Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Hopefully, the Giants won’t do anything silly and try so hard that they accidentally hurt anybody on a good team. The San Francisco Giants aren’t good, but that’s okay. Baseball is very hard in the 21st century and being a .500 team is the equivalent of being a .900 team in the 1930s. Or whatever. What the Giants have been trying to … [Read more...] about Series Preview: The Brewers are going to the playoffs, the Giants are not
Archives for August 2024
Elephant Rumblings: Kurts to the IL, other minor league promotions
Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports MLB news roundup Good morning everyone! Hoping your day is starting perfectly on this beautiful Tuesday. The farm system has seen a fair amount of shuffling in recent weeks. The July draft saw the club add a bevy of well-regarded young players that could be key fixtures for a future playoff-bound Athletics. The main prize was obviously the … [Read more...] about Elephant Rumblings: Kurts to the IL, other minor league promotions
49ers waive former starting slot CB after strong preseason finale
The San Francisco 49ers had a tough decision to make in their secondary. They needed to figure out who to put on the roster alongside Charvarius Ward, Deommodore Lenoir, Renardo Green and likely Isaac Yiadom. There were only a couple of roster spots for a handful of candidates. It looked like Rock Ya-Sin did enough to make the club, leaving Darrell Luter Jr. and Samuel Womack … [Read more...] about 49ers waive former starting slot CB after strong preseason finale
West Notes: Nabokov, Sumpf, Pilling
Last season was a banner one for 21-year-old netminder Ilya Nabokov. He took home three pieces of hardware as the Kontinental Hockey League’s Rookie of the Year, Playoff MVP and champion with Metallurg Magnitogorsk. His stellar .930 SV% in 43 games of KHL regular-season action made him the first goalie off the board in this summer’s draft despite his age, going at No. 38 to the … [Read more...] about West Notes: Nabokov, Sumpf, Pilling
NFL coaches, execs don’t think too highly of Gardner Minshew as Raiders starting quarterback
Each year The Athletic polls a group of NFL coaches and executives to put each team’s starting quarterback into tiers. These tiers are from 1-4 and among those tiers is a ranking from 1-30. As you might expect, Patrick Mahomes came in at the top. He was joined in tier one by Joe Burrow and Josh Allen. From there you have to drop down a ways, well into the lowest tier (4) before … [Read more...] about NFL coaches, execs don’t think too highly of Gardner Minshew as Raiders starting quarterback