Alford, Bichette power Blue Jays to victory Anthony Alford and Bo Bichette combined to hit three homers as the Blue Jays bashed the Pirates, 11-0, on Friday afternoon in split-squad action. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190308&content_id=304946108&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsSEASON IN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION HELPED CHAZ ROE THRIVE IN MAJOR LEAGUES By Bob Wirz It was anything but easy, but Chaz Roe is now one of the American Association graduates who seems firmly established in the major leagues. The 6-foot-5 right-hander already had seven professional seasons under his belt before he needed to get a…
DetailsMLB’s radical rule experiments go beyond robot umps Welcome to a league where robotic umpires aren’t even the most controversial change. Major League Baseball and the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball announced Friday that in addition to home plate umpires being assisted by a radar tracking system, the minor league will also experiment with several…
DetailsInside Mets’ Tom Seaver plans that started years ago PORT ST. LUCIE — Tom Seaver will be honored in multiple ways by the Mets, and one of those ways under consideration is a statue of Hall of Famer Tom Terrific. The Mets have had conversations with the Seaver family and the Hall of Fame pitcher…
DetailsHow Manny Machado is handling the ‘villain’ role he doesn’t understand PEORIA, Az. — He knows he is viewed as a “villain.” Manny Machado brings up the word to describe himself. Admits to acts and words that even he terms regrettable. Yet, Machado insists he does not see winding up where no one could have…
DetailsPadres’ Kirby Yates: How lost Yankees season resurrected my career In Yankees history, the 2016 season goes down as a ground floor of sorts. Gary Sanchez exploded onto the scene. Aaron Judge went deep in his very first big-league at-bat, then struggled. Clint Frazier and Gleyber Torres arrived in the Yankees organization via rare selloff…
DetailsSix Degrees of Smoky Burgess During a recent trip to Cooperstown, my son, Dylan, purchased a mystery grab-bag at a card shop. Amongst other cards, the bag contained 17 “well loved” ’65 Topps. Knowing I would enjoy the vintage cards, he gave me the lot. I decided to see if I could take this random…
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2019 Staff Pick’em: Week Four Another huge week of college baseball action is here, and thee D1Baseball staff makes their bold predictions for the weekend. Source: https://d1baseball.com/analysis/2019-staff-pickem-week-four/
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Driveline Baseball Podcast- EP. 18 Driveline Baseball Podcast Episode 18: On this episode of the Driveline Baseball Podcast Mike and Kyle are joined by Pitching Coordinator Eric Jagers and Former Director of Pitching Matt Daniels who is now the Coordinator of Pitching Analysis for the San Francisco Giants. Matt and Eric join the show to further a…
DetailsFanGraphs Scottsdale Meetup: Tonight! FanGraphs is headed to Arizona for spring training, and we want to share a few drinks and some baseball talk with our readers. So come join us today, Friday, March 8 from 7 to 10 pm at the Two Brothers Scottsdale Tap House & Brewery. We’ve reserved the upstairs loft, and…
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