So, teams played 130 or so games with a 25 (now 26) man roster and then in the pennant race teams loaded clock strikes midnight on September 1st, every team is required to expand their active roster from 26 Every day that a player spends on the 26 or 28-man roster or the Major League injured list assures a

January 26, 2025 *** Earlier today, Mike Whiteman laid out the Hall of Fame case for Roger Maris .

Chisholm, 2B -- .173 (42) Grichuk, RF -- .000 (-100) Escarra, C -- .000 (-65) McMahon, 3B -- .097 (26

May 26, 2024 *** I have seen some interesting baseball tweets over the last many days.

includes the following players: Manny Banuelos (LHP) Miguel Castro (RHP) Clay Holmes (RHP) Michael King Schmidt for Abreu), the following pitchers have MiLB-Options: Ron Marinaccio Wandy Peralta Michael King Michael King has options, but is not going to be moved. He's been amazing. He's a story line right now and should not be preventing the Yankees from bringing back or bringing in Lucas Luetge seems to be a player on-the-cusp if the Yankees decide to bring in any extra talent at the

August 26, 2024 *** We ran out of "programming space" over the weekend, so instead of a Sunday Readers

He’s also 26 years old, under team control for three and a half more seasons and might have some room that the Giants will want to dump him but not so bad that he’s an albatross: five more seasons at a $26

That means of the remaining 41 games, they would have to win 26. Is that possible? They would most likely have to be 26-15 in their remaining games to make the playoffs. As I suggested, they would likely need 26 wins to make the playoffs.

December 26, 2023 *** Here is last night's Start Spreading the News Podcast.

They have only won one in the past 26 years, their worst stretch since the franchise began in 1903. The Yankees would love for him to slip through waivers so they can bring him to spring training and then If he regresses towards his 2024 stats, he would still bring value as a defense-first fourth outfielder Abrahan Gutierrez... 26 year old C and NRI.  Between 2022-24, he averaged 26 starts and 122 innings in the Mets farm system. 

Quick Stats - Winning Pitcher - Michael King Losing Pitcher - Alexis Diaz Home Runs (Yankees) - Giancarlo The rest of the bullpen (Albert Abreu, Wandy Peralta, Aroldis Chapman, Clay Holmes, Michael King) were Obviously the injury to Severino threw a wrench in the Yankees plans, but using King and Holmes in back-to-back

But, of note, in the Yankees first 26 years (1903 to 1928) of existence, they won three World Series. In contrast, over the last 26 seasons, the Yankees have won only one World Series. The current Yankees have had one manager in the last nine seasons (2018-26) as they try to build a championship