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8/6/2025 |  Snyder's Soapbox: Failure on the field has nothing to do with MLB players' mental toughness (CBS Sports) Welcome to Snyder's Soapbox! Here, I pontificate about matters related to Major League Baseball on a weekly basis. Some of the topics will be pressing matters, some might seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things, and most will be somewhere in between. The good thing about this website is that it's free, and you are allowed to click away. If you stay, you'll get smarter, though. That's a money-back guarantee. Let's get to it.

8/6/2025 |  Breaking down playoff success of MLB reliever deadline additions (ESPN) Relief pitchers tend to be a need for teams around MLB's trade deadline as contenders gear up to make an October run -- and 2025 was no different. The New York Yankees added a trio of relievers in David Bednar from the Pittsburgh Pirates, Camilo Doval from the San Francisco Giants and Jake Bird from the Colorado Rockies to help a bullpen that had posted a 4.89 ERA over the previous two months.

8/6/2025 |  Need an ace to win big? Why Mets won't overpay for one (ESPN) NEW YORK -- David Stearns was about to disappear into the New York Mets' clubhouse Monday afternoon when he stopped to answer questions about the one prominent potential flaw remaining on his roster after the trade deadline: the starting rotation.

8/6/2025 |  More Home Run Derbies? MLB Teams Are Expanding on the All-Star Concept (Fox Sports) Maybe the Home Run Derby doesn’t have to be limited to All-Star weekend.
The Milwaukee Brewers had Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun and several other former players competing in an alumni home run derby that followed a game with the Miami Marlins last month. The promotion helped draw a sellout crowd of 41,944 fans, with nearly all of them sticking around to watch the postgame event.

8/6/2025 |  Cubs president admits trade-deadline gamble 'not looking like a good bet' (Yardbarker)

The Chicago Cubs were in the market for a starting pitching upgrade prior to the 2025 trade deadline. However, instead of trading top prospects for a top-shelf pitcher, they made a smaller bet on former Washington Nationals pitcher Mike Soroka. So far, it is not looking like a great bet.