+ The TBC+ batting metric indexes players against the league average for OPS with stolen bases added. It isn't any more complicated than that. The metric is available for all leagues/levels, including college. The metric is intended as a guide to a player's performance for that season/league. An asterisk (*) means the player's stats are not super significant (i.e. not enough plate appearances). Players with only a few plate appearances won't be given a score. A score of 100 means the player was average. A score of 115 means the player was 15% better than average. Cal Raleigh scored a 126 last year but currently sits at 80 for 2026. Possible #1 pick Roch Cholowsky is also at 126 for 2026. Vahn Lackey? 137.

Working on a pitcher's version.

+ Dominican Summer League Stats are streaming through. Their stats will be available for tracking.

+ The TBC Daily Newspaper got another upgrade for TBC PREMIUM subscribers. You can now highlight "Young Players" in boxscores with the click of a button. I set the age at 24 but I might eventually lower to 23.

Here are the current value-added Newspaper features for Subscribers:
- Highlight my Tracked Players
- Highlight Young Players
- MLB Season Stats by team on a single page
- MLB Season Stats for <=24 years old on a single page (sortable)

I love suggestions. Let me know what to add or better yet, let me know what I can add that would entice you to sign up to PREMIUM!

+ Added MLB Pipeline Scouting Grades to Player Pages for 2026. I don't own these ratings and I realize a lot of work goes into them and so I put them behind the paywall in TBC PREMIUM so that they aren't available to the masses.

The scouting grades are 20-80 ratings where 50 is MLB Average. The rankings are given for raw tools such as Speed, Power, Fielding, Hitting and Arm strength. Pitchers are ranked by pitch type and control and both have an overall rating. The ratings were added for all current Top 30 prospects and the top 200 MLB Draft prospects for 2026. If players had ratings from prior years, they can also be viewed on their player page, above the stat grids. Ratings are in increments of 5 between 20 and 80.

They are different than the Talent Ratings which appear at the bottom of each page. The talent ratings are statistical ratings on 100 based on their relation to their statistical rankings throughout all leagues in their career.

+ The Regionals phase of the Men's College World Series is the best! The format and drama is exceptional! I would say the same about the final 8-team stage as well but the Super Regionals...meh. Best of 3 is boring. Imagine the excitement of Major League Baseball if they (or any pro sport other than Football) adapted this format? 4-team pods at a host? Unfortunately, it would mean a lot less money in pockets because the stadium would not fill up for a Rockies/Marlins elimination game at PNC Park. But a guy could dream.

But back to college: What if we did 4-team Super Regional pods. 4 of them...winner advances automatically...and then the 2 teams with a win play-off in a 1-game winner takes all, secondary bid to the final-8.

+ Did you see the UCLA comeback against VT?

+ There are 3800+ listings in my eBay Baseball Card Store. Only Baseball Cards. Support the Cube. Buy a card of your favorite player!

+ The 2026 MLB Draft is approaching. Did you know the TBC Data Store has products related to the draft? In fact, there are pre-packaged datasets for all sorts of topics! Although I used the word pre-packaged, they are all re-processed at the time of purchase to ensure most up-to-date is sent along.

+ Added 2026 World Baseball Classic Information to the Notes section for participants in 4 different categories. Players. Managers. Coaches. Pitcher Pool. Player Notes appear in the middle of each player page.

+ Added scans for the 2026 Topps Heritage baseball card set. This year's Heritage set is based on the 1977 Topps card design. The set is 400 cards for the first issue and there will likely be a high numbers release later in the year. The set typically has short prints bundled together in a 100-card range, usually in a 500-card set but this year, the Short Prints are scattered throughout the set. Owen Caissie has 2 identical cards in the set, with different card numbers. 1 of which is a short print. Very odd. Personally, I'm looking forward to the 2027 set which will be based on the 1978 Topps set which is the first set that I ever started collecting. From there, I'll like try to complete the set each year.

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+ A new TBC PREMIUM feature: You can now merge Summer League Stats into the regular season player stats grid. You can do this through the "Site Options" section of the accounts page. You can toggle "Yes" for merge and "No" for leave them out. The College Summer League stats will continue to appear in the "Other" stat grids.

This was from a user suggestion. Please let me know if you have any others!

+ Added 2026 Spring Training statistics to the site. Includes standings (who cares) and stats for all teams in the prickly Cactus League and the sour Grapefruit League. I don't like Cacti nor do I like Grapefruits. But I do like Spring Training. Spring Stats are available since 2006. You can buy them if you want.

+ Also added 2026 coaching staffs for the Complex Leagues. Arizona Complex League (ACL) and the Florida Complex League (FCL).

> And just like that, in the blink of an eye, the College Softball season is over. From the March trip to Florida to a 4th place Conference finish to a Conference Championship and then to an East Regional Pod Championship to the Super Regionals. It happened so fast. It was a blur. The juggernaut team who grew so much over the year hit a wall on their way to Nationals. They lost 2 games in extra innings in the best of 3. They clawed and fought for every run and got out of numerous jams. Coaches made a dozen moves each game to maximize winning potential. They tried everything. But in the end, they ran into another juggernaut who refused to lose and the season is over. And so is the kid's college career. It was a great run. 4 years at 2 colleges. 4 conference tournament finals, 3 conference championships, 2 trips to JUCO Nationals and a Regionals and Super Regionals in the NCAA. It wasn't perfect but it was full. It was memorable. And now she starts the transition from college athlete to an open horizon. Its the end of an era for all of us.

There will be some grieving tomorrow when I pick her up. I'll be okay though. I'll just find a Dick's and buy some Bowmans. It will be good.

