Last season, ESNY pegged the San Francisco Giants as a high-upside hitting team that could support suspect pitching. Instead, the hitting experiment largely failed due to injury and ineffectiveness. The pitching behind ace Logan Webb suffered severe growing pains. What should have been a clear vision became a muddled mess. Middling numbers were posted across the board, and the … [Read more...] about ESNY MLB Preview 2025: Swing away, San Francisco Giants
ESNY’s MLB Preview 2025: The Quadruple-A Colorado Rockies
After years and years of trying to figure out the why, we at ESNY may have an answer about the Colorado Rockies. We’ve pored over the data, run every scientific study we could, and came to a shockingly simple conclusion: The Colorado Rockies are a Quadruple-A team. It’s not ideal, but at least they can afford to be. Coors Field is a nice enough ballpark that, win or lose, … [Read more...] about ESNY’s MLB Preview 2025: The Quadruple-A Colorado Rockies
Yankees eliminate facial hair policy, finally join 21st century
The New York Yankees finally got the memo and changed a longstanding policy: Players may now have “well-groomed beards” following a team-wide facial hair ban since 1976. Team owner Hal Steinbrenner announced the decision via a statement: Statement from Yankees Managing General Partner Hal Steinbrenner on the alteration of Yankees facial hair policy: … [Read more...] about Yankees eliminate facial hair policy, finally join 21st century
ESNY’s MLB Preview 2025: The A’s cruel relocation limbo
It’s finally here: the A’s season nobody thought would come. You see, the 2025 season marks the first of an expected three years the A’s will play in Sacramento ahead of a move to Las Vegas. A cruel reality indeed when a last-place team built on upside leaves its longtime home before the next crop of exciting players. What’s worse is that not only do the A’s have that talent, … [Read more...] about ESNY’s MLB Preview 2025: The A’s cruel relocation limbo
ESNY’s MLB Preview 2025: The official end of the Houston Astros
For the first time since the start of this Houston Astros “dynasty,” if you will, the AL West is wide open. Not that it was a particularly competitive division to begin with, after all. Houston only won the AL West last year because the Seattle Mariners coughed up first place in August, and that’s all she wrote. The Angels are throwing everything at the wall, perhaps even … [Read more...] about ESNY’s MLB Preview 2025: The official end of the Houston Astros