Locker Tour: Max Stassi, Catcher, Houston Astros Max Stassi is a 7 year MLB catcher and one of our favorite guys to talk with this year. Max was very articulate about his equipment, why he choses each item, and how it benefits his game. He gives a good in-depth look at the Force3 Defender mask,…
DetailsWhy Pete Alonso could be left off Rookie of the Year ballots Pete Alonso is on the path to the best season ever by a Mets rookie position player. Yet, he may not win NL Rookie of the Year and might not even appear on every ballot. With the season one-third complete, the NL Rookie…
DetailsGiants Select Mike Yastrzemski, Designate Mac Williamson The Giants have selected the contract of OF Mike Yastrzemski and designated OF Mac Williamson for assignment, mlb.com’s Maria Guardado was among those to report. More to come… Source: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/05/giants-select-mike-yastrzemski-designate-mac-williamson.html
DetailsA’s DFA Fernando Rodney, Select Wei-Chung Wang The Oakland Athletics have designated veteran reliever Fernando Rodney for assignment, their PR department announced. Wei-Chung Wang’s contract has been selected from Triple-A Las Vegas in a corresponding move. This could spell the end of the road for 42-year-old Rodney, whose days of slinging arrows may be numbered…
DetailsWCC Dispatches: LMU in Driver’s Seat; BYU on Bubble Saint Mary’s is set for a rematch with Loyola Marymount in the championship round of the WCC tournament after a drama-filled day of tight ball games sent the top two seeds, BYU and Gonzaga, home Source: https://d1baseball.com/at-the-ballpark/wcc-dispatches-lmu-in-drivers-seat-byu-on-bubble/
DetailsCal Ripken Jr., notorious serial killer linked to bizarre painting One man is famous. The other is infamous. Serial killer John Wayne Gacy had already been sentenced to die by the time Baltimore Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. first stepped into a major league batter’s box in 1981. When Gacy was executed in 1994., Ripken…
DetailsNL East Notes: Hammer, Ross, Bourque, Sobotka, Wilson With sidearmer Pat Neshek headed to the injured list, the Phillies have recalled J.D. Hammer to take his place, per Matt Breen of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Breen also points out a fun bit of trivia regarding these two, as this is actually the second time Neshak has…
DetailsWhite Sox Notes: Jay, Castillo, Zavala White Sox outfielder Jon Jay is finally showing some signs of progress in his effort to return from a groin strain. As Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times tweets, GM Rick Hahn says that Jay may not be far from a rehab stint. He’s expanding his workload at…
DetailsProspect Roundup: Games of May 24 Reds prospect Ibandel Isabel homered in his fourth straight game for Double-A Chattanooga, while Tigers right-hander Alex Faedo fanned seven over six solid innings for Double-A Erie on Friday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190525&content_id=307445492&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsRays In Contact With Kuechel, Kimbrel Free agent hurlers Dallas Keuchel and Craig Kimbrel are both expected to sign somewhere shortly after midnight EST on June 2 when they will no longer be tied to draft pick compensation, per The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Josh Tolentino. Craig Edwards from Fangraphs recently put together a valuation…
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