A 10-challenge 7-overturn game today in Baltimore!

Only teams in history to strike out 50 batters in any span of 3 regular season MLB games: 2016 Astros 2017 Dodgers 2019 Diamondbacks 2023 Blue Jays 2026 Blue Jays ← first 3 games of the year!!

Toronto Blue Jays pitchers just struck out their 47th batter of the season and no other team in history has hit that mark in the first 3 games of an MLB season.

Only 4 players in history have hit home runs in each of their first 3 MLB games and 2 of them have done it this year! Trevor Story in 2016 Kyle Lewis in 2019 Chase DeLauter in 2026 Munetaka Murakami in 2026

Most strikes overturned by batter challenges in a single game so far this season: 5 Reds yesterday 😮 4 3 Twins on Thursday 2 Giants and Cubs on Saturday

the fastest 9 pitches thrown so far this season

Only 68 times in MLB history has a pitcher struck out 11 batters in one of his team's first two games of a season. Only once have teammates done it in the same year.

The Shohei Ohtani Souvenir Cup

The Toronto Blue Jays just got 11 strikeouts from their starters in back-to-back games for the first time in their entire existence.

okay tyler rogers pitching to patrick bailey without ABS challenges might have been unfair

It's the first time in MLB history that all five teams in a single division won their season-opening game.

Mike Trout is officially back. In his first 2 games this year, he has 4 hits and 4 walks and a stolen base. It's the first time in his entire MLB career that he's put up those combined numbers in back-to-back games.

A's batters didn't challenge any pitches last night.

Mike Trout is the first Angel in history to reach base eight times in the first two games of a season.

Mike Trout hit two home runs and two singles and walked four times and stole a base as the Los Angeles Angels took the first two games of the season against the Houston Astros, 3-0 and 6-2.

The A's batters didn't challenge any pitches tonight and lost by one run.

Most Opening Day strikeouts by a Blue Jays pitcher: Kevin Gausman (2026), 11 🔥🔥🔥 Roy Halladay (2004), 9 Esteban Loaiza (2001), 9 Marcus Stroman (2019), 7 Ricky Romero (2011), 7 Roy Halladay (2005), 7 Jack Morris (1992), 7 Dave Stieb (1983), 7

The only teams in history to have fewer than 5 total hits in the first 2 games of an MLB season: 1909 Chicago White Sox 1953 Chicago White Sox 2026 San Francisco Giants

ESPN is projecting Mike Trout to hit 162 home runs, steal 162 bases, score 162 runs, drive in 162 runs, and steal 486 bases this season.

Most MLB seasons throwing at least 50 pitches at 100+ MPH (2008-2025): 15 Aroldis Chapman 🤯 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 Jordan Hicks, Emmanuel Clase 5 4 Jhoan Duran, Ryan Helsley, Kelvin Herrera, Henry Rodriguez

the biggest ABS challenged/overturned miss yesterday came very early in the Brewers-White Sox game

Mike Trout hit a home run and walked three times and stole a base as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Houston Astros, 3-0.

Only MLB teams striking out 20 batters in a game (no extra-inning games): BOS vs. SEA (1986) BOS vs. DET (1996) CHC vs. HOU (1998) LAA vs. SEA (2012) WSN vs. DET (2016) BOS vs. TEX (2017) CHW vs. DET (2019) HOU vs. LAA (2022) NYM vs. PIT (2022) MIL vs. CWS (2026) 🔥🔥🔥

Milwaukee Brewers pitchers struck out 20 batters today and that's the most by one team in a 9-inning Opening Day game in history.

