Los Angeles Supers Preview: UCLA Aims For Less Drama Michigan hasn’t reached the College World Series since the 1980s, but hopes to return. But first it must find a way to get through top-seeded UCLA. Source: https://d1baseball.com/postseason/los-angeles-supers-preview-ucla-aims-for-less-drama/
DetailsMWL notes: Baz on the attack with Hot Rods Shane Baz struggled in his first pro season in the Pirates system, but a change in mental approach has the right-hander showing his first-round form in the Rays system with the Hot Rods. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190606&content_id=307780982&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsMinor League Baseball’s FIELD Program prepares diverse students for the business of baseball Minor League Baseball has announced it will once again host its FIELD (Fostering Inclusion through Education and Leadership Development) Program from June 10-15 at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Florida. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190606&content_id=307806280&fext=.jsp&vkey=pr_milb&sid=milb
DetailsDraft Spotlight: Amditis Gets His Chance; Other Miami/FIU Draft Nuggets Walter Villa checks in with Miami catcher Michael Amditis, who was drafted this week after a long, challenging road. Villa also has updates on some other Miami-area draft prospects. Source: https://d1baseball.com/prospects/draft-spotlight-amditis-gets-his-chance-other-miami-fiu-draft-nuggets/
DetailsReplacing Andrew McCutchen The Phillies are in first place in the NL East. So far, so good. But the club is looking ahead at some rather significant road blocks. Most notably, the Philadelphia outfield mix just took a big hit. Andrew McCutchen is done for the year. The less-hyped and less-expensive of the team’s two…
DetailsAnnouncing the FanGraphs All-Star Weekend Cleveland Event FanGraphs is headed to Cleveland for some pre-All-Star game festivities, and we want to raise a glass and enjoy a bit of baseball talk with our readers. To that end, we’re hosting an event at Speakeasy on Saturday, July 6 at 6 PM. The evening will feature drinks,…
DetailsOut at home: Pride Nights across the Minors Sixty-five Minor League teams are staging LGBTQ nights in 2019, with many of them taking place during Pride Month. Ben Hill takes a look at this growing trend. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190606&content_id=307738616&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsProspect Roundup: Games of June 5 Brewers infielder Keston Hiura notched two hits and scored three runs in his return to Triple-A San Antonio, while Padres left-hander MacKenzie Gore struck out four of the eight batters he faced. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190606&content_id=307803238&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 6-6-2019 There’s been a Tubby Spencer sighting! Seattle Star, June 6, 1919:Meet [Salt Lake City manager] Eddie Herr’s catchers. Tubby Spencer is from the big show and Butch Byler is a University of Washington boy. Both are good receivers; in fact, Spencer is ranked with the best mask…
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Max Scherzer Has Allowed More Groundballs, but Is That a Good Thing? If you take one look at Max Scherzer’s player page, it is not hard to identify where he has improved. Both Scherzer’s strikeout (33.4%) and walk (5.1%) rates remain excellent, as is the standard. But his FIP (2.13) — which finds itself at…
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