Nick Markakis Nearing Return The Braves may soon welcome back veteran outfielder Nick Markakis. While a return this season once seemed in some doubt, he’s tracking to be activated as soon as the end of this week, as Paul Casella of MLB.com reports. Markakis has been rehabbing a broken left wrist since suffering the injury…
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These Three Marlins Lefties Have Some Funky Fastballs I confess that I haven’t watched many Marlins games this year. The team is projected to have the third worst record in baseball, potentially losing 100 or more games for just the third time in organization history. They average fewer than 10,000 fans per home game, the…
DetailsDo We Even Need Minor League Baseball? | FiveThirtyEight Some people on Twitter have suggested it might be better for players to have fewer players under MLB control. They suggest these players would be better off moving to college and new independent league they feel will spring up. With the scarcity of college scholarships and…
DetailsSummer Breakout Prospects: 10 More To Watch Our staff identifies 10 more breakout prospects who caught our eye in summer ball this year, led by Central Michigan infielder Zavier Warren. Source: https://d1baseball.com/summer-baseball/summer-breakout-prospects-10-more-to-watch/
DetailsWhy the Dodgers’ handling of Kenta Maeda highlights the potential conflicts of interest with contract incentives – CBSSports.com If I raise my eyebrows at the suggestion, does it say more about me or the writer of this piece?The Dodgers have had a brilliant season, and could well soon appear in a third consecutive World Series.…
DetailsEarly Trade Deadline Re-Assessment: AL East It has only been a little over five weeks, so it’s too soon to judge with finality how this year’s trade deadline maneuvers will play out. That said, we’re already half of the way through the period — the regular season portion, at least — for which rental players…
DetailsAs feds probe MLB’s Latin American operations, a flashy scout and contested deal draw interest Shortly after Olivera’s arrival in the Dominican Republic, court records show, he signed a “representation agreement” with a group of five people. One of them was Santín . None of them was a certified MLB agent. Instead of charging Olivera…
DetailsGiants fire eight pro scouts, including some key to World Series title runs Big changes are inevitable in a regime change, and the Giants are no exception. In the first of what could be many such moves, the Giants fired eight of their 20 pro scouts Tuesday, including some who have been with the organization…
DetailsHome run robbery by Braves’ Ronald Acuña turns into inside-the-park homer Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. had the chance to make one of his best plays of the season on Tuesday. It turned into an embarrassing lowlight instead. The play started when Philadelphia Phillies utility man Scott Kingery hit a long fly ball to…
DetailsTauchman 30th Yankee on IL; Stanton HRs in simulated game DETROIT (AP) — Outfielder Mike Tauchman became the New York Yankees’ 30th player on the injured list this year, the most in the major leagues in at least 15 years. The 28-year-old strained his left calf Sunday and is expected to miss the rest of…
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