Matt Schlichting

3 weeks ago | coveringthecorner.com | Matt Schlichting

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images “Sinker. Two-Seamer. Whatever.”Not so fast my friend. I am making a solem declaration on behalf of interested baseball nuts everywhere. The sinker and the two-seamer are not the same pitch. You might as well say that a cutter and a slider are the same thing, and some folks do. It’s a lot more complicated than that, and I want to key in on Logan Allen in order to explain. First, let’s consider Quincy Wheeler’s own musings from a few days ago.

1 month ago | coveringthecorner.com | Matt Schlichting

David Richard-Imagn Images Gabriel Arias showed signs of promise like this before. I’ve never quite believed in him long-term because he never quite seems to sustain the form. Let’s reset before we move forward. Nothing about the above is meant to be an insult to his abilities, his approach to the game, his demeanor, his overall quality and value as a human being, all that stuff.

1 month ago | coveringthecorner.com | Matt Schlichting

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images My fellow Guardians Fans,Good evening. Whatever type of winter you endured we finally arrived at the beginning of the Major League Baseball season. As of this typing there are two regular season games under our belts; both were a lot of fun. You can’t ask for more from baseball as a fan. Fun. Give us the fun. We want the fun. Gotta have the fun. The return of baseball and peak March Madness always feels like an inflection point in the year for me.

2 months ago | coveringthecorner.com | Matt Schlichting

Gary Cosby Jr. via Imagn Content Services, LLC It is the time of Spring Training when people begin to think they know the outline of a team, who the top performers will become, and how the season might go. It happens every year. This isn’t meant to be any kind of judgment or comment or snark, what have you. There just aren’t many things you can take for granted, and especially not elbow health.

2 months ago | coveringthecorner.com | Matt Schlichting

Ken Blaze-Imagn Images A long winter of predictions and projections draws to a close as the 2025 Major League Baseball season approaches. Are you excited? I am excited. Yesterday, I stared into the mirror and said, “Fuck yeah. Baseball.” There is never any telling what Cleveland baseball shall bring us. For me, that is much of the excitement.