Fall Report: Oregon After making five regionals in six years from 2010-15 — very shortly after restarting the program from scratch for the 2009 season — Oregon looked like a program on the verge of becoming a perennial national contender. But the Ducks have scuffled since, missing the NCAA tournament three years in a row.…
DetailsMajor League Baseball Gambles On MGM Resorts We’ve talked a couple of times this year about a potential new revenue stream for Major League Baseball: legalized sports gambling. As a quick refresher, back in May, the United States Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (“PASPA”), the…
DetailsJeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat — 12/7/18 Source: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jeff-sullivan-fangraphs-chat-12-7-18/
DetailsBart living up to Giant expectations early on Top Giants prospect Joey Bart headlines their organizational All-Stars after ruling the Class A Short Season Northwest League, and he’s joined by several Salem-Keizer teammates. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20181207&content_id=301371794&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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JAWS and the 2019 Hall of Fame Ballot: Gary Sheffield 2019 BBWAA Ballot The Ballot’s Big Questions Mariano Rivera Edgar Martinez Mike Mussina Roy Halladay Larry Walker Scott Rolen Todd Helton Andruw Jones Omar Vizquel Gary Sheffield The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2019 Hall…
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 12-7-2018 Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger, December 7, 1918:The management of the Chicago Club of the National League was formally placed in control of active baseball men at a meeting of the directors today. William L. Veeck, who, for ten years wrote baseball under the name of “Bill Bailey,”…
DetailsToolshed: 2018 Winter Meetings preview With the Winter Meetings set to begin Sunday in Las Vegas, Toolshed previews the types of blockbusters and other prospect moves that could affect the Minor League landscape next week. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20181207&content_id=301525610&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
DetailsFanGraphs Audio Presents: The Untitled McDongenhagen Project, Ep. 8 UMP: The Untitled McDongenhagen Project, Episode 8 This is the eighth episode of a weekly program co-hosted by Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel about player evaluation in all its forms. The show, which is available through the normal FanGraphs Audio feed, has a working name but…
Details2019 CBD TOP 100 COUNTDOWN: 67. TIM TAWA (STANFORD) Tim Tawa was one of the most exciting freshman to watch in 2018, and he looks to improve upon his… Visit College Baseball Daily for the Full Story Source: http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2018/12/07/2019-cbd-top-100-countdown-67-tim-tawa-stanford/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CollegeBaseballDaily+%28College+Baseball+Daily%29
DetailsTop 31 Prospects: Chicago Cubs Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Chicago Cubs. Scouting reports are compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as from our own (both Eric Longenhagen’s and Kiley McDaniel’s) observations. For more information on the 20-80 scouting scale by which all of…
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