Do we even need minor league baseball? A year before the closing of two affiliates, in March 2016, the Astros hired Jose Fernandez to be part of their sports science department. He had worked with pro soccer teams in Europe. European soccer giants have centralized training centers focused on building skills rather than a decentralized…
DetailsAn MLB record that was just set might never be broken A major league record was set over the weekend and is unlikely to be broken — without a reversal of rules that won’t go into effect until next season. With players such as Jed Lowrie returning from injury and Toronto’s Anthony Kay making his…
DetailsThe Red Sox and Dave Dombrowski Have Parted Ways. Now What? The Red Sox parting ways with Dave Dombrowski — last night’s announcement came at the bewitching hour — is somewhat surprising. Then again, it really isn’t. Questions about his future have been circulating for a few months, and while a death knell has yet…
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Introducing RosterResource Payroll Pages! Back in July, we launched the RosterResource depth charts, the first of several features moving over to FanGraphs. Today, we have added RosterResource’s payroll pages. As is the case with the depth charts, these are a near-replica of the RosterResource version. The loading time is faster, however, and player names link…
DetailsMariners To Promote Kyle Lewis The Mariners are set to promote outfield prospect Kyle Lewis for his MLB debut, as was first made apparent in a congratulatory tweet from his his college team at Mercer. Seattle has multiple open spots on its 40-man roster, so a corresponding move won’t be necessary. Lewis, 24, was the…
DetailsJay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat – 9/9/19 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jay-jaffe-fangraphs-chat-9-9-19/
DetailsReports: Cubs calling up Hoerner The Cubs are calling up top prospect Nico Hoerner to provide depth in the middle infield, according to multiple reports. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190909&content_id=310611088&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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2019 Leaves the Royals Feeling Blue Elegy for the Season 20192018 AL BAL CHW HOU BOS CLE LAA NYY DET OAK TBR KCR SEA TOR MIN TEX NL ATL CHC ARI MIA CIN COL NYM MIL LAD PHI PIT SDP WSN STL SFG AL BAL CHW HOU BOS CLE LAA NYY DET OAK TBR KCR…
DetailsThe huge concerns Red Sox face after firing Dave Dombrowski John Henry spent nearly a decade as a limited partner of the Yankees in the 1990s, and no current owner beholds the legacy of the guy who owned the Yankees at that time — that would be George Steinbrenner. Henry has proven as Red Sox…
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 9-9-2019 Pittsburgh Gazette Times, September 9, 1919:Boston defeated New York in both sections of a double header here [yesterday], the scores being 3 to 1 and 3 to 0. In the eighth inning of the first game, Ruth hit a home run in the right field for his…
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