Now Miguel Andujar on injured list as Yankees getting crushed Monday, bloody Monday. The Yankees, without yet playing a game, have lost two players, as Miguel Andujar will be going on the injured list with a shoulder injury just about six hours after they announced Giancarlo Stanton was IL-bound with a left biceps strain. Andujar…
DetailsWas Mets-Nationals showdown a peek at Rookie of the Year race? The Mets-Nationals series began with Jacob deGrom versus Max Scherzer. It fulfilled the hype, two aces at the peak of their craft dominating Opening Day. But after three games, I wonder if what we will remember most about this series is the onset of…
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D1Baseball Weekly Podcast: April 1 Another huge week is in the books and our Kendall Rogers and Aaron Fitt discuss the latest Top 25 rankings and much more. Source: https://d1baseball.com/podcasts/d1baseball-weekly-podcast-april-1/
DetailsPassan: Huge contracts and big concerns. What’s going on with MLB salaries? I’ve said it before…the union needs to shift from worrying about the top and start working from the bottom up.7. With all this money being spent, average salaries still can go down. It’s true. As of right now, the average salary in baseball…
DetailsSox, Bogaerts, Agree on $120 Million Extension Late Sunday, the Boston Red Sox and Xander Bogaerts agreed on a $120 million extension, keeping the team’s star shortstop in Boston until at least 2025. While the deal is being reported as worth $132 million, that figure already includes the $12 million Bogaerts was going to make…
DetailsBryce Harper announces wife’s pregnancy on Instagram PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper is ready to raise a li’l slugger in Philadelphia. Harper announced Monday on Instagram that he and his wife, Kayla, are expecting their first child, a boy. Harper posted a photo of him and his wife holding a “Baby Harper” No. 3 jersey in…
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Fitt Bits: Takeaways From Virginia-NC State
This isn’t how Red Sox were supposed to get exposed There were plenty of questions about the Red Sox on the mound entering this season. They were just supposed to be about the bullpen, not the starting pitchers. The Red Sox have been unable to find out much about their unproven relievers because their rotation…
DetailsTwins’ Kirilloff to open season on IL Minnesota Twins No. 2 prospect Alex Kirilloff will begin the season on the injured list with a wrist injury but is expected to make his 2019 debut at some point in April, Double-A Pesacola announced. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190401&content_id=305838298&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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A Taxonomy of Striking Out Against a Position Player Pitching As you’ve no doubt heard, we’re living in a golden age for position players pitching. Don’t believe me? Read the copious articles written about it in the past few years. At this point, you know the broad strokes of the genre. You know that position…
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