By: Kylie Sparks The field is mowed, the dirt is groomed, the bubble gum vat is filled to the brim (until Rich Hill gets mad at himself for a bad inning and tosses it to the ground)… it’s official, baseball is back. The Dodgers left Camelback...
By: Kylie Sparks With the Dodgers front office making… some choices this offseason, including trading beloved players to shed salary and losing the free agency race, the focus now turns to the new roster and prospects during Cactus League. We traveled to the first week of...
By: Kylie Sparks After a long, hard, cold off-season with the Manny and Bryce sweepstakes going down to the wire… and then some (congrats, Phillies!), 15 teams awoke from their great winter slumber to report to the Arizona Cactus League. With 10 different ballparks in the...
By: Bianca Silva I breathe a sigh of relief in the living room of my one bedroom apartment when Jacob DeGrom is selected as 2018’s NL Cy Young winner. I pretend that Met Bear, Penguin Met and Happy Met, my beloved stuffed Mets animals, are also...
By: Kylie Sparks Fresh off back-to-back World Series appearances (including one game that might still be in progress), the Los Angeles Dodgers look to be in for an … intriguing 2019 season. They unceremoniously dumped Yasiel Puig and have apparently declined to court Manny Machado and...
By Laura Shir The 2018 season was a tough one for the Nationals and their fans, with the team underperforming relative to expectations and ultimately missing the postseason altogether. However, in the spirit of remembering the joy even in the face of disappointment, here are the...
By: Kylie Sparks Max Muncy thought March 31, 2017 was the last day of his pro-baseball career. After a couple of seasons with the Oakland Athletics as a fifth-round draft pick while playing college ball at Baylor University, he was released at the end of Spring...
By: Ryan Davis What the hell is FanRag Sports? That was a question I heard frequently the last few years, especially early in my time with the now-defunct sports media network. And to be honest, it was a question I never did figure out how to...
By: Jen Mac Ramos Hello, folx, here’s a column called Force Play. Think of it as “Dear Abby,” but for advice on how to break into the baseball industry, no matter what department (from analytics to marketing to operations and more). I’m your relayer of advice, Jen...