Matt Williams To Manage KBO’s KIA Tigers While managerial rumors are flying around the majors, we haven’t yet seen a team land a new skipper. But the Korea Baseball Organization’s KIA Tigers have secured their next manager in the form of Matt Williams, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network (via Twitter). Williams is said…
Details2020 Managerial Search Tracker There are eight teams looking for new skippers and loads of potential candidates. We’ll do our best to keep things straight in this post … Angels Interviewing John Farrell: Former Red Sox/Blue Jays manager Joe Maddon: Former Cubs/Rays manager, former Angels bench coach/interim manager Buck Showalter: Former Orioles, Yankees, Rangers and Diamondbacks manager Johnny…
DetailsTime for Gary Sanchez to validate his frustrating Yankees existence It’s always interesting and informative listening to fans speak of teams and players on the other side, especially during the playoffs. If you have friends who are Yankees fans and like to engage in text threads, it can be fun reading their on-the-run scouting reports…
DetailsScott Boras Sets Sights High For Hyun-jin Ryu Contract This time last year, agent Scott Boras was waiting to see whether the Dodgers would issue southpaw Hyun-jin Ryu a qualifying offer at season’s end. The team did extend the offer, and Ryu accepted, betting that he’d be better off taking the big one-year payday and…
DetailsGerrit Cole was made for Yankees — but may haunt them forever Sometimes, destiny winds up unfulfilled. Or you just misread the signs all along. Nevertheless, in a sport in which one team has won nearly 25 percent of the championships, the tale of Gerrit Cole already stands out. It could do so all the…
DetailsPirates To Interview Ryan Christenson For Managerial Opening The Pirates will interview Ryan Christenson for their managerial opening, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter link). It appears he’s the first known candidate for the Pittsburgh opening to hold a sit-down. Christenson, 45, saw action in six MLB campaigns after being drafted…
DetailsMLBTR Live Chat: 10/14/19 Click here to access tonight’s MLBTR chat with Connor Byrne. Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/10/mlbtr-live-chat-101419.html
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Effectively Wild Episode 1443: Managing, Fast and Slow Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller break down the latest ALCS and NLCS action, touching on the Cardinals’ offensive outage, Mike Schildt’s old-school managing, the Nationals’ pitching, the Astros’ purported pitch-tipping and sign-stealing, Aaron Boone’s quick hooks, and the de-juiced ball, plus a Stat Blast about this October’s…
DetailsLuis Severino squashes Yankees’ fear before daunting ALCS challenge It’s hard to know just what kind of postseason pitcher Luis Severino is at this point. Is he the guy who’s battled through four scoreless innings in two of his last three playoff appearances — including in the ALDS Game 3 clincher in Minnesota? Or is…
DetailsYankees need Pedro Martinez formula to upset Gerrit Cole It’s time for Luis Severino to reach out to his guru Pedro Martinez once again, although the ask will be less conventional this time. Nearly three years ago, the Hall of Famer Martinez worked with his fellow Dominican Republican native Severino on his pitching mechanics and…
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