Astros To Select Cy Sneed The Astros will select right-hander Cy Sneed’s contract from Triple-A Round Rock, according to Jake Kaplan of The Athletic. Sneed will replace the optioned Framber Valdez on Houston’s 25-man roster, but the team will need to create a 40-man spot for him. Kaplan suggests the Astros will shift injured reliever…
Details385 Feet To Center? It’s Going to be a Blast Have you ever been to London? What are you most looking forward to there? Marcus Walden, Red Sox relief pitcher: No. The biggest thing that I would never really do, but I’m going to do, is The Eye, the big ol’ carousel thing. That’s something…
DetailsD1Baseball Top 25: National Champion Vanderbilt Tops Rankings Vanderbilt had an impressive run to the program’s second national title and tops the final D1Baseball Top 25 rankings for the 2019 campaign. Source: https://d1baseball.com/featured/d1baseball-top-25-national-champion-vanderbilt-tops-rankings/
DetailsPhillies To Sign First-Rounder Bryson Stott JUNE 27: The two sides have a deal, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. JUNE 24: The Phillies expect to sign first-rounder Bryson Stott this week, Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reports. As the 14th overall pick, Stott’s slot comes with a recommended value of $4,036,800. Stott’s a 21-year-old shortstop…
DetailsThe 20 Greatest Boston Red Sox of All-Time From the last player to hit .400 in a season to the player who played the most career games with one team to one of the most overlooked players in the sports history, the Red Sox have one of the impressive list of alumni. Eligibility for position…
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Pete Alonso Busted His Slump In his rookie season, Pete Alonso has already hit 27 home runs, second in baseball behind Christian Yelich. He’s sporting a .281/.371/.634 slash line that’s created a 161 wRC+, which trails only Cody Bellinger, Mike Trout, and Yelich. Even after adjusting for defense, Alonso’s 3.3 WAR is seventh among all…
DetailsGio Gonzalez Suffers Setback Brewers left-hander Gio Gonzalez went on the 10-day IL on June 1 with a dead arm, an injury that’s going to cost him at least a month and a half of action. Gonzalez felt soreness during a recent bullpen session and won’t return until after the All-Star break as a result,…
DetailsTwins To Call Up LaMonte Wade Jr. The Twins are calling up outfield prospect LaMonte Wade Jr. from Triple-A Rochester, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network (Darren Wolfson of 5 Eyewitness News first suggested Wade would receive a promotion). Wade is already on the Twins’ 40-man roster, though they will need to make a corresponding…
DetailsJob Posting: White Sox Baseball Operations Software Engineer and Analyst Please note, this posting contains two positions. Position: Baseball Operations Software Engineer Location: Chicago, IL Description: The Chicago White Sox seek an experienced Software Engineer to join their baseball operations group. The engineer will be responsible for building and maintaining data driven systems with a…
DetailsThe Dodgers’ weekend walk-off drama highlights baseball’s bullpen paradox – Orange County Register How will bullpens fare in July and August? Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/the_dodgers_weekend_walk_off_drama_highlights_baseballs_bullpen_paradox_ora
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