Another Day, Another New Plan Projected As owners and the players discuss ways to start up the 2020 season, we’ve started to see the outline of a possible plan for play become less foggy. 162 games has, of course, long been impossible; now, the owners are proposing roughly a half-season rather than the expected 100-110…
DetailsLatest On MLB’s Proposal For Return To Play Since the league shutdown in mid-March, the looming question hanging over Major League Baseball has been one of how a positive test or tests among players and coaches would be handled. Even earlier this week, as the league presented the the Players Association with a proposal to…
DetailsEtheridge: College Baseball Will Look Different After COVID Mark Etheridge knows it is May but doesn’t recognize the month without baseball. He looks ahead at what our sport might look like from a scheduling standpoint post COVID-19. Source: https://d1baseball.com/columns/lifeaftercovid/
DetailsDan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 5/14/20 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/dan-szymborski-fangraphs-chat-5-14-20/
DetailsThe Show Before the Show: Episode 257 Fourth-ranked Rockies prospect Ryan Vilade joins the podcast to talk about his improved hitting in 2019. Also, Benjamin Hill brings PCL facts, and Josh Jackson dives into the history of the Miami Sun Sox. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20200514&content_id=313433656&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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Origins of Minor League team names, a reprise: C Back in 2014, I wrote a series of blog posts about the origin of minor league team names. Since then, the minor league landscape has changed a lot. Clubs moved, adopted new names. All reasons to have a new series in which the new names are…
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 5-14-2020 Pittsburgh Gazette Times, May 14, 1920:Construction of a sport stadium at Two Hundred and Twenty-fifth street and Broadway which will have a seating capacity of 30,000 was begun [yesterday]. The enclosure will have a six-lap bicycle track, and also will contain a cinder patch for track events.…
DetailsWhich 15 Players Should The Orioles Protect In An Expansion Draft? In a few weeks, we’ll be running a two-team mock expansion draft here at MLBTR. Currently, we’re creating 15-player protected lists for each of the existing 30 teams. You can catch up on the rules for player eligibility here. So far, we’ve done the…
DetailsSun Sox lit up Miami in early 1950s Given a fighting spirit by manager and World Series hero Pepper Martin, the Miami Sun Sox usually outshone the competition in the Florida International League from 1949-54. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20200514&content_id=313337226&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsDodgers Well-Equipped For Addition Of Universal DH The designated hitter is likely coming to the National League in 2020. And while many lifelong NL fans will have strong feelings against the change, Dodgers fans can at least take solace in knowing how strongly their club is positioned to take advantage of the rule change. Among…
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