Sources: Correa switches agents; A-Rod advised Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa is in the process of switching agents, following the advice of Alex Rodriguez and joining the powerful WME agency in spite of it not having a baseball business, sources familiar with the move told ESPN. Correa, 24, left longtime agent Greg Genske for WME…
DetailsTanking teams are killing attendance Attendance is down again this year and has steadily declined for the past five years. There are several reasons for that, but Arthur’s analysis of attendance against the backdrop of a given team’s probability of making the playoffs — while controlling for weather — shows that 35% of the attendance…
DetailsBraves Activate Austin Riley The Braves announced this morning that they’ve reinstated outfielder/third baseman Austin Riley from the 10-day injured list. A knee sprain wound up sidelining the young slugger for nearly a month. Atlanta has had a starting outfield’s worth of injuries, with Riley joined by Ender Inciarte and Nick Markakis on the shelf.…
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2019 DeMarini CF Zen USSSA Bat Review 2019 DeMarini CF Zen USSSA The 2019 DeMarini CF Zen continues the strong tradition of DeMarini’s CF series. The CF Zen is an extremely balanced multi-piece composite that has earned its place as one of the most popular bats in youth baseball. WhatProsWear tested the -5 USSSA CF…
DetailsEric Longenhagen Chat: 9/6/19 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/eric-longenhagen-chat-9-6-19/
DetailsMichael Lorenzen Gets His Turn, and Other Two-Way Tales This week, Michael Lorenzen put himself in the company of the Bambino, Abba Dabba, and The Caveman. In Wednesday night’s game between the Reds and Phillies in Cincinnati, the versatile 27-year-old became the first player since Babe Ruth to collect a win as a pitcher, hit…
DetailsAL West Notes: A’s Rotation, Sanchez, Goodwin The Athletics will effectively deploy a six-man rotation for the time being, writes Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. Sean Manaea’s return puts him alongside Mike Fiers, Brett Anderson, Chris Bassitt, Tanner Roark and Homer Bailey in the rotation, and it seems that there’s no immediate plans…
DetailsFarm system storylines: Aug./Sept. edition The MiLB.com staff rounds up standouts from all 30 farm systems from the final weeks of the 2019 Minor League Baseball season. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190906&content_id=310553616&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 9-6-2019 Toledo News-Bee, September 6, 1919:Babe Ruth, Boston slugger, on Friday equalled the major league home run record made by Buck Freeman, who set the record with Washington in 1899. Ruth’s drive came in the second inning of the game with Philadelphia. The Red Sox won the contest,…
DetailsFight For Third Paid Assistant Receives New Life The legislation to add a paid third assistant in college baseball failed back in April. But the legislation has new life and will soon be voted on yet again. Source: https://d1baseball.com/news/fight-for-third-paid-assistant-receives-new-life/
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