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Sunday May 31 2026
+ 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.
Tuesday May 26 2026
+ 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.

View all of our Baseball Card sets.
Also, Visit my eBay store!

+ 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!
Saturday May 23 2026
+ 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.

Tuesday May 19 2026
+ 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.
Friday May 15 2026
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.
playeragestatuscurrent teamw
Justin Verlander43.104IL-60DET266
Max Scherzer41.312IL-15TOR222
Gerrit Cole35.269ActiveNYA154
Chris Sale37.066ActiveATL153
Charlie Morton42.204Free Agt147
Sonny Gray36.209ActiveBOS131
Zack Wheeler36.005ActivePHI117
Kevin Gausman35.149ActiveTOR116
Yu Darvish39.292RestrSDN115
Michael Wacha34.338ActiveKCA115
Jose Quintana37.131IL-60COL115
Carlos Carrasco39.075ActiveATL112
Kyle Gibson38.224Free Agt112
Patrick Corbin36.320ActiveTOR112
Aaron Nola33.000ActivePHI112
Wade Miley39.203Free Agt109
Jose Berrios32.008IL-60TOR108
Nathan Eovaldi36.111ActiveTEX107
Kyle Hendricks36.179Free Agt105
Jacob deGrom37.350ActiveTEX100
Eduardo Rodriguez33.058ActiveARI99
Max Fried32.137IL-15NYA96
Martin Perez35.061ActiveATL94
Carlos Rodon33.176ActiveNYA94
Robbie Ray34.246ActiveSFN91
Rich Hill46.085Free Agt90
Marcus Stroman35.034Free Agt90
Chris Bassitt37.102ActiveBAL87
Luis Castillo33.174ActiveSEA86
Jameson Taillon34.198ActiveCHN84
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Tuesday May 12 2026
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.


Friday May 01 2026
+ If you don't scan the TBC Daily Newspaper, you're missing out. Its a scoreboard summary of the past day in baseball, complete with standings, boxscores, leaderboards, transactions and much more! Hundreds of people visit the Newspaper daily, including me.

Because of that, I'd like to continue to enhance this page for you all. Y'all. This morning's newspaper now has Daily Saves to go along with Daily Homers, Steals and Wins. This is a quick summary of players who homered, stole or was credited with a win. It lists the # for the day, their season total and their career total. The list is sorted by career total. So now you can add saves. Someone made this suggestion by email. I love suggestions. They make life easier for me. I don't have to think. I just do. I can't get inspired on cue. My brain makes that decision for me. A suggestion means I don't have to wait for the brain to be inspired. Annnnywwwwaaayyyysss.

+ The TBC Player Tracker email is an add-on to your TBC PREMIUM Subscription. The Tracker lets you track up to 200 mlb/milb players and their stats from the prior day. Its "pull" though. You login and get the stats. The email is a "push". I mean, technically, you have to go to your email but your Aunt Martha usually emails you anyways so you'll be in there each morning to read those long emails.

The price of the email has dropped from $50 to $25. The high price had to do with the amount of technical issues that arose from emails not getting sent or what-have-you. But its stable(r) now. Imagine waking up each morning with your coffee and getting an email with a list of your favorite players and how they did the prior day.

You can add the email from your Accounts page.

+ Speaking of payments, I modified the payment system so that you can pay for services through credit card. It still uses PayPal technology but you don't have to go through a PayPal account. I think this is good news. I think its good news for me, at the very least. There should be less abandoned carts I would presume. Assume. Surmise.

+ My card store continues to grow. 3,273 listings as of this moment. I make several sales per day. I send the cards out within a day. I get excited. I have a system. Its fun.

I find it amusing how I receive offers from people on low-end cards and we haggle back and forth over a 25-cent difference. He offers $1 on a $1.50 card and I say nay-nay. I ask for $1.35. To tell him I hold the card in higher value and am willing to not sell the card to him. He comes back at $1.20 and I think, you couldn't even get to $1.25? And so I decline. I guess its all about principle an card-flipping but at this price point... its amusing.

+ Did you know you could view Opening Day Lineups for each team throughout the years? Here's 2021
Tuesday April 28 2026
> I'm on turf. Nestled between 2 posts holding up the outfield fence. Blue solo cups pressed into fence slightly to my right in the shape of my daughter's uniform number. 7 other numbers line the outfield fence. The sky is clear.

Do we give the flowers now or later? A pitcher's parents have 3 bouquets lying on a bench. "Get the flowers" my wife tells me. "In the car?" "Yes" she replies. Its 11:30am and the ceremony is supposed to start at 11:30am. So I run. We parked far. There are NE10 lacrosse playoff games on campus. Parking was at a premium. I find the car. I open all doors and no flowers. I say a bad word. I call my wife. She doesn't answer. I say 2 bad words. I run to my daughter's dorm, luckily close to the field. I take the stairs 2 at a time. This is why I jog, I tell myself. I'm too old to be doing this yet I am doing it. The flowers are on the table.