+ For TBC PREMIUM subscribers ($24/year)... You can now highlight your players on the Daily Newspaper.

Just click the "Highlight my Players" checkbox at the top of the page and voila! All references to your tracked* players will be highlighted in yellow on the page. Now you can scour boxscores with a little bit of help.

*You can track players to see their daily pro stats using the TBC Player Tracker. The Tracker is included with your TBC PREMIUM subscription.

> I spent the last 5 days in the Northeast. The kid is graduating. I was expecting to bring her home. Her college softball career suspected to be over. I brought 5 t-shirts and a collared shirt. 4 pairs of sweatpants and my dockers. A pair of hokas and some stylish brown shoes.

After winning the Conference Championship in dramatic fashion, they qualified for the NCAA D2 East Regional as the 5-seed, in a pool with the 1-seed. Regionals are typically Thursday-Saturday. Graduation was Sunday. WAS is the keyword. New England got rained on hard on Thursday, pushing the tournament to Friday-Sunday. In Iffy weather on Friday, the girls pulled off a 7-1 win against the 4-seed and in beautiful weather on Saturday, took down the 8-seed, also 7-1. They would go directly to the finals. Do not pass graduation. Do not collect a diploma. At least not yet.

The girls agreed before the tournament to miss graduation if necessary. Believe it or not (I couldn't) a past Senior class had decided to forego the regional final to attend their graduation ceremony. A pact was needed to avoid a repeat.

In the Regionals, you get 2 lives if you go direct to the final. We used 1 of them up with a 9-4 loss in the first game on another beautiful day. It was a postage stamp strike zone and our pitchers could not adjust. Many hits. Many runs. Much concern. But then a normal strike zone. The bats came alive. 9-0 win and the school's first ever softball Super Regionals berth and a real chance at the College World Series.

And so Monday was graduation day for the 8 softball seniors. The school did a fantastic job honoring them. The small auditorium was packed with friends and family. The stage was full of school dignitaries. It was a real ceremony. It felt real. And it was mercifully short. It was perhaps more memorable than the mass graduation the prior day.

The plan was to pack the car and bring the kid north. And although we did pack the car with non-essentials, the kid had to stay just a bit longer.

These are the top 50 "active" Major Leaguers with the most career Wins. The list is dynamic and is updated daily during the season. A player is considered active if he has Major League experience in last 2 years and is not labelled as retired.

I'm not on turf. I'm on a corked floor. My chair doesn't have a cup holder and it doesn't fold. I'm in a swivel chair. I'm working. I'm watching my iPad. I'm watching FloSports.

On Thursday, I watched them knock off the top seed. Holding on for a 1-run win after a 6-run lead slowly evaporated. Mayhem ensued along with a trip to the Winner's bracket.
On Friday, I watched them knock off the 2nd seed. Another 1-run game. Mayhem ensued along with a direct route to the finals with 2 lives remaining.
On Saturday, it rained.
On Sunday, I watched them fall behind 4-0 without even a spark of hope. With 1 out in the 7th, the rally started. I watched them earn a walk. A single. Another single. A walk. A run. And then I watched a 2-run single to make it 4-3. No chance. With 2nd and 3rd, the 2nd hitter struck out, bring up a 1st team All-Conference hitter. A masher. A hitter's hitter. With first base open, they did not walk her. They let her hit. I shook my head. An all-rookie freshman on deck. On a 1-2 pitch after 2 swings on wicked changeups, the 3rd hitter hit a no doubter, 3-run homer over the right field fence. The kind of homer that had the on-deck freshman jumping for joy in the frame before the 3rd hitter could even start running. Mayhem ensued unlike I have ever seen. Players sprinted out of the dugout. They jumpred up and down. Everyone hugged everyone. 25 players hugging 24 others. 300 hugs. Coaches ran in from their bases. I watched my daughter jumping for joy. The night before she told me "I want to go to Regionals so bad" And now, she was.

Many softball parents watch their children play at local parks and they enjoy it. Maybe they sneak a drink. Make friends with other parents. Chat and cheer and then go home. And that's great. My softball experience is different. In addition to local and city parks. I've been to the provincial championships in many Montreal area towns. The Eastern Canadian Championships in Cobourg,Ontario. The Canadian Nationals against the best players in the country. Montreal. Fredericton. Beautiful Victoria. Calgary. Saskatoon. I have been to the Canada Cup in Surrey,BC. I attended the Canada Games in Niagara Falls where I witnessed a silver medal, my daughter scoring the 1st run and driving in the 6th of a 6-5 win against powerhouse Ontario in the silver medal game. (We eventually lost to University of Washington pitcher Morgan Reimer in the final).

I have been all over Northern New York to watch her Junior College career. JUCO Nationals in Syracuse where they finished 3rd. I did NOT travel to Tennessee the following year when they earned a 2nd JUCO World Series trip.
I have been to the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament in Pleasantville, New York where my daughter lost in the finals. No regionals.

I skipped the Conference Tournament this year since it was already scratched off my bucket list. But I will be going to the NCAA East Regional in New Hampshire in 2 days.

I have watched my daughter play in Florida, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts and Vermont. British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. And of course, also at the local park in my local town behind the local grocery store.

This will be my last hurrah as a Softball parent for my undersized Senior. My little 65-hit, 60-run daughter with sneaky power. I will soon go back to just being a parent.... but ... that's ONLY if they don't win Regionals. Because if they win...(Don't tell my wife I said this) I have never been to a SUPER REGIONAL. And if they win that? (And for sure don't tell my wife I said THIS) I have never been to the NCAA D2 Women's College World Series.