2026 MLB Season

Aaron Judge hit his 90th first-inning home run last night, which is impressive, but Mike Trout has 105 first-inning home runs in his career. I wonder why managers pitch to them in the first inning. Baseball is a game of numbers, and I know the managers know the numbers.
 
On April 15, 2026, Oakland Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers hit a 467-foot home run against the Texas Rangers, which was immediately recognized as the longest home run in Major League Baseball for the 2026 season at that time.
The Blast: The 467-foot homer occurred in the sixth inning and was described by Athletics pitcher J.T. Ginn as a ball he "didn't know if it's landed yet".
Metrics: According to Statcast, the ball was hit with an exit velocity of 112.4 mph and a launch angle of 28.0 degrees.
Significance: The homer landed on the clubhouse roof at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. It was his 6th home run of the season.
2026 Context: As of April 20, 2026, it was ranked as the longest home run in MLB in 2026 so far, surpassing other massive blasts early in the season
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Trout 2-4 with a BB and 2 R !! His avg. is up to .243. He's having a great start to the year! Still leads the league in R and BB !!!! He has more WAR so far than he did all of last season!!!


WAR Position Players
1.
McGonigle • DET
2.0
2.
Alvarez • HOU
1.9
3.
Trout • LAA
1.6
4.
Young • SEA
1.6
5.
Judge • NYY
1.6
6.
Witt • KCR
1.6
7.
Rice • NYY
1.5
 
Guardians reportedly set to call up 2024 No. 1 pick Travis Bazzana

The Cleveland Guardians plan to call up Bazzana on Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The 2024 No. 1 pick will take over at second base for the Guardians, starting Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Bazzana was selected with the top pick in the 2024 MLB Draft
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Guardians reportedly set to call up 2024 No. 1 pick Travis Bazzana

Travis Bazzana is set to take over at second base for the Guardians beginning Tuesday.
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The Cleveland Guardians are calling up former No. 1 overall pick Travis Bazzana, sources tell ESPN. Bazzana, 23, hit .287/.422/.511 in 24 Triple-A games this season and will take over at second base for a Guardians team that's a half-game back of first in the AL Central.
 
McGonigle extends hit on base streak to 26 games and his hitting streak to 13 games with an RBI single. He saved himself last night by beating out a slow roller to 3rd in his final at bat.

He is currently hitting .330 with a .937 OPS.
 
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Kurtz draws walk for 19th game in row, A's beat Royals 6-3

Nick Kurtz drew a walk for his 19th consecutive game and hit a two-run double, helping the Athletics defeat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Thursday. Shea Langeliers added three doubles, while Darell Hernaiz had three hits and two RBIs. Jacob Wilson had two hits and scored twice to help the A's to...
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Nick Kurtz has drawn a walk in 18 consecutive games

Most consecutive games with a walk in a single season since at least 1900:

1947 Roy Cullenbine: 22
1941 Ted Williams: 19
2026 Nick Kurtz: 18 *active
2002 Barry Bonds: 18
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Kurtz, 23, surpassed Bonds’ modern-day record when Royals reliever John Schreiber intentionally put him on base in his last plate appearance of the A’s 6-3 win Thursday at their temporary home in Sacramento.

It was his 19th consecutive game with a base on balls. Few other hitters had come close since Bonds ended the 2002 season with walks in all of his final 18 games.
 
Wanted to share a little love for an interesting player. 27 year old Colorado Rockies outfielder Mickey (real name McKenzie) Moniak. You most likely have not heard of him, despite him being the #1 overall pick in the 2016 draft out of HS. After getting traded early in his MLB career by the team that drafted him, the Phillies, Mickey really struggled with the Angles. After 3 lackluster years, LA released him before the 2025 season. He signed a prove it deal with Colorado and had a decent hitting year but still finished with a negative WAR. This year however, he’s really starting to put everything together and is having an all-star start to the season. Another 2 bombs today puts him into a tie for the NL homerun lead with 11! Impressive considering he missed the first 6 games of the year and often sits vs tough lefty starters. In addition to the homers, he’s hitting .327 with a .724 slugging %. A nice redemption story and a reminder that talented players often just need the right setting and time to put the pieces together.

 
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Wanted to share a little love for an interesting player. 27 year old Colorado Rockies outfielder Mickey (real name McKenzie) Moniak. You most likely have not heard of him, despite him being the #1 overall pick in the 2016 draft out of HS. After getting traded early in his MLB career by the team that drafted him, the Phillies, Mickey really struggled with the Angles. After 3 lackluster years, LA released him before the 2025 season. He signed a prove it deal with Colorado and had a decent hitting year but still finished with a negative WAR. This year however, he’s really starting to put everything together and is having an all-star start to the season. Another 2 bombs today puts him into a tie for the NL homerun lead with 11! Impressive considering he missed the first 6 games of the year and often sits vs tough lefty starters. In addition to the homers, he’s hitting .327 with a .724 slugging %. A nice redemption story and a reminder that talented players often just need the right setting and time to put the pieces together.

