Nationals Notes: Deadline, Scherzer, Zimmerman The resurgent Nationals have won eight of their past 10 games and reached the .500 mark at 40-40. The Nats’ season looked to be completely unraveling in May, but they’re now within seven games of the division lead and just two and a half games back in the Wild Card…
DetailsProspect Roundup: Games of June 27 Top overall prospect Wander Franco (Rays) hit his first home run for Class A Advanced Charlotte while White Sox prospect Jason Bilous didn’t allow a hit over six innings for Class A Kannapolis. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190628&content_id=308562068&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsBrandon Belt, Bunting Fool Brandon Belt isn’t having a particularly good year. For once, I don’t just mean that his counting numbers are unimpressive; he’s long been a player whose production has outstripped his reputation, as light-slugging first basemen tend to be, and playing in San Francisco’s extreme scoring environment hasn’t helped. From 2012 to…
DetailsFOY Kumar Rocker Leads 2019 Freshman All-Americans Vanderbilt’s Kumar Rocker, the Most Outstanding Player of the College World Series, is the 2019 D1Baseball Freshman of the Year, headlining our Freshman All-America teams. Source: https://d1baseball.com/awards/foy-kumar-rocker-leads-2019-freshman-all-americans/
DetailsHigh and Tight: Dominant Dodgers Starters Do It Differently The post High and Tight: Dominant Dodgers Starters Do It Differently appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/51190/high-and-tight-dodgers-starters-do-it-differently/
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The Best Thing in Baseball This Week: The Grand Junction Chubs Sometimes, when things are looking their bleakest, divine providence occurs granting you exactly what you need for that period of time. No more, no less. On Thursday morning, with people parsing SCOTUS rulings and just generally being miserable about everything, the Grand Junction Rockies,…
DetailsMoonshot: MLB Admits the Baseball Caused Another Home Run Surge The post Moonshot: MLB Admits the Baseball Caused Another Home Run Surge appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/51188/moonshot-mlb-admits-the-baseball-caused-another-home-run-surge/
DetailsProspectus Feature: Lucas Giolito Turns a Negative Into a Positive The post Prospectus Feature: Lucas Giolito Turns a Negative Into a Positive appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/51184/prospectus-feature-lucas-giolito-turns-a-negative-into-a-positive/
DetailsNotes From the Field: June 28, 2019 The post Notes From the Field: June 28, 2019 appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/51200/notes-from-the-field-june-28-2019/
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Prospectus Feature: Ellen Adair on Sabermetrics, Homers, and Sportswriting (Part 2) Part 1 of Scott Orgera’s interview with actress Ellen Adair can be found here, and is on growing up a baseball fan, pace of play, and empathy for players. Ellen Adair’s fandom goes well beyond cheering for her favorite players, as a passion for…
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