashion has always had a unique niche to it. For so long teams had uniforms that were either grey or white. In the 1940s, the Chicago Cubs decided to experiment and introduce a third color option, powder blue. While the trend may not have stayed with the team, the rest of the league took notice. While […] READ MORE
On the day known for Festivus, the Toronto Blue Jays found their outfielder by making a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks for Daulton Varsho. Going back to the Diamondbacks will be former top-10 prospect Gabriel Moreno and outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. This trade, on paper, is a win-win for both sides. The Blue Jays round […] READ MORE
Alabama may not be known for many things in the sports world. Outside of the Alabama Crimson Tide college football dynasty, there is not much else the state has going on for it. That is, outside of producing multiple members of the MLB Hall of Fame. There are also some current Alabama baseball players in […] READ MORE
Troy Brock has been a fan of baseball for 15+ years. At the age of 29, he has made his way from writing blog posts on Medium to listicles for LWOSports, to now serving as one of the two site managers for the esteemed Last Word on Baseball.
A loving husband and a father of one, he spends the baseball off-season playing video games with his four-year-old son or watching reality television with his wife.