2019 Pacific Coast League playoff preview The Pacific Coast League playoffs have a much different look than last year’s edition as all four postseason teams — Round Rock, Iowa, Sacramento and Las Vegas — did not qualify in 2018. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190904&content_id=310506600&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsOutrighted: Ramirez, Wilkerson The tidal wave of September call-ups earlier this week resulted in nearly two dozen players being designated for assignment to create space on 40-man rosters throughout the league. While some of those players will be claimed by new organizations, we’ll track Wednesday’s collection of players who went unclaimed in this post: Right-hander…
DetailsScherzer Trying to Re-Maximize Momentum When the All-Star break arrived, Max Scherzer appeared to be making a pretty strong case to win a fourth Cy Young award. Nearly two months and two stints on the injured list later, however, he’s trying to recover his dominant form and to restart his campaign for the hardware, one…
DetailsNew Royal Ryan McBroom is a Late-Bloomer Who Rakes Royals fans aren’t exactly getting swept up in a wave of euphoria with the team’s newest acquisition. Ryan McBroom — obtained from the Yankees over the weekend in exchange for cash considerations — is a 27-year-old outfielder/first baseman without a big-league resume. Nowhere to be found…
DetailsAwful losses like the Mets’ debacle leave the worst scars “In ‘Confessions of a Winning Poker Player,’ Jack King said, ‘Few players recall big pots they have won, strange as it seems, but every player can remember with remarkable accuracy the outstanding tough beats of his career.’ Walking in here, I can hardly remember how…
DetailsKiley McDaniel Chat – 9/4/19 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/kiley-mcdaniel-chat-9-4-19/
DetailsTwins promote Balazovic to Pensacola No. 78 overall prospect Jordan Balazovic is moving up to join Double-A Pensacola for the Southern League playoffs, the Twins announced Wednesday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190904&content_id=310528108&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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Right Place, Right Time for Nicholas Castellanos and Cubs Looking at this year’s stat line for Nicholas Castellanos yields almost no surprises. He’s putting up a .291/.340/.521 slash line good for a 121 wRC+. At the beginning of the season, our Depth Charts projected Castellanos to put up a 121 wRC+, and over the last…
DetailsYankees Re-Sign Danny Coulombe The Yankees have signed left-handed reliever Danny Coulombe to a minor league contract for a second time, Conor Foley of the Scranton Times-Tribune reports (via Twitter). New York brought Coulombe into the fold on a minor league pact last winter but gave him his release from the organization on July 1.…
DetailsToolshed: Prospects providing playoff boost Adley Rutschman (Delmarva), Jarred Kelenic (Arkansas) and Cristian Pache (Gwinnett) are some of the top prospects that have joined playoff-bound Minor League teams at just the right times in 2019. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190904&content_id=310505586&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
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