Mariners To Promote Kyle Lewis The Mariners are set to promote outfield prospect Kyle Lewis for his MLB debut, as was first made apparent in a congratulatory tweet from his his college team at Mercer. Seattle has multiple open spots on its 40-man roster, so a corresponding move won’t be necessary. Lewis, 24, was the…
DetailsJay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat – 9/9/19 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jay-jaffe-fangraphs-chat-9-9-19/
DetailsReports: Cubs calling up Hoerner The Cubs are calling up top prospect Nico Hoerner to provide depth in the middle infield, according to multiple reports. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190909&content_id=310611088&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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DetailsThe huge concerns Red Sox face after firing Dave Dombrowski John Henry spent nearly a decade as a limited partner of the Yankees in the 1990s, and no current owner beholds the legacy of the guy who owned the Yankees at that time — that would be George Steinbrenner. Henry has proven as Red Sox…
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 9-9-2019 Pittsburgh Gazette Times, September 9, 1919:Boston defeated New York in both sections of a double header here [yesterday], the scores being 3 to 1 and 3 to 0. In the eighth inning of the first game, Ruth hit a home run in the right field for his…
DetailsOn the Road: Hagerstown’s team spirit The Hagerstown Suns Fan has a small budget, but a big heart. When Ben Hill visited Municipal Stadium, he gained insight into how the group operates. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190909&content_id=310557554&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsCubs To Promote Nico Hoerner The Cubs are set to call up top infield prospect Nico Hoerner, tweets MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune suggested earlier this morning that Hoerner could be in line to get the call with both Javier Baez and Addison Russell dealing with injuries. The Cubs will…
DetailsInjury Notes: Tauchman, Moose, Laureano, Kelly Mike Tauchman departed during the fourth inning of Sunday night’s game with what the Yankees described as left calf tightness. The outfielder suffered the injury while fielding a Brock Holt single, though he told reporters (including James Wagner of the New York Times) that he had recently been dealing…
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Beating FIP For the most part, a pitcher’s FIP is going to line up pretty well with his ERA over the course of a season or a career. There are 240 starting pitchers with at least 1,000 innings over the last 25 years and all but seven of them have a FIP within half a…
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