Introducing the New Baseball Prospectus Leaderboards When I began working with Baseball Prospectus, I knew we had a lot of work to do to bring the site and tools up-to-date, and provide our users with the best experience possible. Our first project in that vein was to bring the editorial site into a modern content…
DetailsLuke Weaver Making Progress Arm problems have kept Diamondbacks starter Luke Weaver out of action for almost a month, but the right-hander’s seemingly moving toward a return. A follow-up MRI on Weaver “showed improvement,” Steve Gilbert of MLB.com tweets. It’s still unclear when he’ll begin a throwing program, per Gilbert, though manager Torey Lovullo called…
DetailsMickey Callaway’s strange about-face ends in apology for Mets drama PHILADELPHIA — Less than 24 hours after their clubhouse kerfuffle with a Newsday reporter in Chicago, Mickey Callaway and Jason Vargas were each $10,000 poorer and equally short on apologies. That is, until Callaway readdressed reporters nearly two hours after his regular availability to clarify…
DetailsNationals To Select Fernando Rodney On Tuesday The Nationals will add right-handed reliever Fernando Rodney to their roster before Tuesday’s game against the Marlins, Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post reports. Rodney’s not on the Nationals’ 40-man roster, though they do have an opening after releasing fellow reliever Trevor Rosenthal on Sunday. Rodney’s addition will…
DetailsCardinals’ reliever Hicks has torn ligament in elbow, could miss rest of season | Cardinal Beat | stltoday.com An MRI examination Monday revealed that the 22-year-old Hicks has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. A Cardinals press release states that the team is determining the next course of action but it seems…
DetailsOrioles Sign Adley Rutschman 5:04pm: Rutschman’s deal is official, Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com tweets. 9:27am: The Orioles are close to a deal with No. 1 overall draft pick Adley Rutschman, reports Jon Heyman of MLB Network (via Twitter). The former Oregon State catcher’s No. 1 overall slot carries a value of $8.42MM. Rutschman isn’t the…
DetailsPhillies Nearing Deal With First-Rounder Bryson Stott The Phillies expect to sign first-rounder Bryson Stott this week, Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reports. As the 14th overall pick, Stott’s slot comes with a recommended value of $4,036,800. Stott’s a 21-year-old shortstop from UNLV whom draft pundits ranked even higher than where the Phillies selected him. Entering…
DetailsAstros’ Bielak taking off at Triple-A Astros No. 12 prospect Brandon Bielak allowed one hit and one walk while striking out nine over seven scoreless innings Monday to lead Triple-A Round Rock to a 6-4 win at Iowa. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190624&content_id=308428814&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsMLB Issues Three-Game Suspension To Asdrubal Cabrera JUNE 24: The league has reduced Cabrera’s suspension to three games, Grant tweets. Cabrera will sit out the Rangers’ series against the Tigers from June 25-27. JUNE 21: Major League Baseball has issued a four-game suspension to Rangers third baseman Asdrubal Cabrera, according to Jon Heyman of MLB…
DetailsGabe Kapler Gets Vote Of Confidence It hasn’t been a banner year for the Phillies, who’ve fallen short of expectations after an action-packed winter, but they’re not going to assign blame to manager Gabe Kapler. He’s not in danger of losing his job this season, general manager Matt Klentak told Matt Breen of the Philadelpia…
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