MLBTR Poll: The NL East Bullpen Experience As I watched last night’s Braves-Mets game, the already fascinating NL East bullpen dynamics really came into view. Here we have four clubs — those two, plus the Nationals and Phillies — with big expectations and major core talent, all trying to get past season-long relief woes. Odds…
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The Tigers Might Be Historically Bad As we’re reminded every time they face the Yankees and give up homers by the half-dozen, the Orioles are a very bad baseball team. At 39-82, they’re 41 1/2 games out of first place, and on pace for 52 wins, which means they could lose more than two-thirds of…
DetailsJay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat – 8/15/19 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jay-jaffe-fangraphs-chat-8-15-19/
DetailsMWL notes: Quezada turns up the heat Padres prospect Jose Quezada has whittled down his ERA from 4.26 in 2018 to 2.82 in 2019, emerging as a mainstay in the TinCaps bullpen with a team-high 41 appearances. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190815&content_id=309978376&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsNo one fights alone: Amarillo backs Bachar Amarillo Sod Poodles pitcher Lake Bachar’s father is fighting cancer. On August 17’s Bachar Strong Night, the entire community joins the battle. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190815&content_id=309946776&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
Details‘Field of Dreams’ dad finds heaven in Minors To help celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary, “Field of Dreams” star Dwier Brown has been touring the Minor Leagues all summer, stopping at more than 20 parks for promotional appearances. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190815&content_id=309956232&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsMariners Select Taylor Guilbeau The Mariners announced Thursday that they’ve selected the contract of lefty Taylor Guilbeau from Triple-A Tacoma and placed right-hander Brandon Brennan on the 10-day injured list due to right shoulder inflammation. Guilbeau, 26, currently ranks 22nd among Mariners prospects at both MLB.com and Baseball America. Seattle acquired the hard-throwing southpaw in the…
DetailsProspect Roundup: Games of August 14 Twins outfielder Alex Kirilloff homered on a three-hit night for Double-A Pensacola, while Rays right-hander Shane Baz tossed five scoreless innings for Class A Bowling Green. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190815&content_id=309999152&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsAmbassadors for Change: Chris Singleton The goal of this series is to spotlight the people, programs and stories that champion diversity and inclusion in Minor League Baseball. This week we profile RiverDogs director of community outreach Chris Singleton. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190815&content_id=309975612&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsYankees Sign David Hernandez The Yankees agreed to a minor league contract with veteran right-hander David Hernandez, as was first reported by Conor Foley of the Scranton Times-Tribune (via Twitter). The Yankees didn’t make any formal announcement of the move, but Hernandez actually pitched in last night’s game. Hernandez, 34, was released by the Reds…
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