On the Road: Welcome to HODGETOWN In June, Ben Hill visited the Amarillo Sod Poodles’ HODGETOWN home. Now, he offers a tour of an intimate, prairie dog-centric baseball environment. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190627&content_id=308465576&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsProspect Roundup: Games of June 26 Top Padres prospect MacKenzie Gore struck out nine over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, and Cardinals No. 3 prospect Andrew Knizner went 2-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs. Source: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190627&content_id=308525456&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsCWS Title Series: Game Three In Pictures OMAHA, Nebr. — I don’t believe in soothsayers, crystal balls, gypsies or Ouija boards. But if you would have told me on Thursday February 14th that the future would behold the Vanderbilt Commodores winning the national title on June 26th, I would’ve said, “Yep, I totally believe it.”…
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What Mike Trout Proved in May Here’s the picture that got me interested in what Mike Trout had been up to between the end of April and the beginning of May, 2019: I thought a big red circle would be gauche, so I’ll write this out: Starting on April 19, the rate at which Trout…
DetailsBBTF SoCal meet up starts here. The first $50 (that’s at least 2 pies) are on me … Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/bbtf_socal_meet_up_starts_here
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Effectively Wild Episode 1395: Trade Dreams and Low Seams In a bonus episode, Ben Lindbergh banters with FanGraphs writer Craig Edwards about Craig’s explanation for the struggles of José Ramírez, and then (11:15) Ben and Craig talk to John Bitzer, founder and editor of the new site Baseball Trade Values, about designing the trade-simulation site,…
DetailsAstros To Select Cy Sneed The Astros will select right-hander Cy Sneed’s contract from Triple-A Round Rock, according to Jake Kaplan of The Athletic. Sneed will replace the optioned Framber Valdez on Houston’s 25-man roster, but the team will need to create a 40-man spot for him. Kaplan suggests the Astros will shift injured reliever…
Details385 Feet To Center? It’s Going to be a Blast Have you ever been to London? What are you most looking forward to there? Marcus Walden, Red Sox relief pitcher: No. The biggest thing that I would never really do, but I’m going to do, is The Eye, the big ol’ carousel thing. That’s something…
DetailsD1Baseball Top 25: National Champion Vanderbilt Tops Rankings Vanderbilt had an impressive run to the program’s second national title and tops the final D1Baseball Top 25 rankings for the 2019 campaign. Source: https://d1baseball.com/featured/d1baseball-top-25-national-champion-vanderbilt-tops-rankings/
DetailsPhillies To Sign First-Rounder Bryson Stott JUNE 27: The two sides have a deal, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. JUNE 24: The Phillies expect to sign first-rounder Bryson Stott this week, Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reports. As the 14th overall pick, Stott’s slot comes with a recommended value of $4,036,800. Stott’s a 21-year-old shortstop…
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