What Mets’ roster crunch looks like as spring training winds down PORT ST. LUCIE — Two first basemen? Three catchers? Seven or eight relievers? These are just some of the roster questions Mets officials are contemplating in these final days of spring training. Thirty-nine players remain in major league camp, but the number will be…
DetailsHigh Point Rockers sign Kalian Sams After the website of L&D Amsterdam Pirates stated that Kalian Sams would play for an independent team in North Carolina, it only needed a little bit of research to find out that would be the Atlantic League team the Highland Rockers. It still took until today until the official…
DetailsRays Extend Rookie Brandon Lowe Late Tuesday night, Ken Rosenthal reported that the Tampa Bay Rays had agreed to a six-year, $24 million contract extension with 24-year-old second baseman and outfielder Brandon Lowe. Lowe is our 46th overall prospect, the top one in the 50 FV tier, and the No. 5 prospect in a loaded…
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Astros Pay Alex Bregman Now To Avoid Paying Him Later Coming on the heels of Mike Trout’s humongous contract extension, news broke that Alex Bregman and the Astros had agreed to an extension of their own worth $100 million, with Mark Berman first to report the deal. While the Trout contract is the biggest of…
DetailsHouston Rewards Pressly’s Liftoff with Two-Year Deal It wasn’t the biggest extension announced yesterday — it wasn’t even the biggest Astros extension announced yesterday — but Ryan Pressly’s two-year, $17.5 million deal with Houston, which was first reported by Chandler Rome, was a big deal for Pressly, a big deal for Houston, and a big…
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Golden Spikes Spotlight: ASU’s Hunter Bishop
Kiley McDaniel Chat – 3/20/19 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/kiley-mcdaniel-chat-3-20-19/
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ECU’s Mr. Perfect: The Dazzling Rise Of Jake Kuchmaner
2019 Positional Power Rankings: Left Field 2019 Positional Power Rankings Intro 1B 2B 3B C This morning, we considered the catcher position. This afternoon, the positional power rankings take us out to left field. Has batted ball data and modern defensive positioning altered the defensive spectrum? It likely won’t surprise readers to learn that the…
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Picking the Perfect Baseball-Themed March Madness Bracket One of my favorite sporting events of the year is just around the corner. And no, I’m not referring to Opening Day, though it indeed fits both conditions. I am, of course, talking about March Madness. For a stat nut like me, March Madness is the perfect time…
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