Blake Treinen and the Dodgers Are a Great Match At the end of 2018, Blake Treinen was riding high. He finished sixth in AL Cy Young voting, a placement befitting his absolutely outrageous season. He threw 80 innings of 0.78 ERA, 1.82 FIP relief, the best relief season by RA9 WAR in the 21st century…
DetailsFree Agent Notes: Keuchel, Cards, Hudson, Nationals, Jays, Porcello, Rondon, Moose, Treinen The Cardinals haven’t checked in on Dallas Keuchel since initially showing interest in the veteran lefty near the start of the offseason, The Athletic’s Mark Saxon reports (subscription required). While president of baseball operations John Mozeliak said told Saxon and other reporters that…
Details2020 CBD TOP 100 COUNTDOWN: 56. TREI CRUZ (RICE) Rice shortstop Trei Cruz has been drafted twice, but he comes back for his junior season and makes… Visit College Baseball Daily for the Full Story Source: http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2019/12/12/2020-cbd-top-100-countdown-56-trei-cruz-rice/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CollegeBaseballDaily+%28College+Baseball+Daily%29
DetailsAstros Notes: Correa, Mets, Toro, Barnes, Dodgers Carlos Correa’s name came up in trade speculation on Tuesday, leading the shortstop to take time out of his honeymoon to call Jeff Luhnow, the Astros general manager told reporters (including MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart). Luhnow told the former Rookie Of The Year to not worry about the reports,…
DetailsRob Manfred: “MiLB owners do not want to negitiate” Yesterday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred took aim at Minor League Baseball owners, saying that they are not willing to negotiate about an acceptable new PBA or upgrade their facilities. In the presented plans, MLB wants to contract 42 MiLB clubs, dissolve rookie ball and A short…
DetailsThe Yankee Death Star Is Back The Yankees are loaded now with players of spellbinding possibility. How far will Aaron Judge or Giancarlo Stanton hit it? Will Aroldis Chapman throw his 100 mile-an-hour fastball or his wipeout slider? How many strikeouts will Cole get tonight? If you love the Yankees, you dream about that stuff.…
DetailsMoonshot: MLB Admits Lower Seam Height Caused The Home Run Surge This content is for Premium, Super-Premium and Premium Monthly members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post Moonshot: MLB Admits Lower Seam Height Caused The Home Run Surge appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/55869/moonshot-mlb-admits-lower-seam-height-caused-the-home-run-surge/
DetailsTransaction Analysis: White Sox Bet On Mazara’s Potential Is Big, Even If The Cost Is Not This content is for Premium, Super-Premium and Premium Monthly members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post Transaction Analysis: White Sox Bet On Mazara’s Potential Is Big, Even If The Cost Is Not appeared first…
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Short Relief: Do Not Question Our Commitment to Sparkle Motion It’s not hyperbolic to say that 2019 has been the most difficult year of my life. I received death and rape threats (even more than usual) because I dared to question the Cubs’ line about Addison Russell. I was in a car accident. A landlord…
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