MLB coronavirus protocols include limiting spitting, high fives MLB’s medical/safety protocols to return to play will include trying to discourage players from spitting, high-fiving and taking ride services such as Uber to the ballpark. MLB has discussed a variety of these issues with the Players Association, but as of Wednesday night had not officially presented…
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The One That Got Away From The Astros (And Landed With A Division Rival) Apparently the Astros didn’t know everything that was coming in 2017. Their Nov. 20 trade with the Athletics netted them right-hander Brandon Bailey … in exchange for budding outfield star Ramon Laureano. At the time of the swap, it barely drew notice.…
DetailsDavid Wright still could get full pay, even if there is no season Former Mets captain David Wright, who retired after the 2018 season, is still expected to receive his full salary — even though Major League Baseball has been shut down since mid-March and is holding out hope to play an 82-game season. The…
DetailsThe Best No. 1 Overall Pick Of The ’80s We have recently been taking a look back at No. 1 overall draft picks from previous decades. After focusing on 2000-09 and the 1990s, let’s go back to the ’80s. As you’ll see below, most of these top choices had respectable careers. However, one player was…
DetailsMets’ Brandon Nimmo still can fulfill his lofty draft status Part 18 in a series analyzing the New York Mets Drafting Brandon Nimmo was one of Sandy Alderson’s first moves as the Mets general manager, and it raised plenty of eyebrows at the time. Nimmo is from Wyoming, one of three states that doesn’t have…
DetailsConvergences Yordan Álvarez is depicted on the Topps 2020 Series One Variation short print card #276 in glorious landscape orientation, like a widescreen Panavision vista of mesas and buttes, the fever dream of John Ford ardently lusting after a sunset into which he might send his hero trotting. Álvarez possesses plenty of swagger, but…
DetailsSome Free Agents Who Could Benefit From The Universal DH The National League appears likely to implement the designated hitter in 2020 — much to the chagrin of many fans — suddenly giving 15 clubs the potential to bulk up their lineup with another non-pitcher bat. Several teams already have logical in-house options to fill…
DetailsWhich 15 Players Should The Blue Jays Protect In An Expansion Draft? The last MLB expansion draft took place on November 18th, 1997. Each of the 28 existing teams was able to initially protect 15 players, with the Devil Rays and Diamondbacks mostly alternating picks to fill their new rosters. The first round consisted of…
DetailsMLB’s 82-game plan presents teams with new set of pitfalls A major league season is a lie detector test. You can fake a week, a month, perhaps even a few months. But 162 games reveal a club, exposes if it has both depth of players and character. A 7-9 NFL team can become 9-7 with…
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Origins of Minor League team names, a reprise: B Back in 2014, I wrote a series of blog posts about the origin of minor league team names. Since then, the minor league landscape has changed a lot. Clubs moved, adopted new names. All reasons to have a new series in which the new names are…
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