Jonathan Villar’s Second-Half Surge Jonathan Villar’s name was barely kicked around the rumor circuit prior to this year’s trade deadline, with the Cubs standing out as the only team reported to have shown much interest. That doesn’t mean that Villar wasn’t discussed with other clubs, of course. But when an affordable veteran ($4.825MM) with only…
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How Félix Hernández Redefined the Modern Changeup Félix Hernández didn’t always throw his signature changeup. When he was a teenager coming up through the Mariners organization, his best pitches were his electric fastball and a nasty curveball. That breaking ball has stuck with him in some form or fashion throughout his career, but his changeup…
DetailsMaybe This Time It’s the Nationals’ Year The Nationals haven’t simply been building a franchise since 2005, they’ve been building traditions. Traditions like the running of the presidents, or whatever #Natitude was. These days, the fans cheer “N-A-T-S, NATS, NATS, NATS!” when something good happens, which is, yes, entirely co-opted from the NFL’s New York…
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Félix Hernández and the Rocky Road to Cooperstown Wearing his emotions on his sleeve start to finish — from the moment that he walked through the bullpen door to chants of “Let’s go, Félix!” to his own tearful salute to the fans upon being pulled with one out in the sixth inning — on Thursday…
DetailsNets sign former Knicks forward, but it’s not Carmelo Anthony Lance Thomas is crossing over the Brooklyn Bridge. The 6-foot-8 forward, who spent the last four-and-a-half seasons with the Knicks before he was waived in June, signed with the Nets on Friday. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. Thomas’ signing comes amid reports…
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Examining A Potential Jorge Soler Extension While it’s been a tough season for the Royals as a team, Jorge Soler has emerged as a bright spot in the heart of the lineup, hitting .262/.352/.555 with 45 home runs in a career-high 668 plate appearances. Long one of the game’s top hitting prospects, the now-27-year-old Soler…
DetailsJacob deGrom’s Remarkable Run Wednesday evening in Flushing, Jacob deGrom put a bow on another superlative season. For seven innings, he flummoxed the Marlins, striking out seven while only allowing two hits. It wasn’t surprising, exactly — deGrom is one of the best few pitchers in baseball and the Marlins are, well, the Marlins. For…
DetailsEl Paso welcomes hundreds of MiLB executives to 2019 Innovators Summit This year’s Minor League Baseball Innovators Summit returned to its roots in El Paso, Texas, where the first Promotional Seminar took place in 1977. Now, more than four decades later, Minor League Baseball executives are still gathering at this annual event. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190927&content_id=310937538&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
Details2019 Top 100 College Baseball Programs Countdown: 6-10 The No. 1 spot in our Top 100 programs countdown is in our sights. But now, we take an in-depth look at teams in the 6-10 range of our rankings. Source: https://d1baseball.com/analysis/2019-top-100-college-baseball-programs-countdown-6-10/
DetailsToolshed: Beer fermenting in Fall League No. 97 overall prospect Seth Beer may have gotten off to a slow start in the D-backs system following his July trade, but he has a chance to make up for it during his trip to the Arizona Fall League. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190927&content_id=310923858&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
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