European Champions Cup 2019: Pirates brushes Arrows Ostrava aside Once again L&D Amsterdam Pirates needed only five innings to finish the game. This time Arrows Ostrava was the victim of an ill-equipped pitching staff and an unleashed Pirates’ offense. For two and a half innings, Arrows Ostrava was capable to keep pace with the club…
DetailsCraig Edwards FanGraphs Chat–6/6/19 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/craig-edwards-fangraphs-chat-6-6-19/
DetailsRays Were Reportedly Runners Up For Craig Kimbrel While their offer wasn’t enough to get a deal done, the Rays evidently made a real effort to secure the services of veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel. Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the typically tight-fisted Tampa Bay organization was the runner-up in the bidding. (Subscription link.) Kimbrel’s…
DetailsStarkville Super Regional Preview: Marquee Matchup Between Stanford, MSU In a showdown between two teams ranked in the top four of the D1Baseball Top 25, Mississippi State hosts Stanford in a marquee super regional matchup. Source: https://d1baseball.com/postseason/starkville-super-regional-preview-marquee-matchup-between-stanford-msu/
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European Champions Cup 2019: Neptunus unbeaten to semis Rouen Huskies 3 – 8 Curaçao NeptunusFor seven innings, the Rouen Huskies could keep pace with Curaçao Neptunus rather well, but eventually, in the eighth, the current Dutch champion scored four runs that led to a score that perhaps didn’t really show the real balance of power.…
DetailsThe powerful future of Yankees broadcasting is quietly taking shape The Yankees and the YES Network are exploring developing YES Radio, while leveraging its current content and creating new shows in the beginning of a series of moves that could have huge implications not only locally, but on the future of sports media, The Post…
DetailsD-Backs, Mariners Nearly Struck Trade Involving Mike Leake Details remain sparse, but it seems the Diamondbacks and Mariners nearly lined up on a trade involving veteran Seattle right-hander Mike Leake. According to Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times, the teams “worked to finalize” the swap as late as Tuesday evening. Clearly, talks fell through since Leake…
DetailsDraft Signings: 6/6/19 We’ll track the latest draft signings of note in this post … Giants 11th-rounder Trevor McDonald says he’s preparing to put pen to paper on a pro contract, as Patrick Clay of WLOX.com reports. Precise details aren’t known, but McDonald says he decided to forego his commitment to South Alabama after securing what he…
DetailsIndians Sign Mitch Talbot The Indians have added right-hander Mitch Talbot on a minors deal. The Cleveland organization acquired his contract from the indy ball Sugar Land Skeeters and assigned him to Triple-A. Talbot spent time with the Columbus Clippers last year after four seasons away from the affiliated ranks. He threw well in 17…
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Xander Bogaerts is Selectively Aggressive When Xander Bogaerts played in the 2013 World Series as a 20-year-old rookie, it was easy to see the start of a promising career: he was a glove-first shortstop (though he played mainly third base in 2013, ceding short to Stephen Drew) with enough pop and size to eventually be…
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