Braves Extend Ozzie Albies The Braves continued to lock up their core pieces Thursday, announcing a contract extension with second baseman Ozzie Albies that’ll guarantee the 22-year-old a total of $35MM from 2019-25. The contract includes a pair of club options reportedly valued at $7MM apiece, each of which has a $4MM buyout. If both are…
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Getting Mike Trout to a 15-WAR Season The baseball world suffered a brief moment of shock on Tuesday night. Mike Trout, who needs no introduction within this interrupting clause to emphasize his greatness, was replaced by Peter Bourjos in the fourth inning of the Angels-Brewers game. Afterwards, Trout was diagnosed with a mild groin strain,…
DetailsCraig Edwards FanGraphs Chat–4/11/2019 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/craig-edwards-fangraphs-chat-4-11-2019/
DetailsMLB’s home run nightmare worsens with no end in sight It was cold, 46 degrees at first pitch and chillier as the night progressed. It was damp, beginning with a 25-minute delay at the start due to rain. It was Citi Field, nobody’s idea of a launching pad. It was early April, the ninth to…
DetailsNationals’ Potential Deal With Bud Norris Falls Through The Nationals’ potential agreement with free-agent righty Bud Norris has fallen through, tweets MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. The organization felt that the 34-year-old veteran was as much as a month away from MLB readiness, and the team’s preference is to find bullpen help that is more immediately…
DetailsFEATHERSTON, FITZGERALD ENJOY GREAT STARTS AS RARITIES AMONG SHORTSTOP PROSPECTS By Bob Wirz Infielders seem to have a major challenge in trying to climb their way from an Independent league such as the American Association all the way to the major leagues. Rey Ordonez was a rare exception when the Cuban made his way from…
DetailsDodgers vs. Cardinals prediction: Walker Buehler will shut down St. Louis Measles outbreak in Brooklyn. Opportunistic Mayor de Blasio has given residents three choices: vaccinate, pay a $1,000 fine, or be sentenced to 24 hours of listening to the Mayor’s WNYC radio show while riding every subway line around his sanctuary city. Tough choice. ……
DetailsWe Asked You What Mike Trout Should Make and You Told Us This offseason, a narrative emerged surrounding the big contract extensions we saw signed that, after a couple of slow winters, players are afraid of free agency. That narrative is not without support. First, we have the presence of all of the extensions to…
DetailsDodgers To Activate Clayton Kershaw On Monday Clayton Kershaw will come off the injured list to make his season debut on Monday when the Dodgers host the Reds, manager Dave Roberts revealed to reporters Thursday morning (Twitter link via Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register). Kershaw landed on the IL to begin the season…
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