A Deep Dive Into My National League Rookie of the Year Ballot Voting for baseball’s various awards is a small part of BBWAA membership, but it’s an undeniably cool part of it, one of the things you dream of doing when you’re a kid. As a member of one of the BBWAA’s smallest city-chapters, I’ve…
DetailsTheo Epstein’s warning as Cubs trade rumors swirl Theo Epstein and the Cubs generally have operated under the premise that no one on their roster is untouchable, and there already have been trade rumors involving one of their young All-Star position players, catcher Willson Contreras. Epstein, Chicago’s president of baseball operations, attempted to downplay those…
DetailsMLBTR Readers Predict Teams For Top 10 Free Agents MLBTR’s free agent prediction contest closed last night. 6,886 people entered the contest. Below we’ve listed where our readers think each of the top 10 free agents is going. (Curious about the wisdom of the crowd last year? Click here). 1. Gerrit Cole – Angels (66.7%),…
DetailsToolshed: Assessing 2019 Double-A park factors The Texas League added Amarillo in 2019, and the home of the Sod Poodles instantly became one of the level’s most hitter-friendly environments. Toolshed’s series on park factors turns to Double-A. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20191112&content_id=311757204&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
DetailsA most valuable discovery As a kid I used to dream about finding my way into some ancient attic and unearthing boxes and boxes full of old baseball cards. For whatever reason, I imagined I’d need to be on the East Coast somewhere, which made the fantasy all the less attainable coming from my West…
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Dylan Bundy, Cory Gearrin, and Dereck Rodriguez on the Evolution of Their Changeups Pitchers learn and develop different pitches, and they do so at varying stages of their lives. It might be a curveball in high school, a cutter in college, or a changeup in A-ball. Sometimes the addition or refinement is a natural progression…
DetailsCollege Baseball’s Flamethrowers: Fall Heat Sheet 2.0 Which college baseball pitchers have hit 96 mph or better on the radar gun at fall workouts we’ve attended? Here’s the full list. Source: https://d1baseball.com/prospects/college-baseballs-flamethrowers-fall-heat-sheet-2-0/
DetailsAaron Boone’s ‘savage’ Yankees resume for AL Manager of the Year Aaron Boone became the first manager in MLB history to guide a team to 100 wins in each of his first two seasons as a manager. He’ll find out Tuesday if that’s enough for him to win AL Manager of the Year. The other…
DetailsPadres Ready To “Package” Prospects To Improve MLB Roster We know the Padres are going to do something to get better this winter — or, at least, that’s the strong indication emanating from the club — but it’s still to be seen what, when, and how GM A.J. Preller will strike. Kevin Acee of the San Diego…
Details2020 CBD TOP 100 COUNTDOWN: 97. CHRISTIAN EDWARDS (JACKSONVILLE STATE) We hed to the OVC for number 97 on our list and profile a dynamic closer for the Jacksonville State… Visit College Baseball Daily for the Full Story Source: http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2019/11/12/2020-cbd-top-100-countdown-97-christian-edwards-jacksonville-state/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CollegeBaseballDaily+%28College+Baseball+Daily%29
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