Author: Shawn Flynn

Long Time Royal Hosmer Heading to San Diego Former Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer and the San Diego Padres have reportedly agreed to terms on a long term deal. News broke on Saturday night that Hosmer and the Padres worked out an eight-year $144 million deal. Hosmer would make $20 million per year through the first five years with an option to opt out after five years. The final three years he would earn $13 million per year. Hosmer spent all seven of his MLB seasons in Kansas City. In addition to solid career numbers (0.284 average 127…

Twins Bolster Staff in Trade with Tampa Bay Right-handed pitcher Jake Odorizzi was traded by the Tampa Bay Rays to the Minnesota Twins late Saturday night. In exchange, the Rays received minor league shortstop prospect Jermaine Palacios. Odorizzi, who made his MLB debut in 2012 with the Kansas City Royals, has spent the last five seasons with the Rays. In 28 starts with the Rays in 2017, Odorizzi went 10-8 while posting an ERA of 4.14. He has a 40-38 career record with a 3.83 ERA with 643 strikeouts. The 27-year-old will make his return to the AL Central this…

The NFL’s Winter Olympians After the Opening Ceremonies on Thursday night, the 2018 Winter Olympics are officially under way. South Korea has the distinct honor in hosting the XXIII Olympic Winter Games with 2,920 athletes from 92 different countries participating in 102 events. Coverage for this year’s games is being provided by FlurrySports, of course, including a continually-updated medal count. The great allure of the Olympics is the spectacle of watching the world’s greatest athletes compete on the biggest stage. Now, the world’s greatest athletes aren’t relegated to just the Winter Olympics. Some of the world’s finest athletes are found in the National…

Cubs Land Darvish Days Before Pitchers and Catchers Report The wait, it seems, is finally over. Reports broke on Saturday that Yu Darvish is set to sign a six-year deal with the Chicago Cubs good for $126 million and up to $150 million through incentives, pending a physical. The 31-year-old made his MLB debut in 2012 with the Texas Rangers and was with the squad until he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers last year on July 31st. In nine starts with Los Angeles, Darvish was 4-3 with a 3.44 ERA. That’s not to say that the Cubs aren’t…

Top Ten Pro Bowl Performances The Pro Bowl is this Sunday and, let’s face it, fans aren’t exactly gearing up to view every second of it. Players usually lay off a fair amount and defense is virtually nonexistent. Nonetheless, every professional sports league needs an All Star Game, and the Pro Bowl is the second-to-last football game we will have until August. That being said, there have been some great performances in this “meaningless game.” Here are the top ten: 10.) Joe Theismann – 1984 Remember when Joe Theismann was a thing? Your dad probably does. Theismann led the Washington…

NFL Playoffs – Conference Championships Super Bowl LII is only two weeks away. Four teams are still alive in the quest to become the World Champions of the 2017 season. In the National Football Conference, we have two of the league’s top defenses and a pair of backup quarterbacks squaring off for the George Halas Trophy. In the American Football Conference, a perennial contender faces a team that was a perennial laughing stock for the Lamar Hunt Trophy. These are the big games before the biggest game. Conference Championship Sunday is one of the best days of the NFL season,…

NFL Playoffs – Divisional Round The Divisional Round is upon us. Four teams fell short of their championship dreams last weekend. I managed to correctly predict the result of three out of the four Wild Card games last week. You can probably guess which game I got wrong. Who could have anticipated that the Kansas City Chiefs would blow a comfortable lead at halftime to ultimately lose the game? Surely the so-called “expert analysts” over at ESPN, the network that carried that game, would have seen it coming: Wow. Looks like ESPN’s Randy Moss had some kind of insight the other panelists…

NFL Playoffs – Wild Card Round That fabled time is finally here: the NFL Postseason. The field of 32 teams that started the month of August with dreams of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Super Bowl LII has been whittled down to 12. With four of those teams receiving byes, the remaining eight will square off in this weekend’s Wild Card round. Four division champions and four wild card teams in eight win-or-go-home games that will bring us closer to crowning this year’s world champions. Needless to say, this weekend has everything: high-powered offenses, plenty of newcomers, stingy defenses, teams seeking redemption,…

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, it’s not quite Christmas, yet, but the World Series is like Christmas come early for baseball fans. In the first World Series to feature two 100-win teams since 1970, the Dodgers and Astros will be chasing after the Commissioner’s Trophy. Fans are anticipating tonight’s electric Game 2 matchup. Before the first pitch is thrown, let’s take a look back at the five greatest World Series of all time. 5.) 2016 World Series (Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland Indians) Surely this game needs no introduction. Last year’s Fall Classic was one for the…

Astros, Yankees to Battle for AL World Series Berth The stage is finally set for the American League Championship Series. Friday night, the Yankees will travel to Houston to take on the Astros in Game 1 of the ALCS. This best-of-seven series will determine the American League representative in this year’s World Series. With the firepower still remaining in this year’s playoffs, baseball fans should surely expect two entertaining Championship Series and a World Series that could very well go seven games, yet again. Here is how Houston and New York reached the ALCS. Astros Dominate Red Sox, Win DS…