The NL East Race Might Be Down to Two Our Playoff Odds page has a nice little feature that lets you display, for any two dates, the difference between a team’s playoff odds on Date A and its odds on Date B. Around the end of each calendar month, I like to use that feature…
DetailsProspect Roundup: Games of June 30 Houston Astros No. 2 prospect Kyle Tucker bashed his second pro grand slam for the Round Rock Express, and St. Louis Cardinals No. 14 prospect Randy Arozarena went 4-for-5 for the Memphis Redbirds. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190701&content_id=308642654&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsThe second Yankees-Red Sox game in London had a slightly different feel LONDON — Baseball’s Hangover Effect isn’t limited to the defending champions, who more than halfway into their quest for a repeat still look a little wobbly. Here at the London Series on Sunday, the Game 2 crowd acted considerably more subdued than Saturday’s…
DetailsA Conversation With Brendan McKay Brendan McKay continued his fantastic season this past Saturday. Making his big-league debut with the Tampa Bay Rays, the 23-year-old left-hander retired 18 of the 20 Texas Rangers batters he faced. And his work on the farm had been every bit as dominating. In 66.2 innings between Double-A Montgomery and…
DetailsPirates GM Downplays Possibility Of Felipe Vazquez Trade Rumors of trading their star players are commonplace for the payroll-conscious Pirates, whose front office has been forced into tough decisions for budgetary reasons on numerous occasions in the past. This year, there have already been rumors of teams with interest in standout closer Felipe Vazquez —…
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Effectively Wild Episode 1398: What MLB Looked Like in London In a bonus episode about the London Series, Ben Lindbergh talks to Darius Austin and Russell Eassom, writers and podcasters for the UK baseball site Bat Flips and Nerds, about their experiences at both Yankees-Red Sox games, why they think there was so much scoring,…
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Effectively Wild Episode 1397: Stripling Explains it All Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller talk to Ross Stripling, Los Angeles Dodgers starter and host of The Big Swing, about why he started and enjoys doing a podcast, how Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman influenced his pitching style, how he uses data to prepare for…
DetailsBrian Cashman not giving up hope on Luis Severino returning in 2019 Asked if Severino would be back this year, Cashman remains encouraged. “No, there’s still time for that. It just makes me wonder, obviously, when we’re going to get the lat right,’’ the GM said. “It’s just not healed yet, but it’s close. But…
DetailsRed Sox owner John Henry gives idea of Red Sox’ approach at Major League Baseball trade deadline | WEEI And as frustrating as the two games against the Yankees might have been Saturday and Sunday, in which the Red Sox were outscored 29-21 in two losses, it is Henry’s team’s overall lot in life that…
Details2019 All-Stars by league, position | MLB.com The complete teams. Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/2019_all_stars_by_league_position_mlbcom
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