Baseball Mexico: Monday, March 9, 2020 by Bruce Baskin, Baseball Mexico, http://baseballmexico.blogspot.com/ WILL PROBEIS TAKE OVER ACADEMY FROM LIGA? According to Hector Bencomo of the Hitazo website, a proposal has been made to the organization charged by Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador with building baseball interest and participation throughout the country, asking that organization (known…
DetailsYoenis Cespedes’ and Jed Lowrie’s quiet springs only add to Mets intrigue PORT ST. LUCIE — Grapefruit League. Cactus League. Simulated League? Nah, that sounds more like an eSports thing, doesn’t it? It’s something, though, particularly here with the Mets. To date, it’s the only place you can see Yoenis Cespedes and Jed Lowrie compete…
DetailsPhillies notes: Howard gearing up Phillies No. 2 prospect Spencer Howard is back throwing high heat after missing time earlier this spring with a right knee injury, director of player development Josh Bonifay said in Clearwater. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20200309&content_id=313002432&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsYou’ve Never Heard of Jonathan Hernández, but Maybe You Should Have You shouldn’t trust spring training statistics. Opposition quality is, to put it kindly, uneven. Non-roster invitees and overmatched minor leaguers get their turns in the spotlight. A home run off Johnny Washedup or Mike Minorleague isn’t the same as one off a fifth starter,…
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Oliver van der Wijst to BC Nettuno 1945 Dutchie Oliver van der Wijst Severino will play in Italy in the upcoming season. The former minor leaguer was signed by the oldest baseball club in Italy, BC Nettuno 1945. The 22-year old has played for a handful of clubs in the Dutch hoofdklasse. Van der Wijst…
DetailsRays Have Opened Extension Talks With Glasnow, Meadows The Rays have approached Tyler Glasnow’s representatives at Wasserman and Austin Meadows’ representatives at Excel Sports about potential long-term deals for the pair of burgeoning stars, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. There’s no indication that talks with either party have progressed beyond the preliminary…
DetailsThe Rangers Should Turn Their Outfield Situation From Precarious to Puigcarious In 2020’s scariest baseball moment so far, on Sunday, Willie Calhoun’s face took a direct hit from a Julio Urías fastball, leaving Calhoun on the ground in a great deal of pain. Any baseball to the head is a scary situation, and Calhoun hopefully…
DetailsAstros spring training gets messier with Justin Verlander injury Add worrisome injury to the list of Astros spring training problems. The team shut down ace Justin Verlander on Monday, a day after he left a spring training game with the Mets feeling right triceps soreness. The Astros diagnosed the injury as a mild lat strain,…
Details8th? BBTF Central Park Softball Game Let’s start planning for this year’s game. First questions: 1. Who is submitting the permit request? 2. What dates should we aim for? 3. Where is the post-game destination? Source: https://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/8th_bbtf_central_park_softball_game
DetailsBen Clemens FanGraphs Chat – 3/9/20 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/ben-clemens-fangraphs-chat-3-9-20/
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