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I've tracked Moniak as well Freethinker. Just haven't been able to post much lately. Thanks for posting his progress. Hope he does well the rest of the season. I'm surprised he's been able to stick around, but glad he has.
 
Ted Turner died today his ownership of the Braves was probably the greatest run in the history of the team which was largely a sad sack team in the 20th century in Boston that moved to Milwaukee and won a championship and then went to Atlanta and did nothing beyond have the historic home run chase of Aaron until his ownership in 77'.

He was probably the most handsome man with a moustache from Atlanta since Rhett Butler and charmed Hanoi Jane until her leftist politics probably broke up their marriage(a man can only take so much).
 
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Turner was a great sailor, winning the 1977 America's Cup as the captain of "Courageous." He was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2011.

I recall him being staggeringly drunk while celebrating his America's Cup win. He enjoyed life, but disappointingly turned to the left after hitting it big in cable TV. But as he aged he seemed pretty much apolitical.
 
Atlanta Braves First Basemen Matt Olson is having a good season. He has 13 homers for top 3 in MLB. He also just went past 300 home runs recently and he now has 301 homers at 32 years of age.
 
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Konnor Griffin hit his second homerun, his first in Pittsburgh, in a losing effort as the Cardinals won 11-7. After a solid start the Buccos have now lost three in a row but are still over .500 on the season.
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Don, I don't like making predictions, but Konnor Griffin will be the best player in baseball with in 2 to 3 years. The things I have seen him do in just his short time up makes me believe he has all the tools to be the best. Going ffrom second to home on a ball hit to the right side of the field shows tremendous speed and thinking. His fielding and arm strength is above average and it looks like his hitting is coming around. He got 4 hits against Cincy the other day and just was the best all-around player on the field. Got to keep his head right and he is headed for big things.
 
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Don, I don't like making predictions, but Konnor Griffin will be the best player in baseball with in 2 to 3 years. The things I have seen him do in just his short time up makes me believe he has all the tools to be the best. Going ffrom second to home on a ball hit to the right side of the field shows tremendous speed and thinking. His fielding and arm strength is above average and it looks like his hitting is coming around. He got 4 hits against Cincy the other day and just was the best all-around player on the field. Got to keep his head right and he is headed for big things.
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His seems really grounded and I'm looking forward to seeing how good he'll become with the Buccos. What a future he has ahead of him.
 
Don Wassall said:
Turner was a great sailor, winning the 1977 America's Cup as the captain of "Courageous." He was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2011.

I recall him being staggeringly drunk while celebrating his America's Cup win. He enjoyed life, but disappointingly turned to the left after hitting it big in cable TV. But as he aged he seemed pretty much apolitical.
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Ted also promoted wet t-shirt contests after Braves games. Maybe impossible for those brought up in Amerika 2.0 to believe but it wasn't a big deal at the time.

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Ted Turner remembered fondly for hosting wet T-shirt college nights after Braves games, like a true hero

CNN founder and media mogul Ted Turner died Wednesday at 87, remembered for his TBS superstation, Atlanta Braves ownership, and bold promotions.
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Misiorowski threw 10 pitches of at least 103 mph while striking out 11 over six dominant innings in the Brewers' 6-0 home victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night. He had three pitches of 103.6 mph, the highest velocity any starter has reached since Statcast tracking began in 2008.
Before Friday, the fastest pitch thrown by a starter since 2008 was a 103.2 mph offering from Hicks on July 12, 2022. Misiorowski threw seven pitches that were at least that fast in the first two innings.
he maintained his velocity well enough that he reached 103 mph in the fifth inning on his 71st pitch of the night. He ended his night with consecutive strikeouts of Judge and Cody Bellinger.
He leads the major leagues with 70 strikeouts and is the first pitcher to have at least 70 through his first eight starts of a season since Atlanta's Spencer Strider in 2023.

 
Bazzana launches first MLB homer through raindrops

The long ball was part of Bazzana’s multifaceted contribution to Friday’s win, in which he went 1-for-4, tallied two RBIs, scored twice and notched two stolen bases that keyed his second time crossing the dish in the eighth inning.

“Really fun night for Travis,” Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said.

Bazzana (MLB Pipeline’s No. 13 overall prospect) worked a 1-1 count against Twins starter Connor Prielipp in the first inning. The lefty delivered him a slider, and Bazzana hit it a Statcast-projected 427 feet at 102.3 mph, with the ball landing just in front of the visiting bullpen beyond the right-center-field wall.


 
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