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Elly De La Cruz, the Cincinnati Reds’ outstanding shortstop, bats during a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Cincinnati on Monday, September 4, 2023. On Tuesday at Reds spring training in Arizona, De La Cruz hit a foul ball during a live batting practice session against teammate Hunter Greene, which struck Greene’s car in the parking lot and cracked the rear driver’s side window. Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz and pitcher Hunter Greene are two of Major League Baseball’s most promising young players. De La Cruz, who hit 13 home runs and stole 35 bases as a…

Luis Urias, a former Milwaukee Brewers infielder, joined the Seattle Mariners this offseason via trade. The Boston Red Sox traded him in November 2023, after acquiring him on August 1, 2023, in exchange for Bradley Blalock from Milwaukee. Upon reporting to the Mariners camp this spring two concerning reports have surfaced regarding Luis Urias.  One is about the health of his shoulder and the other is his playing shape.  A combination of these two issues, but mainly the shoulder, may result in him starting the 2024 season on the injured list. According to Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times, Luis…

On Wednesday, the NFL Players Association issued their 2024 team report cards, a survey of 1,706 players about their daily lives and working conditions. According to the NFLPA website, the yearly poll aims to “highlight positive clubs, identify areas that could use improvement, and highlight best practices and standards.” Big, strong football players require a lot of nutrition, but quality matters, and that’s where Bears players want to see improvements. Chicago finished toward the bottom of the league in these categories, with a C for food/cafeteria (21st) and a C+ for nutritionist/dietician (24th). According to the study, the food offered…

This offseason, the Green Bay Packers are expected to focus more on one side of the ball than the other. The second half of the season shown that when the offense is firing on all cylinders, it can outscore any NFL defense. However, the defense is sure to endure multiple modifications. In addition to a fully rebuilt coaching staff on that side of the ball, there are sure to be some on-field adjustments. However, it was revealed today that another element has been added to the defense for the 2024 season. The Green Bay Packers Add Key Piece To Defense…

When the Cincinnati Reds made a big move for Jeimer Candelario this summer, we all squinted and stared at one another at Red Reporter HQ. Another infielder? What gives?! The bottleneck there was clear. Matt McLain looked like a Rookie of the Year candidate for much of 2023, and Elly De La Cruz’s sparks on his finest days reminded grayheads everywhere of Eric Davis. Christian Encarnacion-Strand has hit a billion home runs in AA-AAA since the start of 2022 (and hit the ground running in his cup of coffee), Noelvi Marte hit better than all of those rookies last year,…

Alabama and Tennessee are tied for first place in the Southeastern Conference. And the Crimson Tide are in the midst of the Associated Press Top 25 poll, but they slid from No. 13 to No. 14 on Monday, two days after losing 117-95 at Kentucky. So Alabama (19-8, 11-3) remains in a solid postseason position when it faces Ole Miss on Wednesday night in Oxford, Miss. However, Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats is beginning to wonder if his team’s continued defensive struggles will keep its ceiling lower than the standings and rankings suggest. “We have had question marks about our…

With backup 49ers quarterback Sam Darnold likely to return to free agency in the hopes of competing for a starting job somewhere after a season in the 49ers quarterback room, a spot should open up for a new San Francisco second-stringer. And it may allow the 49ers to re-sign veteran backup Nate Sudfeld, whom they had hoped to keep. Sudfeld spent the last two seasons with the Lions, having nearly missed out on a berth with the 49ers in 2021. He did not participate last season due to a ruptured ACL. That offseason, the 49ers appeared to be headed…

The Seattle Mariners won their first Cactus League game on Wednesday, and their top prospect played a key role in it. Mariners Injury Update: Why hasn’t Julio Rodríguez played yet? Shortstop Cole Young, the Mariners’ top choice in the 2022 MLB Draft, smashed a double to the warning track in center field to plate the only two runs in the game, which Seattle won 2-0 over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday afternoon. There are a few reasons the two-run double was impressive. For one, the 20-year-old Young was receiving plate appearances in a big league spring training game for the…

By the end of the 2023 season, the Green Bay Packers had proven to the NFL that their offense would not lose a beat after dealing away four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The Packers went 7-3 in their final ten games of the season, including a decisive Wild Card victory over the Dallas Cowboys. The Packers have added yet another player to their offensive lineup. The Green Bay Packers Sign Addition To Offense Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur has hired Eddie Gordon as his assistant offensive line coach, according to 247 Sports. Gordon coached the offensive line at UAB…

In 2023, the Atlanta Braves offense was historic in terms of power, hitting a record-tying 307 home runs and setting a new MLB high for a franchise.501 slugging percentage. However, in 2024, they will have an opportunity to do even better. According to Baseball Reference’s Stathead database, only one MLB team in history has had more than 200 home runs and 200 steals in the same season: the 1996 Colorado Rockies. With aid from current and former Braves coaches Walt Weiss and Eric Young Sr., the 1996 Rockies had four different hitters with 30 or more home runs and six…