MLB Expected To Suspend Revenue Sharing MLB’s thirty teams are likely to suspend revenue-sharing for the 2020 season, according to Ken Rosenthal and Even Drellich of The Athletic (subscription link). Whether and how the 2020 season will resume remains to be seen, but it’s now a certainty that fans won’t be in the seats when it…
DetailsLatest On Jordan Hicks Cardinals closer Jordan Hicks threw a pair of 20-pitch sets in a bullpen session at his home in Houston on Tuesday, president of baseball operations John Mozeliak tells Rick Hummel of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It’s the latest positive step in the rehab process for the flamethrowing Hicks, who underwent Tommy…
DetailsBowling Green cuts Baseball Program Bowling Green, Ohio – Bowling Green State University today announced that it has eliminated the… Visit College Baseball Daily for the Full Story Source: http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2020/05/15/bowling-green-cuts-baseball-program/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CollegeBaseballDaily+%28College+Baseball+Daily%29
DetailsAfter safety and money, MLB’s restart questions are aplenty Think of health and safety as Mount Everest and how to pay the players as Mount Kilimanjaro — or vice versa. These are the mammoth issues confronting MLB and the Players Association, when it comes to re-starting the game (they hope with spring training in less…
DetailsMLB Will Hold Draft Remotely The shortened 2020 MLB Amateur Draft will be held remotely, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports (Twitter thread). It’s not a particularly surprising development but is nevertheless yet another departure from the norm. Per Passan, teams won’t be permitted to have draft rooms. Each club’s head of baseball operations will be on…
DetailsFanGraphs Live! Friday: MLB the Show, Cubs at Padres, 2 PM ET In this week’s MLB The Show 20 stream, featuring Paul Sporer, Ben Clemens, and Dan Szymborski, the Cubs and Padres head to the Polo Grounds at 2 PM ET. In light of how unlikely it is that professional sports will be played in…
DetailsCOVID-19 Roundup: Manfred Announces Testing Plan This is the latest installment of a series in which the FanGraphs staff rounds up the latest developments regarding the COVID-19 virus’ effect on baseball. Rob Manfred Lays Out a Testing Plan On Thursday night, commissioner Rob Manfred released details of the league’s plan for protecting players and personnel…
DetailsRealmuto On Spring Extension Talks With Phillies Neither the Phillies nor J.T. Realmuto had been quiet about the fact that the two sides were exploring an extension prior to the league’s shutdown in mid-March. However, the roster freeze that was implemented back in March also prohibits teams from negotiating long-term contracts with their players, so…
DetailsESPN gaffe left Trevor Bauer with 12,000 texts, overheated phone ESPN’s mistake – and Trevor Bauer’s decision to make light of the situation – led to him being without a phone for most of a day. The Reds’ pitcher had his number accidentally shown during an ESPN broadcast of the Korean Baseball Organization when he…
DetailsA Brief Introduction to Some KBO Awards As I’m still scaling the learning curve when it comes to the Korea Baseball Organization, I got a little confused during this week’s conversations with Josh Lindblom 린드블럼 and Eric Hacker 해커, two pitchers who found greater success in the KBO than they had in MLB — to…
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