5 things to know about Astros before Yankees’ daunting ALCS 1. The Astros nearly had three no-hitters this season, which would have made been an MLB first. Instead, they settled for two, becoming the 18th team to accomplish the feat. Zack Greinke, who previously said throwing a no-hitter would be a “hassle,” got two outs…
DetailsAníbal Sánchez Is What the Nationals Have in Game 1 The Nationals rotation is headed by Max Scherzer with fellow aces Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin falling neatly in line. Yet, when the Nationals take on the Cardinals tonight, Aníbal Sánchez will get the start. A hard-fought Division Series against the Dodgers saw Scherzer and…
DetailsPitch-tipping disagreement lingers after Astros dominance Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow believed he was tipping his pitches when the Astros jumped on the right-hander for four runs in the first inning of Houston’s ALDS Game 5 triumph. “I went back and looked, and it was pretty obvious,” Glasnow said after the 6-1 defeat. “As far as…
DetailsThe ‘relentless’ Astros have one soft spot Yankees can expose The Yankees and Astros have been on this heavyweight collision course for months, establishing early they were the class of the American League. Now — as anticipated — they will play for its title. The Astros are the first team to advance to three straight…
DetailsOrioles Notes: Means, Holt, Bundy Orioles lefty John Means ascended from 40-man filler to building block in less than a year’s time, and the All-Star rookie sat down with MLB.com’s Joe Trezza to discuss his remarkable season. Candidly, Means revealed that he was expecting to be designated for assignment to clear 40-man space last winter.…
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 10-11-2019 New York Sun, October 11, 1919:President Comiskey of the White Sox [yesterday] declared he would give $20,000 for a single clue to lead to evidence that any of his players had deliberately attempted to throw any of the world series games to the Cincinnati Reds, for, the…
DetailsToolshed: LCS development successes The final four organizations have leaned heavily on players built up from their own farm systems to get within eight victories of a World Series title. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20191011&content_id=311116130&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
DetailsCole Gets Early Lead, Dominates Rays Again as Astros Take Game 5 Minute Maid Park roared when Roberto Osuna‘s slider eluded Ji-Man Choi’s bat for the final out of Thursday’s Game 5, but then again, it had already been roaring for some time. The crowd of people within its walls hollered and yelped as their…
DetailsClayton Kershaw and the Unfairness of Narratives I still remember where I was the first time Playoff Kershaw became a thing. It was 2013, and the Dodgers were a juggernaut. They’d steamrolled through the second half of the regular season behind an exuberant Yasiel Puig and a dominant Clayton Kershaw, and they manhandled the Braves…
DetailsFormer Big Leaguers Playing Abroad: NPB Hitters Roundup It’s always fun to keep an eye on familiar players who’ve taken their talents across the pond. Now that the 2019 season is in the books, it seemed an opportune time to check in. Numerous former big leaguers and others of note are playing abroad, many of…
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