SAL notes: Rockies’ Lavigne remains patient The 42nd overall pick in the 2018 Draft, Rockies prospect Grant Lavigne knows he possesses plenty of power but wants to stay focused on becoming a complete player with the Tourists. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190524&content_id=307390742&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsKiley McDaniel – 5/24/19 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/kiley-mcdaniel-5-24-19/
DetailsStock Report: Friday Morning Postseason Projections & Analysis Alek Manoah and West Virginia moved back into hosting position after taking down Texas Tech on Thursday. Find out how the races for top-eight seeds, hosts and at-large bids are shaping up. Source: https://d1baseball.com/projections/stock-report/stock-report-friday-morning-postseason-projections-analysis/
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 5-24-2019 Pittsburgh Gazette Times, May 24, 1919:Because of the danger of an injury to his hands, Jack Dempsey, who is to meet Jess Willard in a heavyweight championship battle [in Toledo] July 4, probably will drop baseball from his training program. The challenger engaged in a game [yesterday],…
DetailsRoyals Assign Drew Storen To Double-A Drew Storen’s comeback bid took another step forward this week, as the Royals have assigned him to Double-A Northwest Arkansas, per Paul Boyd of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Twitter link). Storen, who signed a minor league contract back in February, opened the season building up arm strength in extended Spring…
DetailsToolshed: Revisiting the 2018 Draft One year after the 2018 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, Toolshed looks at how each of the 30 first-round picks have done since hearing their names called. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190524&content_id=307389242&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
DetailsThe Whitney Houston Dilemma (or, How Will I Know?) When do you know? I have 15 of 66 cards from the 1965 Topps Soupy Sales set. I’m not there. I have 6 of 88 1957 Topps Hit Stars. Not yet. I have 6 of 24 1968 Topps Posters, off condition donated by friends. I’m uncommitted.…
DetailsCubs vs. Reds: Kyle Hendricks will shut down Cincinnati Kyle Hendricks made us look great last Sunday night and after a roller-coaster week we can use a little stability. Reds are at Wrigley for the weekend and Hendricks allowed one run over eight innings last time he faced them, and he’s 4-1 over his past…
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Diamondbacks To Promote Kevin Cron The Diamondbacks are promoting corner infield prospect Kevin Cron to the Majors, reports John Gambadoro of 98.7 Arizona Sports (Twitter link). The Arizona Republic’s Nick Piecoro had previously reported that the move was “on the verge” of happening. Cron, 26, is the younger brother of Twins first baseman C.J. Cron.…
DetailsAnthony Rizzo breaks Budweiser sign with monster homer Last night the Phillies were in Chicago to face the Cubs. The lead in to the game was all about how Cole Hamels was facing his former team. As I mentioned in the recaps this morning that sort of fizzled — Hamels got a no-decision after pitching…
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