Jeff Passan: ‘Colorado Rockies have the disease of complacency’
"They are just an organization that is a decade plus behind right now."
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Boomer Esiason wrongly suggests Juan Soto doesn’t fly with Mets to road games
"He and his family can get on the private jet and go up to Boston."
David Samson accuses Jeff Passan of carrying ESPN’s water
"Being an insider doesn't make you a journalist."
Jeff Passan explains why MLB is likely rooting against the Dodgers
"It's only going to potentially make those calls for a salary cap that much louder."
Jeff Passan: Major League Baseball ‘dropped the ball’ on recent national TV deals
Passan believes MLB may be have devalued its own product with recent deals with Peacock and Roku.
Jeff Passan warns against erasing Jackie Robinson: ‘That’s the kind of history we should protect’
Passan called on everyone to protect and preserve the truth of what Jackie Robinson stood for.
Jeff Passan is on a mission to show MLB fans why the Pittsburgh Pirates are a problem
Jeff Passan on DOD’s removal of Jackie Robinson story: ‘It felt like they told on themselves’
"I thought we all agreed that Jackie Robinson's an American hero."
Department of Defense restores Jackie Robinson article after public pressure from ESPN’s Jeff Passan
The Pentagon declined to say whether the article was taken down deliberately or mistakenly.
Jeff Passan calls out Yankees’ lack of spending: ‘When have they ever played third fiddle?’
"If a luxury tax threshold is impeding them, that says more about where they are than it does the luxury tax itself."
Fan trolls cousin by wrapping Jeff Passan’s Soto-Mets tweet
Fan @wunnaworld trolled his Yankees-loving cousin by including a Jeff Passan Soto-to-the-Mets tweet with a wrapped Jeter shirt.
Buster Olney, Jeff Passan ridicule Mets’ Juan Soto deal: ‘An exceptional overpay’
"It is an exceptional overpay."
ESPN’s Jeff Passan shoots down false Juan Soto-Red Sox reports
"I am thankful for reporters who don’t make up stories."
Jeff Passan: Yankees-Dodgers World Series will show national ceiling for MLB audience
"A litmus test for how big Major League Baseball's national audience actually can get."
Jeff Passan’s call for classic MLB radio calls drew overwhelming response
"Howie Rose’s call last night got me thinking about how cool it would be to have a thread with all the great baseball radio calls."
Jeff Passan named as candidate to replace Adrian Wojnarowski at ESPN
Passan could make the shift over to being an NBA insider at ESPN in light of Adrian Wojnarowski's departure.
Jeff Passan: MLB needs to stop making it so ‘difficult’ to watch games
"It's a shame how difficult it is for consumers to access a product. And when that product is literally everything you have, what does that say about the way you're treating the fan?"
National media angry, nostalgic after Athletics’ finale in Oakland
"Shame on you MLB, all the owners, the Athletics and most of all John Fisher and Rob Manfred."
ESPN MLB insiders Jeff Passan, Buster Olney blast MLB for ‘debacle’ of Athletics leaving Oakland
"John Fisher didn't have to move this team. MLB and its owners didn't need to be complicit in it. This was a choice. A wrong one. History will sneer."
Adam Schefter reacts to Adrian Wojnarowski’s retirement: ‘He wanted his life back’
"He didn't want to have to...take your phone with you to the urinal and hold it in one hand while you take care of your business in the other."
ESPN launches special ‘Baseball Tonight’ episodes on playoff chases
The shows will also have the opportunity to cut in for at-bats by Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani in their pursuit of history.
Jeff Passan’s White Sox cold take goes viral: ‘Of course, this is baseball’
"If everything falls right, this has a chance to be a sustained run for the White Sox."
Jeff Passan makes astute point about MLB prospect rankings around trade deadline
Jeff Passan pays touching tribute to late father
Rich Passan was a Cleveland sports journalist with a long and colorful career.