Under-24 MLB Pitchers With 10+ Opening Day Ks: Bob Feller (1939) Herb Score (1957) Don Drysdale (1960) Gary Bell (1960) Gary Nolan (1969) Félix Hernández (2007) Jacob Misiorowski (2026) 🔥🔥🔥

Shohei Ohtani's salary this year: $2M Shohei Ohtani's endorsements this year: $125M

Challenge Success Rate By Inning (Spring Training 2026): 1st: 63% 2nd: 58% 3rd: 56% 4th: 56% 5th: 48% 6th: 54% 7th: 55% 8th: 43% 9th: 39%

ABS Challenge Success Rate (Spring Training): 66% STL 65% 64% 63% 62% PHI SEA 61% 60% CIN MIA 59% 58% PIT CHC 57% 56% BOS 55% 54% COL LAA CLE SF 53% NYY MIL ATH DET 52% ATL WSH HOU MIN 51% SD 50% TB 49% CWS 48% TOR 47% BAL 46% KC 45% ARI TEX 44% 43% LAD NYM

Splitters Thrown In MLB Postseason Games: 2008: 149 2009: 34 2010: 25 2011: 88 2012: 199 2013: 241 2014: 93 2015: 76 2016: 25 2017: 132 2018: 130 2019: 205 2020: 156 2021: 193 2022: 163 2023: 352 2024: 313 2025: 1,027 😮

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Batters projected to hit 29+ home runs this year (ZiPS): 3 ATH 2 DET LAD SEA 1 ATL BAL CIN NYM NYY PHI SF TB TOR 0 ARI BOS CHC CWS CLE COL HOU KC LAA MIA MIL MIN PIT SD STL TEX WSH

Team Italy's WBC Espresso Machine just sold for $16,510.

remember you can't challenge a pitch made by a position player

close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades

I heard that the Phillies extended Cristopher Sánchez but I didn't know this is what they meant.

Projected 2026 Team Pitching WAR (rounded, via FanGraphs): 22 BOS 21 PHI LAD 20 DET 19 TB 18 SEA TOR 17 ATL NYY PIT TEX 16 KC MIL CIN NYM 15 SD HOU MIN BAL 14 CHC MIA 13 LAA CLE SF 12 ARI CWS ATH 11 10 STL 9 WSH 8 COL

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when the government shutdown hits the space budget so hard you have to play with yourself

They're all listed at 6'4" but Shohei Ohtani is officially one millimeter shorter than Matt Olson and one millimeter taller than Christian Yelich.

2026 Spring Training Run Differentials: +50 ATL +48 SF +39 TEX +32 LAD +24 NYM +20 CWS +19 MIL +16 NYY +12 STL +10 ATH +9 DET SD +8 HOU +7 PIT +5 WSH +2 TOR 0 CLE -2 PHI -6 COL -14 CIN -18 BAL -21 TB -27 MIA ARI -28 KC -30 LAA -32 BOS -33 MIN -35 SEA -37 CHC

ABS Challenges Won So Far 47 NYY 46 45 44 43 42 MIN 41 40 39 38 COL STL 37 CLE 36 CWS LAA CHC SEA 35 BOS SF MIA CIN 34 33 PHI 32 SD 31 30 TB ATL 29 ATH PIT 28 TOR MIL WSH 27 26 HOU 25 24 KC 23 22 21 20 19 TEX BAL DET 18 LAD 17 ARI 16 15 14 NYM

SHOHEI OHTANI IS STILL GROWING

Bidding for this Shohei Ohtani game-used WBC jersey has topped $200,000 and it'll cost you another $20 to have it shipped to you if you win.

AT THIS RATE HE WILL BE ALTUVE'S HEIGHT BY THE END OF HIS CONTRACT

THAT IS SOME SERIOUS SHRINKAGE

Franchise Values: $18.45B ← Yankees and Dodgers combined $18.34B ← Brewers and Orioles and Twins and Rays and Rockies and Reds and Royals and Pirates and Diamondbacks and Guardians and Marlins combined

MLB FRANCHISE VALUES 💰💰💰 (via Sportico, rounded to nearest billion $): $9B NYY LAD $8 $7B BOS $6B CHC $5B $4B SF ATL PHI HOU NYM $3B SD STL TOR LAA TEX $2B WSH SEA DET CWS ATH MIL BAL MIN TB COL CIN KC PIT ARI CLE $1B MIA

100 MPH WAIT ISN'T THIS THE 50-50 GUY?

guess this athlete

Tell me that one baseball rule you'd eliminate if you could.