Nats Owner Lerner: “We Really Can Only Afford To Have One Of” Rendon Or Strasburg Nationals principal owner Mark Lerner expressed doubt about his franchise’s ability to re-sign both Anthony Rendon and Stephen Strasburg this offseason, as Lerner told NBC Sports Washington’s Donald Dell. (Todd Dybas of NBC Sports Washington has early details about the…
DetailsSK Wyverns Posts Lefty Kwang-hyun Kim TODAY: Kim’s official posting period begins tomorrow morning and ends at 4pm CT on January 5, as per Yoo’s latest report. The delay in Kim’s posting was due to some extra medical documentation that the KBO had to submit to Major League Baseball. NOV. 28: The KBO has officially…
DetailsFeeding key Gerrit Cole hunger could mean everything for Yankees Money still talks the loudest. Andy Pettitte spoke emotionally about what it means to be a Yankee. CC Sabathia plans on talking about the benefits of pitching in The Bronx and emphasizing there always is a chance to win. Yet, there is another area that…
DetailsThe other area Steve Cohen will help Mets catch up to Yankees Those who know and have worked with Steve Cohen describe a brilliant mind. That he has the ability not only to look at six or seven screens simultaneously and absorb all the information racing across, but that he can quickly assess how his…
DetailsOrioles Notes: Gonzalez, Adeiny, Infielders The latest from Baltimore…. Fredi Gonzalez has been hired to join the Orioles’ coaching staff, the Baltimore Sun’s Jon Meoli reports. Gonzalez will work in the general role of Major League coach; as Meoli puts it, “González will influence several areas of the Orioles while sharing some responsibilities with major…
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Connecticut Tigers rebrand It’s clearly that time of the year again. The Connecticut Tigers are the third team this offseason to rebrand. Tonight the club unveiled its new name and new logos. From now on the Connecticut Tigers will be known as Norfolk Sea Unicorns. Sea Unicorn refers to a Narwhal, a whale species, that…
DetailsAL Central Notes: Tsutsugo, Lindblom, Royals, Indians Past reports have already linked the Blue Jays and Marlins to Yoshitomo Tsutsugo’s market, and now MLB.com’s Jon Morosi tweets that three AL Central teams are also in the mix. The White Sox, Tigers, and Twins all have some interest in the Japanese slugger, who has hit 185…
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Only 7 clubs in Serie A1 for now Late October, the FIBS (Italian Baseball and Softball Federation) announced a new plan in which the Serie A1 would grow from seven clubs (after Rimini withdraw before the start of the 2019 season) to twelve. But yesterday the federation announced the names of the clubs for the…
DetailsLegends of the Deep: Sea Unicorns emerge The Detroit Tigers’ Class A Short Season affiliate is now known as the Norwich Sea Unicorns. MiLB.com’s Ben Hill has the details on this mythical seafaring New York-Penn League entity. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20191205&content_id=312063120&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsRangers Sign Nick Ciuffo, Wei-Chieh Huang To Minors Deals The Rangers announced that catcher Nick Ciuffo and right-hander Wei-Chieh Huang have been signed to minor league contracts. The two players and utilityman Rob Refsnyder (whose signing was reported last week) will all receive invites to the big league Spring Training camp. Chosen 21st overall by…
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