#Jose Rodriguez

JJ Cooper hosted a chat to discuss the Twins system. You can read the transcript here. Brendan (Boston, MA): 6 months after the draft, how does Brooks Lee compare to the other top college bats he was being drafted around? Have any of the tier 1 college hitters significantly changed their value in that short time? J.J. Cooper: It's hard to make many…

While White Sox fans have become very familiar with the team's low farm system ranking, there have certainly been glimmers of hope to come this season. While several White Sox players were certainly worthy of an award such as a nomination to the MLB Futures Game, it was Oscar Colás who earned the nomination this year to the team. The full AL and NL…

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares picks and plays for Thursday, Jan. 5 at Fair Grounds and Turfway Park, along with horses to play in Aqueduct's $189198 Pick 5 carryover and Turfway's $4843 Super High 5 carryover. Fair Grounds $1000 Late Pick 5 Hit It and Split It: Hit the Late Pick 5 at Fair Grounds on any day of live racing from Jan. 5-31…

New Year will reaffirm old axiom as younger Franco will outlast Ioka. This hasn't been the most satisfying 12 months over the course of modern boxing history. When a fight that didn't happen - the apparently impossible Terence Crawford-Errol Spence to-do - becomes the sport's biggest news of the last quarter of the year, you know things can only…

Havnameltdown wins Sunday's Bob Hope Stakes for 2-year-olds at Del Mar. Benoit photo, courtesy of Del Mar Turf Club Nov. 21 (UPI) -- One of the more interesting subplots of late-year racing is the emergence of late-blooming 2-year-olds and Del Mar's weekend program featured two of those -- Havnameltdown among the colts and Justique in the filly…

With stable star Ova Charged showing the way and Spirited Beauty chasing her home in second, the Brittlyn Stable Star Guitar fillies filled out the exacta in the first running of the 6-furlong $75000 Happy Ticket Stakes for older Louisiana-bred females, one of three restricted stakes run on the opening day Friday program at Fair Grounds Race Course…

The history of 151 years of horse racing at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots can be read in the stakes names, from the Colonel Power to the Rachel Alexandra (G2), the Allen Lacombe to the Buddy Diliberto. That tradition continues with the addition of six new opening weekend restricted stakes, serving as the perfect springboard for Louisiana…

Jeff Cohen just completed his second season covering the Charlotte Knights for FutureSox. Below are his 2022 end of the season awards. It is easy to pull for Zach Remillard - he dedicated himself to turning around his baseball career last off-season, and he more than pulled it off. Though frequently hitting out the 9-hole, Remillard led the team in…