BP en español: Agresividad Avisada — Elaborando estrategias para el segundo lanzamiento Traducido por Carlos José Lugo También en esta serie: El primer lanzamiento La pasada temporada los bateadores tuvieron línea de porcentajes de .218/.264/.349 después de caer a 0-1 en el conteo de bolas y strikes. Eso fue mejor, relativo al desempeño ofensivo general…
DetailsSarris: Recent trends have flipped baseball’s conventional wisdom on first base and short – Athletic Another interesting article by Eno. He looks at shortstop and first base trends. He also looks at the changing aging curve. Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/sarris_recent_trends_have_flipped_baseballs_conventional_wisdom_on_first_ba
DetailsMLB Dream Team: Constructing the perfect lineup from the past 30 years A photo found on Baseball Reddit has been making its way around Twitter where it’s instructing people to make a dream team from the past 30 years, with $33 of “fake money.” There are some pretty legendary options. NBC Sports California’s own Dallas…
DetailsPhillies Hire Rollins As Special Advisor You’d think they would have hired Chase Utley for the job- he has a certain skill set that is especially fitting for Philadelphia. Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/phillies_hire_rollins_as_special_advisor
DetailsSandy Alderson returns to the Oakland Athletics When asked why he’d want to return, Alderson pointed out that, unlike his protege, his [Gong Show oops] actually worked in the playoffs. Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/sandy_alderson_returns_to_the_oakland_athletics
DetailsThe Nats just hired 88-year-old Jack McKeon as senior advisor One interesting non-Bryce Harper note came out of Tuesday: The Nationals have a new senior advisor to general manager and president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo. Washington has hired former Miami Marlins manager Jack McKeon, NBC Sports Washington confirmed, to be Rizzo’s senior advisor. Ken…
DetailsLovullo’s contract extended 2 years by D-Backs through 2021 PHOENIX- The Arizona Diamondbacks have given manager Torey Lovullo a two-year contract extension through the 2021 season. Lovullo, 53, was a coach for manager John Farrell in Toronto and Boston, then was hired as Arizona’s manager in October 2016. He was voted NL Manager of the…
DetailsMariners finally get chance to honor Edgar’s election SEATTLE-Edgar Martinez spent last week on the East Coast, being honored among the latest electees to the Baseball Hall of Fame thousands of miles from the place he called home for his entire career. The Seattle Mariners couldn’t wait to celebrate Martinez in the Pacific Northwest. “Today…
DetailsYankees most recent offseason signing is … an environmental scientist?!? The New York Yankees, never a team to be behind the curve, just made a hire that is the first of its kind in professional sports. And no, it’s not Bryce Harper to a $400 million contract. The Yankees announced Tuesday that they’ve brought on…
DetailsHe got Brewers playoff tickets in the mail that didn’t belong to him. What he did with them results in felony theft charge. WAUKESHA – The sale of ill-gotten, high-priced tickets to a Brewers playoff game could cost a local man his freedom, if the courts ultimately confirm he was caught stealing. Eddie Patlan, 34,…
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