Texas notes: Hooks’ Ivey continues climb Other than missing some time with a “mild UCL sprain,” Tyler Ivey’s first taste of Double-A has been smooth. The third-round pick in 2017 is 4-0 with a 1.57 ERA over 46 innings for Corpus Christi. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190823&content_id=310207860&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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Patrick Corbin Slows the Tempo In my mind, Patrick Corbin is an archetype. He’s the idealized sinker/slider guy, pairing the two pitches so masterfully that batters can’t figure out which one is coming until it’s too late. His breakout in 2018 was foreshadowed by a solid 2017, when he upped the percentage of sliders he…
DetailsVibes’ Lindell seizing his second chance After the Brewers Karsen Lindell was released on the heals of his third straight shoddy pro campaign, the righty rebuilt his game on the mound. This year, he’s an All-Star in the Milwaukee system. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190823&content_id=310119832&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsToolshed: Most surprising promotions of ’19 With the 2019 season coming to a close, Toolshed looks back and ranks the 10 most unorthodox yet exciting promotions involving Top 100 prospects in the past few months. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190823&content_id=310211950&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 8-23-2019 A masterclass in insensitivity towards people suffering from mental illness in the Chattanooga News, August 23, 1919:They’ve gone baseball crazy at the Elgin [Illinois] State Hospital for the Insane. But Supt. Ralph Hinton, says baseball dementia is preferable to being just plain crazy and the patients are…
DetailsProspect Roundup: Games of August 22 Nationals right-hander Jackson Rutledge tossed five scoreless innings for Hagerstown while A’s outfielder Chase Calabuig posted his first career five-hit game for Double-A Midland. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190823&content_id=310232784&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsAstros Release Brady Rodgers Aug. 23: Houston has released Rodgers, per the MLB.com transactions list. That was the only outcome for the right-hander following yesterday’s DFA; teams are no longer permitted to make trades involving players who’ve been on the 40-man roster this season, and Rodgers was on the minor league injured list, meaning he…
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Pitch Framing Park Factors Back in March, we introduced catcher framing numbers on FanGraphs. Not long after, Tom Tango noted in a blog post that pitch framing numbers should be park-adjusted since pitchers and catchers in some parks are getting more strike calls (relative to Trackman’s recorded locations) than others. We can see this in…
DetailsA Really Big, Though Not National, Show I went to the East Coast National in White Plains on Saturday. Why is it the East Coast National? By definition, it’s not “national” if it’s “East Coast,” but, you know, there’s this: All card shows start the same for me. I have an optimistic plan of everything…
DetailsMets take flier on former Yankees reliever Nick Rumbelow The Mets reached down to the Atlantic League to find some potential help for their bullpen. The team signed Nick Rumbelow off the Sugar Land Skeeters this week and assigned him to Triple-A Syracuse on Friday. Rumbelow was a seventh-round draft pick of the Yankees in…
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