#Randy Johnson

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Carlos Baerga always had time for reporters when he played for the Indians. Now he's become one. Baerga, who spent 14 years in the big leagues, hosts a popular podcast in Puerto Rico called "I Love Sports with Carlos Baerga and Friends." During the winter meetings in December, Baerga was first with the news that Cy Young winner…

MLB The Show 22 is fast approaching the final days of its life cycle. With content basically wrapped up for the year and MLB The Show 23 releasing in a few months, I thought it was time to look back on the year and see how it all went. This article will focus on the things I enjoyed about MLB The Show 22, and a later article will talk about things…

Though we're still waiting on the biggest, Aaron Judge-sized domino to fall, there have already been quite a few lucrative deals handed out in this year's MLB free-agency cycle. Eleven players have agreed to contracts worth at least $10 million per year, and there could be as many as 40 more at that price point when all is said and done. Not all of…

At the turn of the new year, Fangraphs' Effectively Wild - one of the best baseball podcasts around - dropped an episode where they discussed what baseball will look like in the 2020s. It is worth the listen if you have an hour, it's fun to imagine what the game will look like over the next ten years. Here at the Snakepit, we have spent most…

I'll be honest, I never expected to be able to write this article. But here we are on the eve of the biggest Purdue football game since I became a student and a fan. And everyone everywhere is picking the Michigan Wolverines to win. You'll have to read the predictions article later today, but I don't think many "writers" are going to pick Purdue to…

The Diamondbacks are rebooting, and it is hard to blame them. The wall-to-wall changes began with the hiring of Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa as chief baseball officer last May, and also include new GM Dave Stewart, new director of baseball operations De Jon Watson and new manager Chip Hale. While it remains to be seen if the overhaul from a…

The 2022 MLB season is over, and the Astros have been crowned World Series champions. Now, the only thing left to hand out is the hardware for the top players and managers. This year, the awards could carry some extra significance for a few players in particular. AL MVP finalist Aaron Judge and AL Cy Young finalist Justin Verlander are both free…

Award season is here. These are the biggest storylines to watch. The 2022 Rookies of the Year, Managers of the Year, Cy Young Award winners and Most Valuable Players will be announced this week, one each day from Monday through Thursday. Here are the four biggest questions for Awards Week 2022 -- one for each award. 1) Will Paul…

The Houston Astros have rolled through the 2022 MLB playoffs but their World Series opponent, the Philadelphia Phillies, are dangerous underdogs with surprising star power. Houston is 7-0 this postseason but has won four of those games by a single run, indicating that fortune has favoured them to some degree. The Phillies can't match the Astros'…

When we made our World Series picks entering the postseason, the Astros were the favorites in the American League, with five of our seven writers taking them to win the pennant. It's true that only one of us (Emma Baccellieri) tabbed Houston to win the World Series, but that was more due to the strength of the top two National League teams,…

The 2022 MLB playoff bracket probably won't be set in stone until the final day of the regular season (Wednesday, Oct. 5), but we're already coming in hot with seven bold predictions on how the postseason will play out. There are no internal contradictions with these predictions, so it is possible for all of them to come true. And with all seven,…

As the Major League Baseball playoffs approach, what's going on with teams at the other end of the standings? Here's a look at the seven worst teams in the majors: Athletics: Until it gets a new ballpark, which at best will be in 2025, Oakland wouldn't seem to have much hope. Owner John Fisher dropped the luxury-tax payroll to $48.2 million by…

Former Seattle Mariner and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Randy Johnson places a $10 best on USC to win the national championship for the ceremonial first bet at the Tulalip DraftKings Sportsbook on Tuesday, in Tulalip. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald) TULALIP - A pair of Seattle professional sports legends joined leaders of the Tulalip Tribes on…

Major League Baseball is a sport that millions of fans follow. The best teams have the strongest records of wins, followed by a list of impressive player and team statistics that continue for multiple seasons. The worst teams established a track record for the most losses and consecutive seasons of poor performance. Which are the ten worst MLB…

For one last time in 2022, the Padres are coming to Chase Field for four final games. The Diamondbacks are playing out the string, trying to sneak by the Giants for third place and maybe, just maybe, end up with a positive run differential. The Padres, on the other hand, are hanging on to the final Wild Card spot with every ounce of effort they…

In addition to daily bets on MLB games during the season, find World Series odds, odds for the National League Championship Series (NLCS), odds for the American League Championship Series (ALCS), and other post-season playoff action. Odds for individual players to win the NL and AL MVP awards, and the AL and NL Cy Young awards are also…

As of Monday, Nationals Park is the first MLB stadium to have an on-site sportsbook. Soon to follow will be Wrigley Field, currently developing its own site for sports gambling alongside other pro venues in Chicago. Revenue is king, and the MLB lockout is a direct reflection. Sports gambling will attract new attention, new crowds and new kinds of…

The Diamondbacks have been playing good baseball since the All Star Break, resulting in a 25-17 second half record, which is the 8th best in MLB. Their overall record is now 65-69, giving them an outside chance to finish at.500 in 2022. Coming off a 52-110 season in 2021, they'll need to go 16-12 the rest of the way to achieve that mark. That will…