Braves’ Soroka sidelined by shoulder soreness No. 24 overall prospect Mike Soroka has been shut down temporarily after experiencing discomfort in his right shoulder, Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker told the media Friday, Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190222&content_id=304311002&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsAngels’ Tucker, free agent Payne suspended Angels prospect Bo Tucker and former Mets Minor Leaguer Joshua Payne were handed 50-game suspensions on Friday after both tested positive for banned substances. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190222&content_id=304311490&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsTwins Add Wins with Marwin Gonzalez For the second winter in a row, the Twins have taken advantage of a depressed free agent market to load up on players via short-term contracts, even doing so after camps opened. On Friday, they made their latest move, adding switch-hitting superutilityman Marwin Gonzalez — who ranked 15th on…
DetailsTigers’ Mize makes Spring Training debut Making his Spring Training debut, No. 17 overall prospect Casey Mize gave up one earned run on three hits and struck out two over two innings in a Detroit Tigers exhibition against Southeastern University. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190222&content_id=304307040&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsMarwin Gonzalez, Twins Versatile Marwin Gonzalez has agreed to a two-year, $21 million deal with the Minnesota Twins, league sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. The deal, which is worth $12 million this season and $9 million in 2020, is pending a physical. Gonzalez, who played every position for the Houston Astros in 2018…
DetailsReds have their first Sonny Gray concern GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Sonny Gray has stiffness in his right elbow and was scratched from his scheduled start in the Cincinnati Reds’ spring training opener against the Cleveland Indians on Saturday. Gray experienced stiffness after a bullpen session on Monday. The Reds said he is not being sent…
DetailsNolan Arenado’s free agency confidence gives Yankees hope After watching another stagnant free agent period play out, the potential top target of next year’s class insisted he’s looking forward to his chance to hit the open market — which could be good news for the Yankees. “I’m not afraid of it at all,” Colorado third…
DetailsFanGraphs Audio: Jeff Sullivan Animorphs Into a Sting Ray Episode 856 Having announced his imminent departure from FanGraphs for the Tampa Bay Rays, Jeff Sullivan joins the program one last time to discuss his experience as an online baseball person, the future state of what Jeff has called “the one good place on the internet,”…
DetailsNo New Ohtanis, but Another Wave of Two-Way Players Is Coming Shohei Ohtani won’t be pitching this season as he recovers from Tommy John surgery, and 2017 first-round picks Hunter Greene and Brendan McKay are a long way from reaching the majors, but this spring, several teams are experimenting with the possibility of two-way players…
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 2-22-2019 Pittsburgh Press, February 22, 1919:Under Charley Herzog and Christy Mathewson, the Cincinnati Reds used the “hit and run” system of play extensively, even though it failed to bring results. … Now comes Pat Moran, who says that he does not care very much for the play, and…
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