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The St. Louis Cardinals had high hopes for prospect Alex Reyes in 2017. Those hopes are entirely gone, because an MRI showed that Reyes will need Tommy John surgery, and will miss the entire 2017 season. Reyes is ranked as the league\’s 14th best prospect overall, and 3rd pitching prospect by MLB pipeline. \”Hopefully he\’ll beContinue reading “MLB news: Cards top prospect Reyes to miss 2017 with injury”

   The Montreal Canadiens have fired head coach Michel Therrien, and have replaced him with former Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien. It is also the second time the Habs have fired Therrien and replaced him with Julien after the same thing happened in 2003. Julien coached Montreal until 2006. Two current Habs were onContinue reading “NHL News: Habs fire Therrien, replace him with Julien”

  On January 22, 2017, tragedy shook the world, especially the Kansas City Royals organization with the death of 25 year old pitcher Yordano \”ace\” Ventura. It also drew a big hole in the Royals\’ starting rotation. They have left hander Danny Duffy as their number one guy, and made a few moves to bolsterContinue reading “MLB offseason update: Royals rebuilding rotation after tragedy, sign Wood”

   The Cincinnati Reds have traded 2B Brandon Phillips to the Atlanta Braves for LHP Andrew McKirahan and RHP Carlos Portuondo. Let\’s get into details.    The Reds are obviously in a rebuild, trading for younger players, and shipping out stars Aroldis Chapman, Todd Frazier, Johnny Cueto, Mike Leake and Jay Bruce in recent years andContinue reading “MLB trade alert: Reds send Phillips to Braves”

Ilitch (middle) with Stanley Cup.   Today we mourn the death of Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch. Ilitch was born on July 20th, 1929. In 1952, he became an infielder for the Jamestown Falcons, a Tigers affiliate. While playing for Single A Charlotte (an affiliate for the then Washington Senators), IlitchContinue reading “NHL/MLB news: Tigers, Wings owner Ilitch passes away”