Brewers Commit to Ongoing Freddy Peralta Project When the Milwaukee Brewers needed a torrid run over the last month of their season in order to sneak into the playoffs, it was the pitching staff that stepped up and made it happen. During that stretch, perhaps nobody in the organization pitched better than Freddy Peralta. He…
DetailsBraves Report Club-Record 2019 Revenue This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise given the organization’s recent on-field success and intense ballpark development efforts, but the Braves have announced a new club record in 2019 revenue. As Erick Jackson of the Atlanta Business Chronicle writes, the team’s total revenue rose to $476MM last year —…
DetailsMets’ J.D. Davis avoids serious injury with shoulder scare PORT ST. LUCIE – J.D. Davis is sore, but appears to have avoided the worst from the hard landing on his left shoulder the previous day. An MRI exam performed Wednesday on the Mets left fielder/third baseman revealed no new damage to his left shoulder, according…
DetailsBrodie Van Wagenen Provides J.D. Davis Update The Mets received generally promising news on the shoulder health of corner infielder/outfielder J.D. Davis. General manager Brodie Van Wagenen spoke with reporters including Tim Healey of Newsday (who provides a video on Twitter). Davis underwent an MRI today. While the readout did identify some potential “previous injury”…
DetailsMidwest Connection: Northwestern Makes A Splash In Columbia In this week’s Midwest notebook, Burke Granger examines Big Ten upstarts Northwestern and Purdue on the heels of strong performances in Week Two. Source: https://d1baseball.com/notebook/midwest-connection-northwestern-makes-a-splash-in-columbia/
DetailsAlex Anthopoulos: No Concern On Freeman’s Elbow Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos said today that Freddie Freeman’s surgically repaired elbow is “not a concern.” Freeman was scratched from his start yesterday after experiencing inflammation. (Video via 680 The Fan, on Twitter.) The reassurances from the GM are nice, but the real key here is that…
DetailsKANSAS CITY T-BONES INTRODUCE NEW OWNER AND NEW LOOK AT PRESS CONFERENCE Kansas City, Kan. — At a press conference at T-Bones Ballpark, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Kansas announced that they have approved a final agreement with Max Fun Entertainment LLC and introduced new team owner Mark Brandmeyer on February 25. “We are…
DetailsMLB Teams Reportedly Pursuing Pre-Arb Extension Blitz Pre-arbitration extensions aren’t exactly a new phenomenon. We’ve seen an increasing number of long-term deals with newer MLB players — and even pre-MLB players — over the past decade or so. (Way back in 2013, for instance, I referred to a “baseball-wide trend of … early extensions.”) Last…
DetailsMLBTR Video: Yankees’ Luis Severino Needs Tommy John Surgery Yankees righty Luis Severino will undergo Tommy John surgery this week; MLBTR’s Jeff Todd discusses the implications in today’s video. Jeff also has info on other spring injuries as well as thoughts on possible Yoan Moncada extension talks. Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/02/mlbtr-video-yankees-luis-severino-needs-tommy-john-surgery.html
DetailsTrey Mancini Talks Hitting His performance flew somewhat under the radar — that can happen when you play for a team that loses 108 games — but Trey Mancini had a fantastic 2019 season. Quietly crushing as one the game’s most-underrated hitters, the Baltimore Orioles outfielder/first baseman slashed .291/.364/.535, with 38 doubles and 35 home…
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