Author: Michael

Baseball is entering a new era, and we have answers to all of your questions.
You can tell baseball looks very different this year just from the first weekend of spring training games. As in 1920 (Live Ball Era), ’61 (Expansion Era), ’73 (DH Era) and ’95 (Wild-Card Era), 2023 brings such monumental, permanent change that the start of a new era is visible.
It starts now. Are you ready?
You’ve got questions about the new rules. I’ve got answers.

Expect pitch clock violations to become few and far between as the season goes on.

Managers such as Tampa Bay’s Kevin Cash will be relying upon coaches with recent minor league experience to advise them about MLB’s new rules.
Someone’s first spring in big league camp is supposed to be about learning. But this year offers an unusual twist: Maybe it can also be about teaching.
Take Rays third base coach Brady Williams. This is his first year in the gig—his first season on a big league staff in any capacity.

Derek Carr will have a full slate Tuesday in Indianapolis.
The former Raiders quarterback is on the hunt for a new team after being cut loose, and he’ll have three meetings with franchises while the combine is underway.
Carr will meet with the Jets, Saints and Panthers in Indy, according to Ian Rapoport. He’s previously met with the Jets and Saints. Carolina is a new addition.

When QB Derek Carr arrives in Indianapolis today, he’ll have in-person free agent meetings with 3 teams: The #Jets, the #Saints, and the #Panthers.

Long live the pitch clock!
If you’ve watched baseball at all in your life then you know the game can sometimes become really, really slow. And when that happens, it becomes really, really hard to watch. 
Well, things are going to be a lot different this year in Major League Baseball as there will be a pitch clock that is already making spring training games a lot faster, which in turn makes those games a lot more enjoyable to watch. 
If you needed any more proof that the pitch clock rules then I suggest you check out the video below.

Jacob deGrom and Gerrit Cole are co-favorites, but there’s betting value further down the list.
Jacob deGrom and Gerrit Cole are the favorites for the 2023 AL Cy Young at SI Sportsbook.
DeGrom (+600) has a new home in Arlington, Texas, and the two-time NL Cy Young winner will be looking for his first award in the American League. There’s no question that deGrom is an elite pitcher, the only real question is health. DeGrom has pitched only 156 innings across the past two seasons, with his last season of 200-plus innings coming in 2019 with his last NL Cy Young Award.

A blanket of silence has completely covered Tuscaloosa, Alabama amid chaos surrounding the basketball team and Brandon Miller.
It was recently revealed Miller drove the vehicle carrying the weapon allegedly used to murder young single mother Jamea Jonae Harris back in January. Former Alabama player Darius Miles and Michael Lynn Davis are both facing capital murder charges. Miller, arguably the most dominant college basketball player in America, is being treated by police as a cooperating witness.
Alabama lets Brandon Miller continue to play.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Las Vegas sportsbooks seem to know something about Anthony Richardson.
The former University of Florida quarterback a month ago was a bit of a longshot to be picked in the second round of the April 28-30 draft. Then someone heard things and his price changed drastically. Now he’s just behind Alabama’s Bryce Young, Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud and Kentucky’s Will Levis among quarterbacks to be picked No. 1.
First overall.
We’re talking about a player in Richardson who threw a modest 24 touchdown passes and 15 interceptions in his career.

Hornets star LaMelo Ball suffered a fracture in his right ankle in Monday night’s win over the Pistons.

Jayson Tatum picked up his first career ejection in the Celtics’ loss to the Knicks on a frustrating night at Madison Square Garden.

Defensive tackle Daron Payne received the franchise tag from the Commanders on Tuesday, making him the first player to be tagged this offseason, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.