How MLB & The Astros Dug Their Own Hole Fan anger surrounding the Astros cheating scandal has been stoked by the unmitigated heat coming from MLB players. Usually reserved figures (Nick Markakis being the latest) have laid bare their intense anger over the cheating of their peers and the league’s handling of the matter to…
DetailsThe Astros’ clubhouse is in shambles The Astros locker room appears messier than those infamous trash cans. “It’s a (expletive) mess,” an unnamed player told MLB Network of the clubhouse on Tuesday, as the team remains mired in one of the darkest cheating scandals to hit baseball. Count this “mess” as an unofficial punishment for…
DetailsThe Scouting Trail: Opening Weekend 2020 The first week is in the book and our David Seifert and staff have scouting reports on Arizona State, BYU, Cal Poly, Gonzaga, Grand Canyon, Minnesota, Ole Miss, Oregon, Pepperdine and San Diego. Source: https://d1baseball.com/prospects/the-scouting-trail-opening-weekend-2020/
DetailsYankees’ Brett Gardner is ‘sick’ of Astros cheating chatter TAMPA — With the feeling the Astros have received more than enough heat in the last month-plus, Brett Gardner went with his off-speed stuff on Tuesday. The longest-serving Yankee, in his first comments on the illegal sign-stealing scandal that has rocked baseball, held back — while…
DetailsAaron Judge can’t put Astros cheating behind him: ‘Bad taste in your mouth’ The Yankees were potentially robbed of two World Series trips in the past three years. Aaron Judge has countless reasons to question whether he rightfully deserved to win the 2017 AL MVP, as runner-up to suspected cheater Jose Altuve. “It doesn’t hold…
DetailsTRAQ Series: Division I Program, College of Central Florida Jeremy Tecktiel, TRAQ Project Manager, caught up with the Assistant Coach and Pitching Coach at the College of Central Florida, Brett Merritt, to talk about how they are using TRAQ at one of the top junior college baseball programs in the country. Shortly after they spoke,…
DetailsGerrit Cole responds to Gleyber Torres’ 2019 Astros allegations TAMPA — Gerrit Cole met Gleyber Torres for the first time Monday, which was the same day the Yankees’ shortstop strongly accused last year’s Astros, which Cole helped pitch to the World Series by beating the Yankees in the ALCS, of cheating. Tuesday the Yankees’ ace…
DetailsOakland Athletics off the radio waves in the Bay Area, commit to A’s Cast stream There will be no Oakland A’s games broadcast over the radio waves in the Bay Area in 2020. Instead, all games will be broadcast on A’s Cast, streamed via TuneIn, the team announced Tuesday. The A’s and KTRB did not…
DetailsRADIO INSIGHT: TuneIn Becomes Oakland Athletics Flagship Broadcaster “The Oakland Athletics are moving their game broadcasts to their “A’s Cast” 24/7 streaming channel on TuneIn. The franchise becomes the first MLB franchise to move to a completely streaming audio platform after spending the 2019 season on Salem Media Conservative Talk “860 The Answer” KTRB San…
DetailsMets’ Seth Lugo breaks toe in hotel accident The Mets bullpen already has its first injury of spring training, though they hope it’s only as small as the body part in question. Seth Lugo has a small fracture in his left pinky toe, manager Luis Rojas said Tuesday. The reliever suffered the injury by hitting…
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