Fauci “Would Avoid” Late-October Baseball As if the already convoluted 2020 season bargaining situation needed further complication, another potential curveball was spun this evening. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, tells Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times that playing baseball in the month of October may…
DetailsUndrafted Free Agent Signings: 6/16/20 This year’s five-round draft left a lot of deserving players looking for deals on the open market. Here’s a roundup of some of the many recent undrafted players who have reached agreements with MLB organizations: White Sox (link) Ty Madrigal, LHP, St. Mary’s Rangers (link) Fernando Amaro, C, HS (PR) Nick…
DetailsRotational Acceleration, Sequencing, and the Swing Bat speed and attack angle get the most attention of the bat sensor metrics (as they should). Still, rotational acceleration can also give a coach valuable insight into a hitter’s swing. What is Rotational Acceleration? According to Blast Motion, “Rotational Acceleration is a measure of how the hitter accelerates…
DetailsMets’ Marcus Stroman offers to coach Tampa ballplayers during MLB wait Marcus Stroman is already taking a swing at coaching. While MLB owners and players remain at odds amid negotiations to start the 2020 season, the Mets hurler is lending his expertise to young aspiring baseball players. Stroman, who is currently residing in the Tampa…
DetailsMLB stars pressure owners with ‘tell us when and where’ campaign It may be orchestrated. It could be social media momentum. Or, possibly, it is simply players expressing their desire to get back on the field. Whatever the case may be, several of baseball’s big names have taken to Twitter with a simple message: “Tell…
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All The Cardinals’ Post-2020 Payroll Obligations 2020 salary terms still need to be hammered out. But what about what’s owed to players beyond that point? The near-term economic picture remains questionable at best. That’ll make teams all the more cautious with guaranteed future salaries. Every organization has some amount of future cash committed to players,…
DetailsClickhole: An Oral History Of The 1998 Major League Baseball Home Run Chase Bud Selig: It was a tight race. Every time McGwire hit a home run, Sosa would hit one right back. Tony La Russa: Sometimes, McGwire would hit a home run, and when he finished rounding the bases, a fist would punch through…
DetailsMike McCormick, former Giant and Yankee, dies at 81 Mike McCormick, a Cy Young winner and four-time All Star with the Giants who also briefly played for the Yankees, died Saturday after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease, the Giants announced. McCormick was 81 years old. The lefthander had a 16-year career in the big…
DetailsPirates, 2nd-Rounder Jared Jones Agree To Deal The Pirates have agreed to terms with second-round pick Jared Jones, Kevin Gorman of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review was among those to report. Financial details of the deal aren’t known yet, but Jones’ pick, No. 44, comes with a recommended slot value of $1,689,500. The Pirates are fifth in…
DetailsMike McCormick, former Cy Young winner, dead at 81 CORNELIUS, N.C. — Longtime Giants pitcher Mike McCormick, who won the Cy Young Award in 1967, has died. He was 81. The Giants say McCormick died Saturday at his home in North Carolina after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. McCormick played 16 years in the…
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