The Black Baseball Mixtape

Finish Your Breakfast (4.20.2026): The Mets have dropped 11 in a row. The Phillies are off to their worst start since 2015. Judge and Rice are making home run history in the Bronx. Shohei keeps getting on base. Mason Miller cannot be hit, really. And, the Seattle Steelheads got a win at home—all of that and more on your daily dose of Black baseball news and highlights. Finish Your Breakfast.

Finish Your Breakfast (4.19.2026): The Padres are set to get new leadership, and with that leadership, history will be made. If the Padres sell to José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones, Feliciano will join the Angels’ Arte Moreno as the second Latino majority owner of an MLB franchise, and Jones will be the first African-American woman to be majority owner of an MLB franchise. $3.9 billion is a lot of money, but oftentimes, minorities have to overpay to break the good old network that has excluded our community for far too long. I will be watching these developments closely.

Finish Your Breakfast (4.18.2026): RIP to Angels legend Garret Anderson. On Friday night, the Braves' Dom Smith and Mike Harris hit homers in a win. The Nationals'' Daylen Lile and James Wood hit home runs in a loss. The Cards Jordan Walker and Masyn Winn help their club beat the Astros. And Jeremiah Jackson is going on his way to joining Jo Adell in the FYB HOF. All of that AND the Black Baseball Mixtape Substack is number #98 in rising sports!

Finish Your Breakfast (4.17.2026): Trout and Judge finished their epic series in the Bronx. I believe the final count was 22 home runs between the Yankees and Angels in four games. Trout had 5 HR and 9 RBIs. Judge had 4 HRs and 5 RBIs. Jo Adell hit the big one yesterday, a grand slam in the eight inning. Angels won the game and tied the series. And, Jo Adell’s three-home run-robbing glove is going to Cooperstown. All of that and more on FYB.

Finish Your Breakfast (4.16.2026): A celebration of the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson. A full slate of games, and they did not disappoint. We had walk-offs in the Bronx and San Diego. Mike Trout and Aaron Judge are putting on a show. Jeremiah Jackson (O’s) and Drake Baldwin (Braves) are staying hot. And much more on this episode of FYB. Your daily dose of Black baseball news and highlights.

Happy Jackie Robinson Day! There is a lot to cover this morning, and we have to start with the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats. The top-ranked team in the SWAC has once again pulled a mid-week miracle, upsetting #20 Florida in Gainesville. I can’t remember the last time an HBCU baseball team upset two ranked SEC teams in the same season. Congrats to BCU. I have to give love to the UCLA Bruins. The #1 team in the country debuted their Jackie Robinson uniforms last night at Jackie Robinson Stadium. They put their 27-game win streak on the line and were upset by UCSB 4-0. A tough loss for the Bruins. All of that, and the Black baseball highlights from last night’s MLB action. Finish your Breakfast.

Last week, MLB released new diversity data. The data tells an evolving story, one that can foster confidence in future growth. The data showed 64 American-Born Black players out of 948 players on the ‘26 active rosters and injured list. That is 6.8%. That percentage is an increase from 2024 to 2025. The increase is the first consecutive two-year increase in 20 years. Why is this happening? Why is this happening now? I believe the combination of top-level grassroots activism, in partnership with MLB programs, has unlocked participation, targeted identification, and training to help our young people succeed at the highest levels. There is no single answer, but a combination of factors.

There is no other way to say it, Mixtape family showed out on Monday. Judge and Grisham hit two home runs for the Yankees. They beat the Angels 11-10. Jeremiah Jackson hit two home runs in the O's come-from-behind victory against the DBacks. Josh Naylor hit two home runs (5 RBIs) in the Mariners' win over the Astros. Lawrence Butler saved a home run, then hit one against the Rangers. CJ Abrams took Paul Skense over the wall. And Byron Buxton became the all-time home run leader at Target Field. All of that and more on this episode of FYB.

On this episode of the Black Baseball Mixtape podcast, the crew discusses MLB parity, new City Connect jerseys, and key early-season call-ups. Cheats ask the crew, who would you rather have for the next five years: Xavier Edwards or Chandler Simpson, and the emergence of Jordan Walker is analyzed. All of that and more on this episode of the Black Baseball Mixtape podcast.

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Finish Your Breakfast (4.13.2026): Jordan Walker is on FIRE. He hit his MLB-leading seventh home run yesterday. The Cards lost to the Sox 9-3. Dom Smith hit his third homer of the season. The Braves beat the Guardians on Sunday night baseball, 13-1. The Nationals swept the Brewers over the weekend. James Wood homered in the Nats 8-6 win. The American League is pretty even across the board. The best records in the AL are 9-7 (Twins and Guardians), and the worst records are 6-10 (Astros and White Sox); only a three-game difference. Speaking of the Twins, Taj Bradley has been amazing this season. Last night he got his third win of the season. Twins beat the Jays 8-2. Congrats to Rays prospect Xavier Isaac; first home run since returning from brain surgery last November.