Tag: MLB

  • Phillies Start New Curse

    Phillies Start New Curse

    The Philadelphia Phillies have been on quite a roller coaster ride since the start of the Bryce Harper era. Harper has injured his arm multiple times and taken the brunt of what has been the Phil’s ball club. He booted Rhys Hoskins off first base not to say that is true and is in line for more guaranteed seasons ahead with the team.

    But what if I were to tell you Harper is not at the head of the Phillies injuries and most recently Bryson Stott’s arm. It is possibly hitting coach Kevin Long.

    Long has been highly touted in the baseball industry for years to come and respectively so but the catch is he has gotten far too away of he has become. Long served as the hitting coach of the New York Yankees now Philadelphia Phillies. Fast forward to today, the Phils luck has taken a stop on its own with the likes of the New York Mets, Washington Nationals, and so on.

    It was not like this years ago in the AL East division with George Steinbrenner and GM Brian Cashman, still.

    The caveat to this scenario is that the Phillies play it mellow dramatic in order to receive another at-bat. The Phillies could be the empire of the division but they elect not to with dirty payroll flexibility and as Kyle Schwarber leading the way for instance.

    Schwarber is their best RBI, OBP hitter but that is not a good excuse for a short-term contract player from the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, and etc. Everyone adores Schwarbs in the city but not to an extent when he possibly exits without a contact in the middle of 2026.

    Because?

    There will be devastation rest assured if the Phillies do not wisen up and take advantage of their pitching rotation.

  • New Site Design

    New Site Design

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  • The Next Big 3 Has Arrived

    The Next Big 3 Has Arrived

    Have you ever heard of big 3’s? World domination as I like to call them. It is derive by the strength and numbers of what a ball club, organization, or franchise consist and this year it is no different than what is to come with the arrival of the big 3, again.

    I am talking flashing light like always but even louder, noisier, and bigger with the likes of Los Angeles’ own Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and unbelievably Roki Sasaki.

    This is a world domination beginning in Hollywood. The flames are passing along to other’s misery anticipation of the 2025 MLB regular season.

    That is not to say what the future holds for MLB as a whole.

    The misery was no different for Los Angeles offseason but what they leaned on was the prominent signing of Roki Sasaki and possibly sealing the future of at least years 10 years to start.

    Japanese born descent players have changed the game. They are no longer the generation of old that bored the MLB community. Now, it is pop funk fun, only, to the credit of L.A. and that is concerning because we saw the last situation such as this evaporate in the Miami Heat and the Dodgers are set in financial ways like no other.

    Ohtani is a phenomenon but history repeats itself with the size and increase and player’s egos and personalities in Major League Baseball. For now, Ohtani, the Dodgers ball club franchise organization unite and lean on last year’s acquisition of Yoshinobu Yamamoto and promising Roki Sasaki who seems to be the silencer from the gate and draw attention like any Big 3.

  • BEHIND the PLATE, NOW Exec

    BEHIND the PLATE, NOW Exec

    Buster Posey is currently on the San Francisco Giants board of executives serving as the head overseeing as to what is to possibly come in the near future of an organization that is surely capable and willing to exceed expectations firstly with the new signing of 41 year old signing and CY Young, astonishing, Justin Verlander.

    Posey almost plays an exact parallel universe except steps on the mound and delivers the offering of what it is to come with a successful and up and coming featured starting rotation that include Logan Webb, Kyle Harrison, and did I mention Jordan Hicks? This is one of, if the best rotation in Major League Baseball.

    The San Francisco Giants established greatness during the beginning of 2014 with the likes of Madison Bumgarner and made steps forward until things escalated to a point they needed to regroup and say hello to Posey.

    They are great general managers to step in around the league that shall not be named but Posey brings a track record so far that cannot be matched. He is certainly qualified to reach the expectations of some in San Francisco and lead it back to the World Series sooner than later by increasing the payroll after a few signings such as Willy Adames and Matt Chapman from the previous offseason.

    Were they certain questionable moves or hirings? Yes, but it was fashionable in the intelligent sense that this ball club needed batters with some ability to play in Oracle Park for example. Without that, Chapman cannot contact .247 and 27 home runs last year and persuade a good signee such as Adames to sign in San Francisco.

    Much more news should surely come out of the San Francisco camp as it was a good year for the team all-around last year despite missing the playoffs with different managers. They have swiped through what boundaries and lengths to reach to project again a 90-win season in the NL West division next year.

    The Los Angeles Dodgers lost Walker Buehler. Not every prime player lasts in good limitations forever and Freddie Freeman, especially Mookie Betts could be entering a sweepstakes with a loaded shaky depth roster that will have to likely adjust carefully with Dave Roberts entering crazily his ninth managerial season.

    Last year, was a great bargain for Roberts but it will be work with them and the Giants readily set for what is to come in Spring Training during February 2025!

    Post your comment and share what you think the San Francisco Giants are strongly accomplishing right now.

  • Greatness has Gotten in the Way of Ohtani

    Greatness has Gotten in the Way of Ohtani

    As we enter a new dawn of an era with the likes of Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, and others aligning the stars in MLB. One, favorably has always attributed to mind and that is Shohei Ohtani. A 50/50 champ himself is reigning in is in one what is his second season with Los Angeles Dodgers after firstly safely winning the 2024 World Series.

