Big Money Deals We Never Saw Coming In today’s video, Jeff Todd explores the MLB free agent deals that have absolutely floored the MLBTR writing staff. Stick around until the end to see which one stunned us the most! Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/04/mlb-contracts-surprising.html
DetailsIndians Provide Updates On 5 Injured Players Prior to the leaguewide shutdown, the Indians faced questions about a number of key players, including Mike Clevinger (knee surgery), Carlos Carrasco (elbow inflammation), Emmanuel Clase (teres major strain), Oscar Mercado (wrist sprain) and Tyler Naquin (2018 ACL repair surgery). At this point, nearly all of them are…
DetailsReport: Owners Could Pursue Further Salary Reduction For Players If Season Begins Without Fans As Major League Baseball ponders various scenarios in which the 2020 season could commence in empty parks without fans in attendance, Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic write that empty-stadium games could prompt ownership to ask that the players…
DetailsWill Chriscoe Joins USA Baseball as Senior Director of Development Press release USA Baseball CARY, N.C. — USA Baseball announced today the hiring of Will Chriscoe as its Senior Director of Development. In this new role, he will lead the implementation of the organization’s development plan with alumni, individuals and foundations, while working to secure financial…
DetailsRoy Halladay’s family just had to ‘relive the worst day of our lives’ Some won’t look at Roy Halladay the same after learning of the National Transportation Safety Board report, which stated the Hall of Fame pitcher was on high levels of amphetamines and morphine, while doing acrobatic stunts on the small plane that took…
Details2020 Conference Wrap: The American UCF and Tulane were two of college baseball’s most pleasant surprises in the abbreviated 2020 season, headlining a strong first month for the American Athletic Conference. We highlight some teams and players that stood out in the AAC. Source: https://d1baseball.com/analysis/2020-conference-wrap-the-american/
DetailsLatest News & Notes On MLB & Coronavirus There’s renewed hope in the struggle of Athletics minor-league coach Webster Garrison against COVID-19, as Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle relays via Twitter. Garrison required the support of a ventilator for over three weeks before finally being extubated today. You can read more on his…
DetailsCraig Edwards FanGraphs Chat – 4/16/2020 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/craig-edwards-fangraphs-chat-4-16-2020/
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Baseball Shorts: Duffy’s Cliff In today’s episode of Baseball Shorts, we pay attention to a phenomenon that Red Sox fans will surely know. It is a phenomenon that could be found in Fenway Park. Duffy’s Cliff was a ten-foot-high mound that formed an incline in front of the left-field wall from the day the park…
DetailsRed Sox champions getting angrier as MLB holds back sign-stealing findings More than three months after suspensions were levied regarding the Houston Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing scandal, results of a similar investigation into the Boston Red Sox still have not been announced. Multiple members of the 2018 Red Sox have come out this week to express…
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