COVID-19 Update: Changing Plans, Inconclusive Tests To the surprise of no one, COVID-19 continues to affect the baseball season. Plans have changed and re-changed as two teams have seen clusters of positive tests. While this news is, as always, subject to change, here’s our most recent update. The Marlins In Purgatory As of now, the…
DetailsBen Clemens FanGraphs Chat – 8/3/20 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/ben-clemens-fangraphs-chat-8-3-20/
DetailsListen to Episode 15 of ‘Pinstripe Pod’: Aaron Judge Is Unstoppable Aaron Judge is a man possessed right now. Home runs are being hit all over the place. After the Yankees swept the Red Sox and won their sixth straight game Sunday, we present to you a brand new episode of the “Pinstripe Pod” with…
DetailsWhite Sox Activate Nomar Mazara The White Sox announced Monday that they’ve activated right fielder Nomar Mazara for his season debut. In a pair of corresponding moves, catcher Yermin Mercedes was optioned to their alternate training site and right-hander Jimmy Lambert was placed on the 45-day injured list. Mazara has yet to live up to the top prospect…
DetailsYankees voice John Sterling expects to return soon after blood infection scare After a four-day stay in the hospital, John Sterling, the radio voice of the Yankees, expects to return to calling games either Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. “Everything is cool,” Sterling told The Post. Sterling, 82, said he had an infection in…
DetailsAs the Coronavirus Halts Teams, Cain, Céspedes, and Others Opt Out As the 2020 baseball season seemed to teeter on the brink of collapse this weekend in light of the news of an outbreak on the Cardinals, the comments of commissioner Rob Manfred, and the inactivity of six teams, four players — three of them…
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Shane Bieber’s New Old Curve It’s the beginning of August, and one only one pitcher is on pace for a 6 WAR season. In a normal year, that would be disappointing; there are usually something like four or five of them. In this short year, on the other hand, it’s downright amazing, and I don’t…
Details2021 College Top 150 Prospect Rankings Fall workouts are right around the corner and it’s time to unveil our first College Top 150 Prospects list for the 2021 draft class, headlined by Vandy righthander Kumar Rocker. Source: https://d1baseball.com/prospects/2021-college-top-150-prospect-rankings/
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Anyone Can Strike Out Nine Batters in a Row Since he was drafted in the second round in 2015, Tigers left-hander Tyler Alexander barely needs two hands to count the number of times he’s struck out nine batters in a game. There was the first time, on April 23, 2016, when he was in High-A.…
DetailsPhillies To Resume Season Tonight The Phillies announced this morning that their latest wave of testing again revealed no new positive Covid-19 tests. The team is traveling to New York to play the Yankees in the Bronx tonight, per the announcement. Jake Arrieta is lined up to face Gerrit Cole in tonight’s series opener, and Aaron…
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