Mets’ Jeurys Familia sheds 30 pounds as he eyes 2020 bounce-back Jeurys Familia’s wallet wasn’t the only thing that got heavy last year. The Mets reliever, after receiving a three-year contract worth $30 million in the offseason, had the worst season of his career and blames weight gain for his dismal results. Now he says…
DetailsYankees, Josh Thole Agree To Minor League Deal The Yankees agreed to a minor league deal with veteran catcher Josh Thole this week, as first reported by Joel Sherman of the New York Post (Twitter link). The former Mets and Blue Jays backstop would make $600K upon cracking the big league roster. He’s the third…
DetailsFor Your Enjoyment, a Groundball Rate Refresher Last week, in a bit of a horror story for pitchers, I demonstrated that they have little control when it comes to suppressing HR/FB rate. That’s quite depressing — if you face a big, strapping boy of a hitter, the fly balls aren’t likely to stay in the…
DetailsMLBTR Video: Kris Bryant Loses Grievance, Scott Kazmir Mounts Another Comeback Kris Bryant lost a grievance against the Cubs that has been nearly five years in the making; MLBTR’s Jeff Todd walks you through the implications in today’s video. Jeff also dishes the latest on Scott Kazmir’s comeback attempt and the Reds’ thoughts on Nick…
DetailsPirates Considering Various Center Field Additions The Pirates, who earlier this week traded center fielder Starling Marte to the Diamondbacks, are “considering” several free-agent replacement options, tweets MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. Among them are Kevin Pillar, Billy Hamilton and Cameron Maybin. That the Bucs are in the market for a new center fielder isn’t a…
DetailsDan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 1/30/2020 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/dan-szymborski-fangraphs-chat-1-30-2020/
DetailsDusty Baker is a Fascinating, Counterintuitive Choice to Manage Astros When commissioner Rob Manfred issued his report regarding the Astros’ illegal sign-stealing efforts and handed down one-year bans to both manager A.J. Hinch and president of baseball operations Jeff Luhnow, he also took aim at the culture within the Astros’ analytically-inclined organization, calling it “insular”…
Details2020 Missouri Valley Preview: Chasing The Patriots Perennial power Dallas Baptist is the team to beat once again in the Valley, but Missouri State, Bradley, Illinois State and Indiana State form an intriguing group of challengers. Source: https://d1baseball.com/season-preview/2020-missouri-valley-preview-chasing-the-patriots/
DetailsGreg Holland returns to Royals on minor-league deal A familiar face from the Kansas City Royals’ dominating bullpens of their 2014 and 2015 playoff teams will be in Arizona next month. Right-handed pitcher Greg Holland agreed to a minor-league contract with a spring training invitation, a source told The Star on Tuesday night. If he…
DetailsThe best ways to steal signs in baseball John Rickert, a mathematician at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and proud member of the Society for American Baseball Research, came to the same conclusion. He says he’d use heads-up displays: smart glasses that convey messages to the batter without anyone else seeing (or hearing) a thing.…
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