Ethan Witte

40 man roster spots are valuable. They allow players to accrue service time towards arbitration, one of the major goals of a player that desires to obtain life changing money. They guarantee that a player will see some time at some point, through injury the most likely course. Those bottom of the list 40 man roster spots are fungible however. They are populated by players teams feel like they can cycle through when injury or ineffectiveness arises, hoping to strike lightning once, maybe twice, a season.

There’s only one more day until the World Series arrives. While many are (still) complaining about the matchup, we should probably be careful about not wanting it to be played. After all, once this series is over, baseball goes away for the first time since March. That comforting feeling of having baseball each night, no matter what team,

Looks like the Big Boys of the Bronx are in trouble. Here are the lineups. For the Yankees:

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Are we going to see the end of the 2024 season? Here are the lineups. For the Yankees:

Now that the Yankees have won a game, we’ll have to endure a day of “THEY’RE NOT DEAD YET!” calls emanating out of the city from fans with delusions that the World Series title is still within their grasp.

By Ethan Witte @ethan_witte Oct 30, 2024, 6:30pm EDT 0 Comments / 0 New

That fifth inning by the Yankees was one of the worst displays of defense ever seen on a baseball field. It’s going to haunt the team for a while as, even though their chances were slim, it eliminated any hope they may have had of making this a series.

The general manager meetings begin this week, which means the groundwork for all the deals and trades will completed. Will something get consummated, a deal done that kickstarts the deals to come? Maybe.

Think back: who is the first Phillie you actually remember being your favorite player on the team?