Zeuch goes distance in Bisons’ no-hitter Blue Jays No. 17 prospect T.J. Zeuch delivered the club’s first no-no since Bartolo Colon on June 20, 1997 in Triple-A Buffalo’s 3-0 victory over Rochester on Monday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190819&content_id=310127808&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsOrioles Release Matt Wotherspoon, Josh Lucas The Orioles have released righties Matt Wotherspoon and Josh Lucas, per an announcement from the club’s top affiliate. Neither presently held a 40-man roster spot. The Baltimore organization has continued to cycle through arms at the MLB level, with an obvious need for depth. But the churn has also created…
DetailsFreking great? Freking great. I am a little sad that this site didn’t already have a Bad News Bears tag, just sayin’ … Struck him out looking, then makes a play for the highlight reel.Maddy Freking can do it all Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/freking_great
DetailsPhil Regan has curious way of inspiring these Mets Mets pitching coach Phil Regan believes pitching is about perspiration and inspiration. Perspiration comes in the form of hard work and the Mets pitching staff is a hard-working group, led by Jacob deGrom. Inspiration is added in different ways by Regan, who at 82 has more…
DetailsCorey Kluber Will Be Shut Down For Two Weeks This season has already tested the Indians’ vaunted pitching depth, and the latest development regarding venerable righty Corey Kluber will do so further. He’s now slated for at least a two-week shutdown after leaving his most recent rehab start with an abdominal issue, Paul Hoynes of…
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Effectively Wild Episode 1419: Benetti’s Booth Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller bring on White Sox play-by-play broadcaster Jason Benetti to banter about sharing the broadcast booth with Bill Walton, Mike Schur, and Mike O’Brien over the weekend and what the success of the experiment says about the future of broadcasting. Then Ben and Sam mull…
DetailsCubs Option David Bote The Cubs have optioned utility man David Bote to Triple-A, as Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times was among those to tweet. It seems that’s the roster move to make way for the return of righty Steve Cishek. Bote, 26, has been a constant presence on the MLB roster this year…
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The Best Young Starters Of 2019 We’re nearing the end of the 2019 regular season, a campaign which has featured plenty of valuable contributions from young starters. By my count, no fewer than 10 starters age 25 or younger have excelled this year. Several of them could continue helping their teams’ causes once the postseason…
DetailsRoster Roundup: August 13-19 Below you’ll find a roundup of notable moves from the past few days, as well as future expected moves and a Minor League Report, which includes a list of recent major league debuts, and top prospect promotions. For this column, any lineup regulars, starting pitchers, or late-inning relievers are considered “notable,”…
DetailsYankees’ Brett Gardner sees dilemma in ending dugout antics The Yankees begin a nine-game West Coast trip in Oakland on Tuesday in firm control of the AL East and in contention for the best record in the majors. So why doesn’t it feel like it? Their just-completed four-game split against Cleveland in The Bronx had…
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