2020 ZiPS Projections: Miami Marlins After having typically appeared in the hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections have now been released at FanGraphs for eight years. The exercise continues this offseason. Below are the projections for the Miami Marlins. ZiPS Projections 20202019 AL BAL CHW HOU BOS CLE LAA NYY DET…
DetailsJessica Mendoza loses Mets job, ESPN role Trailblazing analyst Jessica Mendoza is out of ESPN’s top booth on “Sunday Night Baseball” and has resigned her position as a special advisor to the Mets. Mendoza had teamed with Alex Rodriguez and play-by-player Matt Vasgersian on what is baseball’s second-most prestigious booth after Fox’s World Series spot.…
DetailsRed Sox planning to make Ron Roenicke next manager Red Sox bench coach Ron Roenicke is expected to be named Boston’s next manager once Major League Baseball concludes its investigation into the organization’s involvement in the sign-stealing scandal, according to the Boston Globe. Roenicke would succeed Boston’s 2018 World Series-winning manager Alex Cora, who was…
DetailsTyler Glasnow On Track For Spring Training After November Wrist Surgery Rays right-hander Tyler Glasnow underwent right wrist surgery in November but is on track to be ready for the beginning of Spring Training, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times tweets. Glasnow underwent a median nerve compression but is already throwing without issue (and…
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Red Sox Reportedly Plan To Name Ron Roenicke Manager 10:57am: Adding another layer of intrigue, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic tweets that the Red Sox also interviewed former Blue Jays manager John Gibbons earlier this week. Gibbons interviewed with the Astros before they hired Dusty Baker as well. 10:47am: The Red Sox issued the following…
Details2020 Preseason Power Rankings: Third Base Vanderbilt’s Austin Martin and Louisville’s Alex Binelas hold down the top two spots in our list of the top 30 third basemen in college baseball heading into 2020. Source: https://d1baseball.com/season-preview/2020-preseason-power-rankings-third-base/
DetailsTwo possible solutions to keep next MLB team from using sign-stealing video Along with “How can we get young people to put down their phones long enough to watch our product?” and “What are we gonna do about the Rays’ location?” a third conundrum has more recently enveloped Major League Baseball: “How can we prevent…
DetailsBlue Jays To Sign Jake Petricka The Blue Jays have agreed to a minor league contract with right-hander Jake Petricka, per Robert Murray (Twitter links). The Platinum Sports client will be in Major League camp on a non-roster invitation to Spring Training. He’d earn $950K if he cracks the MLB roster, Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi adds.…
DetailsWilmer Flores Joins Giants’ Crowded Infield Mix Until last year, Wilmer Flores had spent his entire professional career — from the time that he was signed out of Venezuela on his 16th birthday in 2007 through the ’18 season — with the Mets. After being non-tendered in November 2018, he landed with the Diamondbacks and put…
DetailsRed Sox Planning To Name Ron Roenicke Manager The Red Sox are planning to name bench coach Ron Roenicke as manager, replacing the recently fired Alex Cora, the Boston Globe’s Peter Abraham reports (via Twitter). The Boston organization is waiting for the commissioner’s office to conclude its investigation into the team’s 2018 sign-stealing allegations before…
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