Yankees pitchers slam ‘horrible’ new rule Adam Ottavino isn’t a fan of a runner starting an extra-inning game on second base. And he has company in Chad Green and Jordan Montgomery. In Tuesday night’s intrasquad game, the Yankees put a runner on second several times. Ottavino started the top of the third inning with Tyler…
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 7-15-2020 New York Tribune, July 15, 1920:Brooding over striking out five times on the day previous, Babe Ruth hit the first ball pitched to him yesterday for a home run into the right field stands at the Polo Grounds. It was his twenty-eighth home run for the season,…
DetailsCan Players That Opt Out Change Their Minds? There’s now a fairly lengthy list of notable players that have decided to opt out of the 2020 season due to COVID-19 concerns. That raises the question: what if any of these players, for whatever reason and at whatever point in time, changes his mind? The answer…
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2020 Positional Power Rankings: Shortstop 2020 Positional Power Rankings Intro 1B 2B 3B C This morning, we considered the catcher position. Now, we turn our attention to the shortstops. Hello! This isn’t going to be a long intro, because you know what you’re getting into here. What has been called a golden age for the…
DetailsHow long will Trout reign as MLB’s best player? Barry Bonds spread his seven out over a long period, doing it at the end of 1992, ‘93, ‘96, and each season from 2001-‘04. (He also finished second at the end of ‘90, ‘91, and ‘94). Walter Johnson managed it six out of seven years from…
DetailsWashington Post opinion editor says Texas Rangers should drop their name because legendary lawmen they’re named after are a ‘cruel, racist force An opinion editor for the Washington Post penned a scathing column calling on the Texas Rangers baseball team to retire its name due to the history of violence against black and indigenous people…
DetailsAstros reliever Joe Smith opts out of 2020 season Jim Bowden of The Athletic reports that Astros reliever Joe Smith has opted out of 2020 season. Previously, Smith had cited “concerns about the health and safety of his family” as his reasoning for not reporting to Astros summer camp, and those concerns no doubt are…
DetailsThe Four Biggest Tactical Innovations We Could See This MLB Season The five-man rotation has been a myth for close to a decade now; teams have learned to plan for multiple starting pitchers to miss time each season for reasons ranging from workload concerns to the sudden inability to find the strike zone. Competitive clubs…
DetailsChico is the man in Dodgers’ intrasquad games Chris Taylor made a mistake in the second inning of the Dodgers’ intrasquad game Saturday. He ran on Chico. Taylor tagged up from first base on a routine fly ball to left field, where Chico camped under it. Chico, No. 97, fired a strike to second base…
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2020 Positional Power Rankings: Catcher 2020 Positional Power Rankings Intro 1B 2B 3B After Dan Szymborski and Craig Edwards surveyed the state of second and third base yesterday, our positional power rankings continue with a look at catcher. Catcher is a hard position to project even at the best of times — though we are…
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