I run back to the field. My daughter calls us over and we walk behind the fence to left field and for a minute or two, I'm a left-fielder tracking a tailing liner towards the foul line. When I hit the brown turf of the infield, I feel something inside that my alexithymia only knows as good. I like being on the field. My daughter directs us behind the dugout. "We're first" she says. "My number is the lowest."

And as if they were waiting for me to run down those flowers, the public address announcer begins. He describes my daughter's 2-year career statistically, crafted to maximize impact even though she is struggling in 2026. He lists her Junior College accomplishments. He describes her passion and love for the sport. And then we're walking back onto the field. The young, Female, recently-pregnant Head Coach hugs my daughter. Then my wife. Then me. I'm not a hugger. I was not expecting this. But I'm on camera. Everyone is watching. Autism put aside. "Congratulations" she says. "Congratulations to YOU" I reply with replacement-level smoothness. She hands my daughter a giant frame with a Jersey and her number. Her name in blue below it. Its amazing. "I'm putting this in my office" I say as we walk to take a picture at home plate. "Can I?" She smiles and nods but I know my timing is off and she gets to choose.

We take the picture. I think I smile. And then we walk to an imaginary line that the photographer points us to between the pitching mound and second base.

We wait as the other 7 seniors come out with their families. Some have grandparents. Some have aunts and uncles. Some have boyfriends. Some have brothers and sisters. Some have brothers girlfriends. Everyone has someone. I'm glad for that.

And 20 minutes later, we are walking back to our spot next to the blue solo cups. They announce the starting lineups with my daughter batting 7th and playing first base. A Senior Day privilege. And then they play "Oh Canada" for us. For my daughter. We feel seen and we smile as we stare at the American Flag beyond Centerfield.
Monday April 20 2026
+ I added a new view on the TBC Daily Newspaper page. BUT, its only for TBC PREMIUM subscribers.

So you know how those paper-y newspapers used to include full stats for all teams and you'd eat your Lucky Charms and go team by team, digesting those stats like they too were pink hearts or blue moons... Well, that view was created a few months ago. That's NOT what we're talking about here.

But its similar. Its a view of all Major Leaguers, 24 and under, active in 2026 (or current season) and their MLB stats. Sometimes you just wanna focus on the youngsters right?

+ Baseball Card Collectors, another way to help support TBC is to buy a card (or 6?) from TBC's Baseball Card Store. I got a Konnor Griffin, a red bordered Nick Kurtz, maybe 10 Ohtani's, plus I have an auction for the HOT but injured Trey Yesavage.

I ship next-day and there are more than 3000 cards in the store.

+ Also added a new Baseball Card set. 2026 Topps Series 1 updated. Some good rookies in here. McLean, Misiorowski, Anthony, Tolle, Chandler, Burns, Caglianone and Tong.
Friday April 17 2026
+ Updated the Payrolls and Salaries section with 2026 data. Note that salaries for rostered 2026 players will appear on their player page based on opening day (or first week) rosters. Players who are called up from this point forward may not have their salary added until the end of the season.

+ Thanks to everyone who have signed up to TBC PREMIUM. Subscribers are at a record high!

+ Many subscribers like the Player Tracker feature in PREMIUM which allows you to track daily/season stats for up to 200 players. Did you know that you can also receive the daily stats by email? Did you know that I just lowered the price to $25 (From $50). Yes, a 1-time $25 fee to get the daily email. Valid for the life of your account!

> Please consider checking out my Baseball Card Store on eBay. I have close to 3000 listings and am addicted to the "Your Item Sold" notifications I get throughout the day. I have Rookies, 1nserts, Parallels, Serial Numbered cards, prospects, hall-of-famers, mascots, veterans, base cards and a Gideon's Bakehouse character card. Whatever that is.

Send me offers. Buy a few cards.
Friday April 10 2026
+ Added scans for the 2025 Topps Archives Baseball Card set. Archives highlights current and former players in a 300-card set featuring the design from past Topps sets. In 2025, the 1964, 1996 and 2005 design were reprised. The Baseball Card section now has 26,955 scans spanning 8,122 players.

We also have our own eBay card store with 2846 active listings. I price the cards to move and there is a wide array of players and prices in the store. I focus 100% on baseball and more recent sets.

+ Updated the Minor League Stats Research application with MLB Organization next to each Minor League team name. Requires a TBC PREMIUM subscription.

+ You can watch the new Las Vegas Athletics ballpark being built with their live Construction Cam!

+ Some more fun names in the world of baseball: This guy and this guy. Not to mention This guy.

