The Houston Astros Still Have More Pitchers Than Your Favorite Team – The Ringer The Astros front office has set themselves up for a sustained run. It’s not easy to stock your farm system while winning. As difficult as that is, the toughest thing to do, however, is being disciplined enough not to trade your…
DetailsStark: Everybody’s out to get 30-something baseball players these days — even Alexa – The Athletic Wonderful article by Jayson Stark.So is that true, that no one really knows? Here’s the tricky part of this: No one knows for sure when any individual player will peak and decline, because, from Hank Aaron to Tom Brady…
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The Washington Nationals Take a Sipp On Wednesday, the Washington Nationals dipped into the leftovers pile of free agency and came away with lefty reliever Tony Sipp, formerly of the Houston Astros, who signed a one-year, $1.25 million deal, with a $2.5 million mutual option for 2020. Sipp spent five seasons with Houston, originally joining…
DetailsUninspired and Uninspiring Give My Regards to Broad Street. Ring a bell? It was big box office flop, brought to us by Paul McCartney in 1984. As much as a fan I was (and still am), I didn’t have the nerve to see it then. Never have. I do have the soundtrack though. There are…
DetailsNats’ Garcia reassigned to Minors camp After going 6-for-19 with two walks, two RBIs and seven runs scored this Spring Training, the Nationals reassigned No. 3 prospect Luis Garcia to Minor League camp Wednesday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190313&content_id=305152400&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsMLB’s Lineup Decision Kicks off New Era in Baseball Betting Late last year, Major League Baseball entered into a contract with MGM Resorts International to become the league’s official gaming and entertainment partner. Now we have the first significant change to the game as a result of that partnership. In a move Major League Baseball…
DetailsJays’ Groshans hopes to follow familiar path For No. 6 Blue Jays prospect Jordan Groshans, there are plenty of infielders to look up to in the farm system. Entering his first full season, all involved hope he can be the club’s next big thing on the dirt. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190313&content_id=305115684&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsYankees Buy Back YES and Bring Along Amazon and Sinclair With 80% of the YES Network up for sale, the New York Yankees have formed an ownership group that will give the club a majority interest in the network. The deal is valued at $3.47 billion, more than four times the network’s estimated value when…
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 3-13-2019 Washington Times, March 13, 1919:Fred Harveycutter, a Washington fan, accompanies the Griffmen to Augusta [for Spring Training]. Fred is a great buttermilk fiend and admits that Augusta provides the best buttermilk in the United States. When not loading up on his favorite article of liquid food, he…
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