Pirates Expected To Hire Travis Williams As Team President Just hours after announcing the exit of Team President Frank Coonelly, the Pirates have reportedly identified new leadership. Travis Williams, former COO for the crosstown Pittsburgh Penguins, will be named as Pittsburgh’s new prez within the next week, per a report from Jason Mackey of The…
DetailsKris Bryant Grievance To Be Heard This Week Kris Bryant’s longstanding service time saga could be nearing its conclusion. MLB will address Bryant’s 2015 grievance at some point this week, reports David Kaplan of NBC Sports (via Twitter). Bryant’s grievance concerns the date of his MLB call-up: April 17, 2015, one day after the date…
DetailsPulaski wins 2019 John H. Johnson President’s Award Minor League Baseball announced that the Pulaski Yankees are the recipients of the 2019 John H. Johnson President’s Award honoring the complete baseball franchise. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20191023&content_id=311262884&fext=.jsp&vkey=pr_milb&sid=milb
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Running Up Pitch Counts Won’t Be Enough to Beat Washington’s Aces The Houston Astros’ plan against Max Scherzer in Tuesday’s Game 1 of the World Series was as obvious as it was predictable: Work deep into the count against Washington’s ace, see as many pitches as you can, and get him into high-stress situations early…
DetailsContract Crowdsourcing 2019-20: Ballot 6 of 10 Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series. As in other recent offseasons, FanGraphs is once again facilitating a contract-crowdsourcing project this offseason, the idea being to harness the wisdom of the crowds to the end of better understanding the 2019-20 free-agent market. Below…
DetailsContract Crowdsourcing 2019-20: Ballot 5 of 10 Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series. As in other recent offseasons, FanGraphs is once again facilitating a contract-crowdsourcing project this offseason, the idea being to harness the wisdom of the crowds to the end of better understanding the 2019-20 free-agent market. Below…
DetailsIowa releases 2020 Schedule IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa head baseball coach Rick Heller announced the details of… Visit College Baseball Daily for the Full Story Source: http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2019/10/23/iowa-releases-2020-schedule/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CollegeBaseballDaily+%28College+Baseball+Daily%29
DetailsNL Notes: Urias, Rockies, Wieters, Marlins We’ve already seen a pair of headline-grabbing moves by National League clubs this morning. We’ll round up some smaller reports from the Senior Circuit. The Padres aren’t prepared to hand the second base job to Luis Urías without competition, reports A.J. Cassavell of MLB.com as part of a reader mailbag.…
DetailsUmpire Joe West sues Paul Lo Duca for defamation over bribery allegations Major League Baseball umpire Joe West says Paul Lo Duca was way off base when the catcher-turned-podcaster claimed on air that a teammate bribed the veteran ump — with a classic Chevy. West filed a defamation lawsuit against Lo Duca Tuesday over comments…
DetailsJ.J. Watt’s fiancée Kealia Ohai can’t keep eyes off of his phone J.J. Watt and fiancée Kealia Ohai made an appearance at Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday night, but the couple appeared to be more interested in the defensive end’s smartphone. While watching the Astros battle the Nationals at home in Houston,…
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