The Dean’s List: Teams That Aced Week Four Notre Dame and plenty of others had weekends to remember. We hand out our weekly highest honors, high honors and teams that made the honor roll list. Source: https://d1baseball.com/analysis/the-deans-list-teams-that-aced-week-four/
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The MotusThrow Sleeve: Measuring What Matters Word that Boston Red Sox pitcher, Chris Sale, is using a motusTHROW sleeve this spring training has sparked a few articles. One of these articles mentions a quote from New York Yankees pitcher, Adam Ottavino, one of the more data-driven pitchers in baseball. Ottavino had this to say about…
DetailsThe Ouch List: Week Four TCU cracked Eric Sorenson’s Ouch List after a 1-3 week that included some tough, close losses. Who else is riding the pain train after week four? Source: https://d1baseball.com/columns/the-ouch-list-week-four/
DetailsListen to Episode 1 of ‘Amazin’ But True’: Where’s Cespedes and Who’s the Closer? feat. Edgardo Alfonzo It’s 70 degrees in New York City and the Mets are less than three weeks away from their March 26 season opener in Queens. It’s time for the debut of our Mets podcast “Amazin’ But True” with former…
DetailsMLB To Close Clubhouses To Media Over Coronavirus Major League Baseball will initiate a major change in its standard operating practices in response to the spread of the coronavirus. Per Jeff Passan of ESPN.com (Twitter links), clubhouses will be closed to media. Just how long this standard will apply remains to be seen, though there’s no…
DetailsIndians, Francisco Lindor Halt Extension Talks Any hope of a spring extension agreement between the Indians and star shortstop Francisco Lindor now seems to be gone. The 26-year-old tells Jason Lloyd of The Athletic (subscription link) that he and the team have “set aside” their talks on a long-term deal for the time being. While…
DetailsJapan’s NPB Postpones Start Of Season Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball has announced that it will delay the start of the 2020 season owing to the worldwide coronavirus outbreak. Veteran reporter Jim Allen has the news from across the Pacific. For the time being, Japan’s top league will push its opening date back into mid-April. It…
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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
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