Jim Santora

The finish line is finally in sight. With the 2026 KPSL regular season down to its final handful of series, the playoff picture has begun to take shape. One team has separated itself from the field, five more currently occupy postseason positions, and the Washington Nationals remain very much alive with one final opportunity to crash the party. The St. Louis Cardinals sit atop the KPSL at 56-28, followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers at 43-33, Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies at 47-37,...

Two teams eyeing up a ticket to the KPSL playoffs and this series had all the tension you paid for. For the Rockies, they are on the track for a spot, just the seeding in the question. For the Dbacks, they need wins, period. While they come in 42-38, they still have the Nationals, Padres and yes, even the Phillies with the outside chance to get hot and overtake Arizona if they slip up. So, what happened in the mountains? Game 1 Dbacks 15 Rockies 1 Yes, you read that correctly. The Dbacks put...

The Arizona Diamondbacks are looking for their first trip back to the playoffs since 2021, which was the second of back-to-back championship runs. In their first opportunity in 2020, the Jim Santora run team could not stand up to Mike Amato’s Cincinnati Reds team, which took the title that year. Now it’s 2026, it is a tale of two teams. The Power Rankings and SIMS report had the Reds has a playoff team, while the Dbacks were on the outside of those reports. Then the games get played and...