San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Vasquez pumps his fist as he comes off the field during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, 28, 2026, in San Diego. AP “Hey Stitches! Welcome back! Hope you had a great offseason. No longer an NYP subscriber rather I am now a subscriber to our local California Post.
“2026 World Series pick. Dodgers over the Yankees in five.”
That other Southern California team, the Padres, are at Fenway this weekend.
Randy Vásquez limited Detroit to two hits and beat the Tigers.
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Southpaw Connelly Early starts for the Red Sox on Saturday. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Counted on the Cards to get us back on track, but all game they looked like they weren’t playing with a full deck.
That may have had something to do with Framber Valdez.
The Tiger tossed six shutout innings. Micheal McGreevy, who no-hit the Rays for six innings in his last start, coughed up three runs on seven hits over 4 ²/₃ innings, and the Cats swallowed the Redbirds, 4-0.
For the first time this season, we are in negative territory.
The one and only Stitches has been handicapping baseball, daily, for the Post since 2019. Miraculously, he has finished in the black twice. But wait there’s more. He showed his versatility by winning the Post’s NFL Best Bet crown last year.
