Diamondbacks, City Of Las Vegas Signed NDA In 2018 The Diamondbacks have been engaged in an ongoing stadium kerfuffle for a considerable chunk of this decade, as the club looks to pull the shutters on the 21-year-old auspices of Chase Field and develop a new stadium project–in Arizona, or, possibly, elsewhere. Last month, word spread that…
DetailsThompson spins South Bend atop Midwest Chicago Cubs No. 13 prospect Riley Thompson struck out 10 over five hitless innings to lead Class A South Bend to a 5-0 win over Clinton and a three-game sweep for the Midwest championship. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190914&content_id=310740534&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsRajai Davis comes through in a pinch for Mets The Mets are accustomed to a man named Davis delivering, but usually he goes by J.D. Instead, here was Rajai Davis, thrust into an important spot Saturday night: bases loaded, two outs in a scoreless game with the Mets’ wild-card hopes potentially slipping even further away.…
DetailsMike Fiers Exits With Apparent Arm Injury Athletics starter Mike Fiers set Twitter ablaze twice on Saturday. Initially, it was the veteran’s flamboyant, swirl-shaped facial hair that drew attention; however, by the second inning of tonight’s game with the Rangers, eyes were on Fiers for far more troublesome reasons, as Susan Slusser of the San…
DetailsCubs injury chaos has fantasy owners scrambling for answers Whether you are looking at fantasy baseball or reality, nothing derails your quest for a championship worse than late-season injuries. Your replacement options are extremely limited, and as you find yourself limping towards the winner’s circle rather than doing a full-on sprint. Though all eyes might…
DetailsRon Gardenhire Discusses Future With Tigers On Saturday, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News published an interesting story regarding the ongoing contract situation of Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire. As McCosky points out, both Tigers owner Christopher Illitch and GM Al Avila have been complimentary of Gardenhire’s influence on Detroit’s young roster, and the veteran manager…
DetailsAll in the Family This post will look at a samplingof baseball players whose brothers played a different professional sport simultaneously. Furthermore, I am focusing only on siblings that had cards issued in the same year. Therefore, there may be a numerous sporting brothers, but they had to have simultaneous cards to fit the parameters…
DetailsWest Notes: Richards, Trout, Piscotty When the Padres signed erstwhile Angels ace Garrett Richards to a two-year, $15.5MM deal in December, expectations were that Richards would return in time to lead their young staff in 2020–and, if everything broke right in his recovery from Tommy John surgery, that Richards might squeeze in a few September…
DetailsJeff McNeil’s other side that has become Mets blessing The play was lost in a haze of bad Noah Syndergaard pitches and wonder about the righty’s relationship with catcher Wilson Ramos. But the fourth inning Friday night began with Matt Beatty grounding a ball closer to short than third. Jeff McNeil ranged several steps to…
DetailsCharlie Culberson Exits With Facial Injury A very heated scene ensued in D.C. this afternoon after a fastball from Washington’s Fernando Rodney struck Atlanta’s Charlie Culberson squarely in the face. Though Culberson, 30, was squared to bunt when at-bat in the top of the seventh, Rodney’s fastball apparently got away from him and connected with Culberson’s…
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