Hunter Pence Intends To Play In 2020 It’s been a quiet winter on the Hunter Pence front despite a remarkable bounceback effort that made him a finalist for 2019 Comeback Player of the Year honors in the American League. The veteran outfielder tells MLB.com’s T.R. Sullivan (Twitter link), though, that he intends to play in…
DetailsEric Longenhagen Chat: 1/24/20 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/eric-longenhagen-chat-1-24-20/
DetailsLatest On Pirates’ Starling Marte Trade Talks January 24: The Pirates’ talks involving Marte have “intensified,” tweets MLB Network’s Jon Heyman, who lists the Padres and Mets as potential suitors, though it’s worth noting of course that the report comes just the morning after Lin indicated that talks with San Diego have “cooled.” Furthermore, SNY’s…
DetailsD1 Analytics: Top 150 Hitters The D1Baseball Analytics formula examined plate discipline, hit ability and game power, then made adjustments for ballpark factors and level of competition to produce a list of the Top 150 hitters in the country, according to just the numbers. Source: https://d1baseball.com/analysis/d1-analytics-top-150-hitters/
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2020 ZiPS Projections: St. Louis Cardinals After having typically appeared in the hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections have now been released at FanGraphs for eight years. The exercise continues this offseason. Below are the projections for the St. Louis Cardinals. ZiPS Projections 20202019 AL BAL CHW HOU BOS CLE LAA…
DetailsToolshed: Burrell knows way to San Jose After a career that started as a No. 1 overall pick and ended as a two-time World Series winner, Pat Burrell is preparing for his next role in baseball — that of Class A Advanced San Jose hitting coach. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20200124&content_id=312528664&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 1-24-2020 Chicago Eagle, January 24, 1920:Serbian and Roumanian convalescents were introduced to baseball by the American Y.M.C.A. representatives during the recent war. After considering the game from all angles, these persons gave it their heart-felt approval, but voted for larger bats, and balls that did not travel so…
DetailsJose Altuve sign-stealing backlash grows with Whit Merrifield’s All-Star anger Whit Merrifield believes Jose Altuve cheated him out of an All-Star spot. The Kansas City Royals second baseman was named to the American League squad for the first time in his career last season. But Merrifield believes he also earned the designation in 2018 and…
DetailsKinheim and DSS on merger course According to the website of Baseball and Softball Club Kinheim from Haarlem, an important step towards a merger with DSS has been made. Both DSS’ and Kinheim’s members decided to work on a merger proposal in the coming months. With the meeting at DSS, there was a unanimous vote,…
DetailsYasiel Puig Is a Dream Free Agent for Three Last Place Teams Yasiel Puig’s first appearance in the majors had been fabled for some time. Matt Kemp, the young Dodgers star the team had just signed to an eight-year deal, was hurt for the third time in 14 months, and doubts of his superstardom were…
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