    The scope of it is Ohtani is not stopping and does not intend on stopping but if it were to be said that like many players in most recent past, selfishly cheated? ESPN Sports Reporters were talking highly in-depth on New Year’s Day about the jeopardy that Ohtani might have sustained after the interpreter incident.

    And after turning the page to 2025. There is something to be said to MLB fans globally and commissioner Rob Manfred.

    Ohtani deserves further investigation and possible punishment for how sloppy of a con act this truly is. Why would a cheap interpreter or store clerk for example even want to mess around with Ohtani’s legal team and expose such stupidity.

    Ohtani and his wife announced their first child. Yay! How about announcing to the world anything else such as your pets, uncles, aunts, etc. Ohtani could be a theft but nonetheless is a tremendous baseball player.

  • Welcome Back to Sports Kingdom

    Welcome Back to Sports Kingdom

    Welcome back! Here you will find great content on your favorite topics and much more! Embrace the movement as we are only beginning to countdown to 2025 and that rotten son of a gun, Juan Soto.

    It will be an interesting spring season but in the meantime there is a lot of NBA Crunch on Sports Kingdom and plenty more such as NFL’s debut on Netflix.

    Get ready as the new year has just begun!

  • Breaking: New York Mets Sign Juan Soto

    Breaking: New York Mets Sign Juan Soto

    Soto is a Met. It is official. According to Jon Heyman, the deal is 15 years, $765 million. After an action packed day of NFL football and forgoing the wait of the MLB Winter Meetings down in Dallas, TX, Soto decided to jump the move and sign with the New York Mets.

    It is historic as it marks a record high compared to the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, and others.

    The Mets made a quick turnaround last midway through and who knows what they will be able to accomplish next year in the NL East division but they won and captured the most prized free agent and that was Soto.

  • Will Juan Soto Play the Cliff Lee Card?

    Will Juan Soto Play the Cliff Lee Card?

    Juan Soto has been compared to the great Ted Williams. Soto will however have to decide between a different team.

    Williams played for the Red Sox and he accomplished that for the majority of his career between 1939 and 1960. Days were different then.

    Now much is varying between Steinbrenner, Cohen, Middleton, Johnson ownership group, and cash.

    Cash might define the outcome of where Soto lands but what if it was said in a story, the mega star alongside currently Aaron Judge landed in Philadelphia and joined the Phillies.

    He would play with another MVP in Bryce Harper and have a good time playing in Citizens Bank Park which is 20 years old.

    The former Veterans Stadium is now exterminated and there is no better place to come out to the ball park and watch Soto and a lineup that played very consistent throughout 2024.

    The only problem was their postseason. Their postseason ran out of gas fuel similar to last year when the Phillies blew out their tires on the 2023 NL winning Arizona Diamondbacks.

    Soto came from a sketchy situation west in San Diego and managed to still post great numbers for the New York Yankees and lead them to a World Series in 15 years with a nicer smile than Jersey Mike deli post boy Anthony Volpe who did not prevail from last year’s gold glove to this year.

    Although, Soto needs to know. Cliff Lee was a sparkling legend and rest Doc Roy Halladay but his partner in crime also deserves honors in the baseball Hall of Fame.

    The New York Mets are the big fish, obviously, but there is reason to believe Soto becomes a Philadelphia Phillie for the right reason.

    It is for NBC Sports Philadelphia play-by-play Tom McCarthy to call the action like he has whether it has been Schwarbombs to opposite fields, Harper blowing others stare eyed and Soto gripping the bat like Williams and smacking one to the beginning of deep right field of Philadelphia Phillies Citizens Bank Park.

  • Chris Sale, Tarik Skubal Win 2024 CY Young

    Chris Sale, Tarik Skubal Win 2024 CY Young

    Tarik Skubal won unanimously wile Chris Sale happened to win with a marvelous Atlanta Braves comeback season. The Braves took a risk on him with Spencer Strider, Max Fried and company and changed things. Unfortunately, Sale won under the pressure of without Strider and executing over Philadelphia and New York but he accomplished the feat of the CY Young for the flack he receives.

    Skubal, as said on Baseball Waters, was an unknown player interviewed of Foul Territory that turned into record stone numbers with the Detroit Tigers and former Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch. They stuck it to the AL Central, the media and played excellent baseball throughout to knuckle in the AL CY Young Award.

  • Hernandez

    Hernandez

    There are multiple Hernandez in baseball. Livan, Orlando, Jose Hernandez who played and represented the name. However, Teoscar Hernandez is coming up on a new contract and all signs point to him staying with the Los Angeles Dodgers but what is there to learn about the captivating Hernandez.

    Well, Teoscar started to play his career in Toronto but then transitioned to Seattle for one short year. He made his way to Los Angeles, hit a .272 average, and became a sensational All-Star. So much so he even starred in the Home Run Derby.

    Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, and Mookie Betts are the Big Three. Meanwhile, Teoscar owns up to the small money and plays mellow. He is a class act. Unlike, Livan Hernandez, Teoscar smiles back and he usually does.

    Teoscar is rolling through obstacles at age 32 and there is no defying what he does on the baseball diamond as a proud Hernandez. He like many other Hernandez redefine the history books and prove just a minuscule part of success.

    Teoscar is a single representation. What goes is different compared to Livan and Orlando more recently on the mound for example but the tone is free agency.

    Where will Teoscar land? The Dodgers are legitimately a spot but the wheel spins until the cherries do not fall on top any longer. Things could get interesting.