+ It CANNOT be an accident that the Head Coach of the Xavier baseball team is named Xavier Paul.
Tuesday April 07 2026
+ On the surface, the TBC duck is floating along but below the surface, his little legs are swimming like crazy.

+ Some projects that are ongoing:

- 2026 College Stats and Player Pages. A huge project at this time every year. Getting all college stats added and bridged for the entire College Baseball universe is a large undertaking.
- Creating daily stat feeds for all 2026 College Programs.
- Player attributes for these college players. Added by team.
- TBC cards database updates.
- TBC Card Store individual and set listings.
- 2026 Salaries and opening day Payroll
- 2023 College Games (D1)

+ The TBC Newspaper is active and you should check it out. Really! Its pretty cool. Really!!

+ Also, the TBC Player Tracker might be exactly what you are looking for. OR, you may not even know you were looking for it. It requires a TBC PREMIUM Subscription ($24/year) and I BELIEVE most people sign up for the Tracker. I don't know. I'm guessing. A lot of them do. Some might even just like giving me $24 to say Thank You and they might enjoy surfing the data without the annoying ads. The Tracker groups daily/season stats for your players together. I use it for my card collection. To track prospects and young players to see which players to buy. Others use it to track their clients. Or their fantasy team. They even use the labels feature to split out their teams.

+ There are too many new signups to list here but I'll say a giant THANK YOU to all those who support this site. After 20+ years, its amazing to me that the site is beginning to grow again!

Saturday March 28 2026
+ Small enhancement to the "Season Stats" view in the TBC Player Tracker application.

The daily player tracker lets you see how your tracked players did yesterday in affiliated professional baseball. Additionally, you can see full season stats for any of the last 4 seasons for your 200 players. The default view is current season and players in all leagues. This enhancement allows for filtering on MLB only.

More enhancements to come!

+ Added a link to the TBC Daily Newspaper in the site navigation bar. This allows for quick access (if you didn't already bookmark the page).
Thursday March 26 2026
+ Get your daily baseball summary on the TBC Newspaper page. Eat your breakfast and scroll through the events of the past day, just like you used to do before school while eating your cereal or oatmeal.

Boxscores, Standings, Leaderboards, Transactions and even Birthdays, Milestones and SB/HR/Win Logs. If you're PREMIUM, you can click the Season Stats by Team to get a 1-page view of all player stats for current season.

Bookmark the Newspaper and visit daily and please send me any suggestions to make it better!
Tuesday March 24 2026
+ Added 2026 Minor League Coaching Staffs for all full-season levels. I'll add the short-season staffs a bit later. This is field staff. I typically don't add strength-related coaches since they usually don't have a baseball background as a player.

+ Added MLB Pipeline Top 30s by Team to the Prospects section.

+ Great Baseball Name. Just a great name overall.

+ Thanks to "JP" for renewing their TBC PREMIUM account. Thanks to "TH","BP" and "AE" for signing up to the TBC PREMIUM service. Thanks to "MB" for purchasing the Historical College Stats File.

> I worked from a hospital this week. Not for me. Nothing serious. For an appointment. For my mother. Cataract surgery follow-up. I'm the driver. I'm the Uber. So I'm in the hospital. I'm down the hall from the Optamology waiting room. I cede my place, next to my mother, to an older man standing at a 24 degree angle, as if crouched to face Jacob Misiorowski at American Family Field. I go down the hall. I'm an empty corridor. But I'm' happy. The only thing missing is the baseball field. If I could sit in the bleachers of a baseball field every afternoon, watching ball, getting some web-site work done, I would.

> I worked in a waiting room today at an Opthamology clinic. I had a day-game appointment. I looked smart. Laptop on my bag. My bag on my lap. Jacket on my chair. I had my glasses on. I was focused. I was staring down Jacob Misiorowski at American Family Field. Names are being flung off the walls left and right. French Names. English Names. All kinds of names. We're surrounded by doors. Doctors. Technicians. Janitors maybe? All flinging names into the room. I watch some bounce off the wall and the patient plays it on a hop like it was the Green Monster and takes it to Door #12. I hear my name and she points at me to sit. She tells me it will be a while. They put me with the wrong doctor and changed to my normal doctor. Oh, the cruelty of calling your name only to tell you that they won't be calling your name for a while. "Its your mistake so why do I have to wait" I say. In my head of course. I'm not that guy. So I wait. And the names bounce around me and I watch others catch them. Door #6. Door #3. Door #14. 64% battery usage later, I hear my name flared towards the gap and I sprint over and catch it like a can of corn. I help the man up who I knocked over. I hand him back his cane. I walk to the batters box through door #93? (Is that right??). She tests my visiion. I smile, thank her and prepare to head home but she tells me to go sit in the waiting room again. "You still need to see the Doctor" she reminds me. "Right Skip" I say. Feeling stupid, I go back to my laptop where I always feel smart.