Mets To Promote Walker Lockett The Mets will call up righty Walker Lockett to take the ball in tomorrow’s contest, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post (via Twitter). The corresponding roster move isn’t yet known. Lockett, 25, was passed around over the offseason after making his MLB debut in 2018 with the…
DetailsToolshed: Bucs’ Martin back in many ways Pirates No. 28 prospect Mason Martin is back in West Virginia for the South Atlantic League All-Star Game as the circuit’s home run leader one year after he struggled and was demoted from that level. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190619&content_id=308237378&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
DetailsMax Scherzer’s Trade Value The Nationals seem very unlikely to trade Max Scherzer (and his broken nose), but with them holding the 11th-best record in the National League and being five games under .500, rumors are starting to swirl. Ken Rosenthal discussed the possibility of a trade, mostly laying out the reasons why a deal…
DetailsProspect Roundup: Games of June 18 Milwaukee Brewers No. 16 prospect Jacob Nottingham collected four hits and drove in six runs for the Double-A San Antonio Missions, while Atlanta Braves prospect Nolan Kingham tossed his third complete game of the year for the Florida Fire Frogs. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190619&content_id=308254086&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsWalker Lockett is Mets’ surprising answer for Noah Syndergaard injury ATLANTA — The Mets will bring in new blood in trying to fill Noah Syndergaard’s vacancy in the rotation. To that end, the team plans to call up right-hander Walker Lockett from Triple-A Syracuse to start Thursday night against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, according…
DetailsRays Place Yandy Diaz On 10-Day IL The Rays have placed third baseman Yandy Diaz on the 10-day injured list, Juan Toribio of MLB.com tweets. Infielder Daniel Robertson will come up to take the roster opening. Diaz has been dealing with hamstring tightness that hasn’t resolved quite as rapidly as had been hoped. The club…
DetailsJustus Sheffield has been a mess with Mariners This is not what the Mariners thought they were getting when they acquired Justus Sheffield. His first season in Seattle’s organization has been nothing short of disastrous. He was pitching so poorly in Triple-A that the Mariners recently demoted the lefty to Double-A. In MLB Pipeline’s latest…
DetailsAstros Activate Jose Altuve; George Springer Nearing Rehab Stint TODAY: As expected, Altuve is now active and in the ’Stros lineup. Southpaw Cionel Perez was optioned out to make way. YESTERDAY: Already in possession of a 48-25 record and an 8 1/2-game lead in the AL West, key reinforcements are on the way for the Astros.…
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 6-19-2019 Perth Amboy Evening News, June 19, 1919:News has been flashed from France that Joe Harris, first baseman of the Cleveland club, was seriously injured in a motortruck crash recently. According to this report Joe suffered from a fractured skull and had his two legs and several ribs…
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A Brief History of the Bunt Double The use of the infield shift has exponentially grown over the past few years. Teams have employed a defensive shift on more than a quarter of the total pitches thrown this season. That’s by far the highest usage rate in the Statcast era (2015-present). It’s become so prevalent,…
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