Despite ace Kazumi Saitoh’s struggles and shoulder woes, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are the class of the Pacific League. The Fukuoko SoftBank Hawks finished up April on a eight-game winning streak and have kept on rolling as their current 25-15-2 record tops the Pacific League by two games over Lotte. How have the Hawks soared […]

Chris Capuano’s latest gem gives the Brew Crew four straight wins. Alright, I admit it. I seem really fixated on what’s going on in Milwaukee lately. Watching them right now is akin to going to your high school reunion and finding out that the skinny, plain girl from your home room class is now a

If Neal Cotts, left, or one of the other Cubs’ southpaw relievers struggles or gets hurt, Chicago has a homegrown boy in the minors ready to help. The Cubs pitching, and in particular their bullpen, is looking solid right now, but if injuries or ineffectiveness require them to reach down to the minors to grab

No. 18 on the list of things I never thought I’d say this year: “Boy, that Ian Snell-Jason Marquis match up sure looks like it’s shaping up as a pitcher’s duel.” Jason Marquis is gunning for his fourth straight win this afternoon as soon as the Cubs and Pirates finish up their suspended contest from

Admittedly, everything must have seemed a blur for the reeling Cards last night, but there’s no escaping that Jeff Suppan is pitching brilliantly this year. The dude is very well likely sitting on your waiver wire, yet he’s won four straight starts and has an ERA of 2.55. Jeff Suppan is on a major roll,

There’s been precious little to celebrate in Seattle so far as Yuniesky Betancourt’s defensive woes aren’t exactly helping a struggling rotation. The Mariners were rained out Tuesday night and must be cursing their shoddy luck. Seattle had just snapped a six-game losing skid on Monday with a win in Texas, so it must have been