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Mike Axisa

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I write about baseball at CBS Sports. https://linktr.ee/mikeaxisa

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01.03.2026 20:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The team in blue is getting caved in but still has a chance because of their goalie? Nice of them to put the last 20 years of Rangers hockey on the global stage.

22.02.2026 15:15 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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weird

20.02.2026 18:17 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2

Already sick of MLBtv commercials.

20.02.2026 18:04 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 6    📌 0

You're a great friend and I wish you well, even if you did just increase my workload by 33%.

18.02.2026 15:52 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Jose Alvarado can stay.

12.02.2026 02:44 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hell yeah

09.02.2026 03:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I feel like I've seen these same exact renderings for a new Rays park a dozen times in the last 20 years.

05.02.2026 16:16 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Gave Drury way too much credit lol

04.02.2026 20:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Can't wait for the Rangers to trade Panarin for a late first round pick and a fourth liner they immediately sign to a three-year extension.

31.01.2026 22:53 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

I know it's a new front office, but trading for Gore as part of the rebuild and then trading him away as part of the same rebuild 3.5 years later is rough.

22.01.2026 20:45 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

How else can the Brewers get a shortstop who can replace the shortstop they got the last time they traded their ace two years ago?

22.01.2026 04:16 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Challenging a call up 48 with six minutes left should get a technical

22.01.2026 02:34 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I hope Drury steps in a puddle and has wet socks and shoelaces every day until they get a new GM. What a disaster he has been. He was supposed to take them out of the last rebuild and now he gets to start a new one four years later?

16.01.2026 21:12 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 2

It's at least a little funny the Mets said they wanted to improve their defense, and then signing Bo Bichette and Jorge Polanco so they can play them out of position.

16.01.2026 17:14 — 👍 25    🔁 5    💬 4    📌 0
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Baseball Hall of Fame: Mike Axisa breaks down his ballot CBS Sports' Mike Axisa breaks down his selections for Cooperstown

Voted for some Hall of Famers www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/202...

15.01.2026 16:56 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 4

I think the Angels ate around $68M to dump Josh Hamilton.

13.01.2026 20:57 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nico Hoerner trade rumors: Why the Cubs infielder is drawing so much interest Plus, which teams could be possible landing spots for the Gold Glove winner?

Wrote about Nico Hoerner. He's really good and the Cubs would be dumb to trade him, but they might as well listen because you never know when you'll get Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano. www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/nic...

13.01.2026 20:07 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Tarik Skubal vs. the Tigers: What to know about star pitcher's contract dispute The Tigers and their star pitcher failed to agree to 2026 salary figure ahead of Thursday's deadline

Tried to make sense of the Tarik Skubal arbitration stuff. www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/tar...

09.01.2026 18:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

MLB umpires are great at their jobs and if you replaced the 70-something full-time umps with the next best 70-something umps, you would definitely notice the drop in quality.

06.01.2026 17:37 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

The Pirates should give the Red Sox a call and see how low they're willing to sell on Triston Casas.

22.12.2025 01:36 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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This is on top of Yankees and Mets, who I have to watch on cable. It is ... a lot of baseball.

18.12.2025 16:18 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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a man in a new york jersey holds a microphone in front of a crowd ALT: a man in a new york jersey holds a microphone in front of a crowd
17.12.2025 04:09 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The basketball is very good.

17.12.2025 03:53 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I have written a book! It is available for sale now. It's a bunch of fun discussions about the leadoff man, including interviews with big names (Johnny Damon, Joe Mauer, John Smoltz, Mookie Betts, Kyle Schwarber and more), fun stories, best moments and, of course, rankings. Pick one up!

07.12.2025 19:17 — 👍 40    🔁 16    💬 4    📌 7

Price of sand must've gone up.

27.11.2025 20:11 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I know the Rays never lose trades, but the Blake Snell deal is a great big yikes.

05.11.2025 20:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1