New Rangers manager has 20-somethings and revamped rotation ARLINGTON, TEXAS The Texas Rangers are not only young, with all those 20-something position players, they go into spring training with a first-time manager and without the retired Adrian Beltre at third base. Chris Woodward has never been a manager. But the 42-year-old former utility infielder spent…
DetailsSteinbrenner: ‘I Get Hammered Every Year About Something’ ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Hal Steinbrenner had heard the constant criticism in New York: Why haven’t the Yankees tried to sign Bryce Harper or Manny Machado? “I get hammered every year about something,” the New York owner said Thursday. “If you don’t win the World Series, that’s…
DetailsWATCH: Mets’ Todd Frazier says ‘baseball is going in the wrong direction’ With only a few days left until pitchers and catchers report for spring training, there are still numerous free agents who have yet to reach a deal with a new team for the 2019 season. And Mets 3B Todd Frazier isn’t happy about…
DetailsHere are five under-the-radar players to watch at A’s spring training Believe it or not, spring training is just a few days away. The A’s will have as many as 61 players participating in big league camp, including 21 non-roster invitees. While top prospects like Jesús Luzardo, A.J. Puk, Sean Murphy, and possibly Kyler Murray…
DetailsCubs hope internal improvement leads to more success CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs took a long, hard look at themselves over the winter. There was nowhere else to go. Chicago begins spring training with largely the same group of players who blew a five-game lead in the NL Central last September and lost to…
DetailsNew man: Zach Britton to be known as Zack NEW YORK (AP) — Zack Britton will be a different pitcher for the New York Yankees this year — at least in name. Known throughout his baseball career as Zach, the 31-year-old reliever said Thursday going forward his name should be spelled Zack. Britton tweeted “I…
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DetailsBanjo Hitter: The Age of PECOTA (2019) Who is the best player in baseball for each age group? PECOTA projections came out yesterday, so let’s use the projected WARP totals for this season as our main guide while also leaving a little room for subjectivity if/when it seems necessary. Best 20-year-old: Juan Soto, Washington Nationals…
DetailsMoonshot: PECOTA Gets Aggressive Among all projection engines, PECOTA has a reputation for being the most conservative. In the past, when others said that an All-Star might be worth six WAR(P), stalwart PECOTA urged caution. But the new edition might help shed that label, predicting a record-breaking number of players and teams for outlier performances.…
DetailsThe Order: Greatest Expectations Each fall, a lot of energy is expended to decide whose names should be read when the champagne flutes are lifted. Gnashing of teeth flips to cheery back-slapping. Great things accomplished, past tense, are encased in glass and left behind come spring as the draining, grass-stained battle to be the best…
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