How Does The Future Payroll Look For Cost-Conscious Rays? 2020 salary terms are set to be hammered out in the coming days. But what about what’s owed to players beyond that point? The near-term economic picture remains questionable at best. That’ll make teams all the more cautious with guaranteed future salaries. Every organization has some…
DetailsCashman Optimistic That Judge Will Be Ready For Start Of Season Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge appears to be making quite a lot of progress while awaiting word on whether and when the season will occur. GM Brian Cashman says the organization is “excited to believe that he’s going to rejoin us at full capacity,” as Kristie…
DetailsRick Porcello’s redemption quest with Mets looks different now Part 19 in a series analyzing the New York Mets. Rick Porcello was eager to put the 2019 season behind him. He’d finished it with the second-worst ERA and WHIP of his career, which forced him to sign a one-year deal with the Mets in an…
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Yankees Have Over Half A Billion Dollars On Books Past 2020 2020 salary terms are set to be hammered out in the coming days. But what about what’s owed to players beyond that point? The near-term economic picture remains questionable at best. That’ll make teams all the more cautious with guaranteed future salaries. Every organization…
DetailsBaseball Shorts: Uecker Seats In today’s edition of Baseball Shorts, we pay attention to the term Uecker Seats, named after former MLB catcher and play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker. Uecker seats are referred to seats with a very poor view of the playing field. The term can be linked to one of longtime Milwaukee Brewers announcer Bob Uecker’s TV…
DetailsBlake Snell needed to keep virtuous MLB rant to himself Versatility has proven a trademark of the Tampa Bay Rays, who unleashed super-utility man Ben Zobrist on the baseball world and introduced us to openers. I doubt they’ll take any credit for Blake Snell’s words and actions Wednesday. Yet the Rays southpaw managed to establish…
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Pitching Programming Series, Part 3: High/Low Method Welcome to Part 3 of our pitching programming strategies blog series. If you missed Part 1 or 2, you can check them out here and here. Today’s topic will cover a programming strategy known as “high/low.” What is the high/low strategy? The late Charlie Francis popularized the high/low…
DetailsTaiwanese baseball to expand number of fans allowed in ballpark again Starting tomorrow, May 15, the CPBL will allow clubs to host 2,000 fans in their ballparks. Also, concession stands will be opened. According to a tweet by the Taiwanese professional baseball league, the aforementioned measures are taken to make it possible for families to…
DetailsThe Senzel Factor: 2020 DH Would Give Reds A Lot Of Options With the DH likely headed to the National League, at least for 2020, we’re going to run through each of the NL teams to see how they might best handle this new need/opportunity and explore any interesting potential roster effects. We’ve already done the Dodgers…
DetailsYankees’ Brian Cashman ‘optimistic’ there will be an MLB season During a fundraising Zoom session on Thursday, Brian Cashman was asked if he believed owners and players will agree on compensation and if there will be a season this year. “I don’t represent the players or the Players Association. There are a lot of hurdles…
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