Angels Looking For Starting Pitching The Angels have no hope of making a charge in the AL West and face a tough path to the Wild Card, but the club doesn’t appear to be ready to wave the white flag. To the contrary, the Halos are looking at a wide variety of potentially available starters,…
DetailsDellaValle one of two Minor Leaguers banned Cardinals right-hander Perry DellaValle and free agent lefty Ricardo Frias received suspensions for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190726&content_id=309436660&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsMariners Select Ryan Court The Mariners have selected the contract of infielder Ryan Court, per a club announcement. He’ll take the active roster spot of fellow infielder Tim Lopes, who has gone on the 7-day concussion injured list after being struck in the head by a pitch last night. Ryon Healy was shifted to the…
DetailsO’s Rutschman ready for Aberdeen debut Orioles prospect Adley Rutschman, the top pick in the 2019 Draft, is slated to make his New York-Penn League debut for the Aberdeen IronBirds on Saturday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190726&content_id=309435340&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsMLB greats threaten to boycott Derek Jeter’s Hall of Fame induction The animosity from Derek Jeter’s ownership decisions with the Miami Marlins may carry over to his Hall of Fame induction. Andre Dawson and Tony Perez may skip Jeter’s expected ceremony in Cooperstown next year due to hard feelings over Jeter firing them upon taking…
DetailsLatest On Noah Syndergaard, Zack Wheeler Mets righty Noah Syndergaard has emerged as the perhaps the most talked-about name on the trade market, and his name once again figures to dominate headlines — much as it did in the offseason. Meanwhile, scouts will be watching closely as fellow starter Zack Wheeler takes the hill tonight…
DetailsRoyals Designate Brian Flynn The Royals announced today that they have designated southpaw Brian Flynn for assignment. His roster spot was needed for a variety of other pitching moves. Also departing the active roster is righty Jake Newberry, who was optioned. The Kansas City org has activated starter Jakob Junis and recalled southpaw Richard Lovelady.…
DetailsPhillies Showing Interest In Tanner Roark The Phillies are showing some interest in Reds righty Tanner Roark, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network (Twitter link). It sounds as if a few other organizations are also looking into the veteran starter, whose trade availability is not really clear. It wasn’t long ago that the Reds…
DetailsVote: The most-deserving players not in the Baseball Hall of Fame at each position – Baseball: Past and Present Back in 2010, I started a semi-annual exercise here. Four times over the course of four years, I had people vote on the 50 best players not in the Baseball Hall of Fame. It was a…
DetailsThe Case for the Mid-at bat Pitching Change Can we….can we not? Please?Changing pitchers mid–plate appearance: It’s a tactic that’s been sparingly deployed in college baseball, but is virtually unheard of in the big leagues. That could change soon—and the evidence says it could be more effective than you’d think. Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/the_case_for_the_mid-at_bat_pitching_change
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