Peanuts baseball comic From now on, the Dutch Baseball Hangout will post a random baseball comic of Peanuts on Friday. In total Charles M. Schultz created about 1,800 baseball comics, 10% of all the Peanuts episodes. Source: https://dutchbaseballhangout.wordpress.com/2020/01/31/peanuts-baseball-comic/
DetailsPirates Sign JT Riddle To Major League Deal The Pirates announced Friday that they’ve signed infielder JT Riddle to a Major League contract. The move fills Pittsburgh’s 40-man roster. Riddle, 28, was once considered to be among the more promising farmhands in the Marlins organization but was unable to establish himself in parts of three…
DetailsRockies Sign Zac Rosscup The Rockies have brought left-handed reliever Zac Rosscup back to the organization on a minor league contract, tweets Thomas Harding of MLB.com. He won’t be in big league camp, so he’s presumably ticketed straight for Triple-A Albuquerque. Rosscup, 31, tossed 18 Major League innings between the Mariners, Blue Jays and Dodgers…
DetailsCardinals invite Top-100 trio to camp The Cardinals extended non-roster invites to all three of their Top-100 prospects — Dylan Carlson, Nolan Gorman and Matthew Liberatore — to Major League Spring Training. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20200131&content_id=312611088&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsOrioles Claim Travis Lakins, Designate Stevie Wilkerson The Orioles announced Friday that they’ve claimed righty Travis Lakins off waivers from the Cubs. Infielder/outfielder Stevie Wilkerson was designated for assignment in a corresponding roster move. Lakins, 25, was designated for assignment by the Red Sox earlier this winter and subsequently claimed by Chicago. Although he’d consistently…
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The Mariners Bolster Their Bullpen It’s been a relatively quiet winter for Jerry Dipoto and the Mariners. Seemingly content to let their youngsters play (or develop in the minors), the frantic wheeling and dealing that we had become accustomed to in offseasons past has subsided this year. With their eyes set on 2021, there hasn’t…
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Baseball Related Songs: “My oh my” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis In today’s episode of “Baseball Related Songs,” we pay attention to “My oh my” performed by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. The song is about the magical year 1995 in which the Seattle Mariners made it to the ALCS after beating the Yankees in the…
DetailsCubs, Corban Joseph Agree To Minor League Deal The Cubs have agreed to a minor league contract with infielder Corban Joseph, tweets Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com. The PSI Sports Management client will be in Major League camp this spring. Joseph, 31, has appeared in the big leagues in each of the past two seasons —…
DetailsMets take flier on former Nationals slugger Matt Adams The Mets signed first baseman Matt Adams to a minor league contract and invited him to major league spring training, the club announced Friday. Adams, 31, batted .226/.276/.465 with 20 homers and 56 RBIs for the Nationals last season on the way to the franchise’s first…
DetailsPhillies Claim Reggie McClain The Phillies announced Friday that they’ve claimed right-hander Reggie McClain off waivers from the Mariners and designated fellow righty Trevor Kelley for assignment in order to open space on the 40-man roster. More to come. Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/01/phillies-claim-reggie-mcclain-waivers-mariners.html
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