‘Pissed off’ Hal Steinbrenner opens up: Red Sox anger, Machado caution Hal Steinbrenner refers to “the first week in October” often in a 40-minute phone conversation. He uses that term (‘first week in October”). Not the Division Series. Not the loss to the Red Sox. It haunts and irritates. The Yankees owner both wants to…
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The Worst Called Ball of the Season One of the worst called balls of the season was thrown, and called, in the seventh inning of a White Sox game on September 10. I always just measure these things by the distance from the center of the strike zone. Lucas Giolito threw a two-strike pitch close…
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Minor League Ball Gameday: Thursday, November 1st, 2018 Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Minor League Ball Gameday discussion for Thursday, November 1st, 2018. Today I’m working on the Kansas City Royals Top 20 prospects list. In the meantime, here’s a quick summary of today’s action in the Arizona Fall League. There are two…
DetailsO’s sign another Curaçao talent The Baltimore Orioles have signed another international prospect form the Isle of Curaçao. J’Rudjeanon Isenia was signed to a $125,000 contract. The contract was agreed on earlier this year but the O’s only announced this Tuesday. “Isenia is a right-handed-hitting outfielder with above-average tools and a good swing,” said director of player…
DetailsWhy Realmuto is even more valuable than you think J.T. Realmuto is an All-Star who may just be baseball’s best catcher, and now it seems that the Marlins may need to make him available via trade. Source: https://www.mlb.com/news/c-300061042
DetailsNorfolk Tides win Murphy Patriot Award Minor League Baseball announced today that the Norfolk Tides are the recipients of the third annual Charles K. Murphy Patriot Award. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20181101&content_id=300099248&fext=.jsp&vkey=pr_milb&sid=milb
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Fall Report: Alabama TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — For the first month of the 2018 season, Alabama was one of college baseball’s nice surprise stories. After winning its SEC opener against Georgia on March 16, the Crimson Tide was sitting pretty at 16-3 in Brad Bohanon’s first year as head coach. But that proved to be the…
DetailsEric Longenhagen Chat: 11/1/18 Source: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/eric-longenhagen-chat-11-1-18/
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Arizona Fall League morning roundup: November 1st What happened in the AFL yesterday . . . Good morning everyone. Here’s the Arizona Fall League Morning Roundup for Thursday, November 1st, 2018. ****Glendale defeated Salt River 12-6 thanks to a 6-run outburst in the top of the 10th inning. Baltimore Orioles prospect Ryan McKenna went 4-for-6…
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