Lou Piniella’s Baseball Hall of Fame snub still stings You enter a conversation with Lou Piniella ready to be entertained. Not necessarily surprised, though. The beloved longtime player and manager operates without much of a filter, so he has to work pretty hard to surprise you. Nevertheless, Sweet Lou came through when I brought up…
DetailsWe’ve Reached Peak Mike Trout, Again Last week, Mike Trout celebrated his 28th birthday, and here at FanGraphs, Craig Edwards baked a cake, so to speak, by using some yardsticks to measure Trout’s career to date without considering Wins Above Replacement. As Craig noted here, and as Ben Lindbergh said similarly at The Ringer, WAR…
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Let’s Check in on the KBO’s De-Juiced Baseballs (Photo: Sung Min Kim/FanGraphs) Back in April, I wrote about how the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) had de-juiced their baseballs, and how the offensive environment in the league appeared to be reflecting that change. If you remember from the piece, in March, the KBO conducted a test…
DetailsRays To Promote Peter Fairbanks The Rays will promote pitching prospect Peter Fairbanks from Triple-A Durham to fill the open spot on the club’s 25-man roster, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports (via Twitter). Fairbanks, 25, was acquired in a perhaps under-the-radar deadline trade that sent fellow prospect Nick Solak from the Rays…
DetailsNL East Notes: Doolittle, Camargo, Chisholm Sean Doolittle is on pace to finish just enough games to trigger the clause in his contract that turns the Nationals’ $6.5MM club option into a mutual option, and the reliever spoke to Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post about his future this week. “I mean, you play this game…
DetailsSAL notes: Shewmake shining in pro debut Fresh off an impressive run with Texas A&M, Braden Shewmake became the 21st overall selection in the Draft and started his career with Rome. The shortstop has settled in quickly with the Braves. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190816&content_id=310013356&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsToolshed: Stats to follow in final weeks From Ty France’s chase for a .400 average to Kevin Cron’s push to win the home run title, Toolshed dives into statistical races worth following in the final weeks of the 2019 Minor League season. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190816&content_id=310009270&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
DetailsRiverDogs promotion draws rave reviews On July 9, Charleston held a theme night dedicated to persuading Helen McGuckin, a Level 7 Local Guide on Google, to change her two-star rating to five — an effort that’s earned Minor League Baseball’s Promotion of the Month. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190816&content_id=310015222&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsProspect Roundup: Games of August 15 Detroit Tigers No. 2 prospect Matt Manning spun five scoreless innings while Washington Nationals outfielder Andrew Stevenson reached base six times Thursday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190816&content_id=310032414&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsBryce Harper: Walk-off grand slam ‘is what you live for’ It still doesn’t get tired for the Nationals’ $330 million man. Bryce Harper’s walk-off grand slam, the sixth of his career, lifted the Phillies to a 7-5 win over the Cubs on Thursday, and it was a moment the slugger will remember. “That was one…
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