Texas Rangers: Calhoun’s reaction to demotion not ideal | Fort Worth Star-Telegram He’s not helping himself. Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/texas_rangers_calhouns_reaction_to_demotion_not_ideal_fort_worth_star_teleg
DetailsLuke Weaver Is Working on a Cutter. Or Is It a Slider? When the Arizona Diamondbacks acquired Luke Weaver in the deal that sent Paul Goldschmidt to the St. Louis Cardinals, they brought on board a 25-year-old right-hander with a crisp fastball and a plus changeup. What Weaver has lacked is a quality third option…
DetailsRoyals Prospect Primer: Singer in spotlight The Royals possess just one of MLB.com’s Top 100 prospects, but that doesn’t mean the system is lacking in promising young players. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190322&content_id=305443764&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsTigers Prospect Primer: Mize ready to shine A Tigers farm system built on pitching, and rich with college right-handers, has a new leading man with the No. 1 overall selection in last year’s Draft, Casey Mize Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190322&content_id=305191992&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 3-22-2019 Chicago Eagle, March 22, 1919:France, the country that went through the fightingest war in history without batting an eye, will never adopt baseball as a national pastime because the game is “too rough.” This was learned from no less an authority than Capt. Christoper Mathewson, who has…
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2019 Positional Power Rankings: Shortstop 2019 Positional Power Rankings Intro 1B 2B 3B C LF CF DH After taking a look at center fielders and designated hitters yesterday, our positional power rankings continue with shortstop. We’re in a golden era for shortstops. The late-1990s/early 2000s heyday of Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Nomar Garciaparra, and Miguel…
DetailsESPN Reasserting Commitment to Baseball through Baseball Tonight Why bother? MLB Network’s coverage is vastly superior anyway. Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/espn_reasserting_commitment_to_baseball_through_baseball_tonight
DetailsMets to change Citi Field address to honor Tom Seaver, will unveil plans for statue The Mets will be permanently changing the address of Citi Field to honor Tom Seaver, the team announced on Thursday, with full details to be released at a later date. In addition, the team will be unveiling plans this June…
DetailsAllen Thomas, Alek Thomas share a precious father-son moment after son homers against dad’s White Sox Every father loves seeing their son hit a home run in a game, but White Sox director of conditioning Allen Thomas had a different perspective of his son’s home run on Wednesday. Thomas’ son, Alek Thomas, was drafted in…
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