Mets Sign Ervin Santana The Mets announced Friday that they’ve agreed to terms with right-hander Ervin Santana on a minor league contract. The deal is still pending a physical. Assuming he passes that test, he’d head to Port St. Lucie to begin building his arm back up. More to come. Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/05/mets-sign-ervin-santana.html
DetailsCorey Dickerson To Begin Rehab Assignment The Pirates have been without Corey Dickerson since April 4 due to a shoulder strain, but the outfielder is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Pittsburgh’s Triple-A affiliate this evening, per a team announcement. It’s certainly welcome news for the Pirates, although the Pittsburgh outfield has been surprisingly…
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Gary Sanchez is Killing the Ball The Yankees snuck into first place in the AL East by dint of last weekend’s series win over the Rays, and they’ve since widened their lead to two games by steamrolling the Orioles in Baltimore, bashing 13 home runs during their four-game sweep — four of them by Gleyber…
DetailsThe Team-By-Team Draft Cost of Signing Dallas Keuchel or Craig Kimbrel We don’t know exactly why Dallas Keuchel and Craig Kimbrel didn’t sign with teams during the winter and early spring like the other prominent free agents did. It’s possible that early posturing around large contract demands pushed some teams away and caused them to…
DetailsHot bats, stingy pitchers load Triple-A ballot Voting on the Triple-A All-Star Ballot, presented by the Grilling All-Stars, began Friday and runs through June 21. Send your favorite players to El Paso, Texas! Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190524&content_id=307383208&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsSAL notes: Rockies’ Lavigne remains patient The 42nd overall pick in the 2018 Draft, Rockies prospect Grant Lavigne knows he possesses plenty of power but wants to stay focused on becoming a complete player with the Tourists. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190524&content_id=307390742&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsKiley McDaniel – 5/24/19 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/kiley-mcdaniel-5-24-19/
DetailsStock Report: Friday Morning Postseason Projections & Analysis Alek Manoah and West Virginia moved back into hosting position after taking down Texas Tech on Thursday. Find out how the races for top-eight seeds, hosts and at-large bids are shaping up. Source: https://d1baseball.com/projections/stock-report/stock-report-friday-morning-postseason-projections-analysis/
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 5-24-2019 Pittsburgh Gazette Times, May 24, 1919:Because of the danger of an injury to his hands, Jack Dempsey, who is to meet Jess Willard in a heavyweight championship battle [in Toledo] July 4, probably will drop baseball from his training program. The challenger engaged in a game [yesterday],…
DetailsRoyals Assign Drew Storen To Double-A Drew Storen’s comeback bid took another step forward this week, as the Royals have assigned him to Double-A Northwest Arkansas, per Paul Boyd of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Twitter link). Storen, who signed a minor league contract back in February, opened the season building up arm strength in extended Spring…
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