How The Rays Are Surprising Baseball Again The Tampa Bay Rays are not supposed to be in first place in the AL East. Since 2008, the Rays have never ranked higher than 20th in payroll. This season, the Rays opened with a payroll $176 million less than the Red Sox and $144 million less than…
DetailsMickey Callaway on Mets’ pitching issues: ‘It’s not concerning’ The Mets’ 5.57 team ERA is the third-worst in the majors, better than only the Orioles and Red Sox. But manager Mickey Callaway isn’t ready to sound the alarm. “It’s not concerning,” Callaway said at Citi Field before Monday night’s game against the Phillies, noting that…
DetailsFor the third time this season, the Orioles have put a position player on the mound It is rarely a good situation when a team has a position player take the mound. Usually, it’s because one team is losing by plenty of runs, and don’t want to waste a bullpen arm on a game that…
DetailsArenado homers for 1,000th hit, Rockies rally past Nats 7-5 DENVER (AP) — No. 1,000 was nothing new for Nolan Arenado. Arenado hit a tiebreaking homer for his 1,000th career hit and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the Washington Nationals 7-5 Monday night. Arenado also doubled twice and drove in two to help the…
DetailsYour first taste of MLB FoodFest 2019, from elote nuggets to fried grasshoppers Of all the ideas that have sprouted out of Major League Baseball in the past few years, this might be the best one. It cuts through different team allegiances and regional rivalries. It finds the commonality in all baseball fans. We’re talking,…
DetailsOne player, four drafts: The remarkable tale of Dave Winfield’s draft history Imagine what would happen if a guy like Dave Winfield — a phenomenal athlete drafted by four (!) different pro leagues — showed up in 2019. Zion Williamson and Kyler Murray would be afterthoughts. NBA Twitter would establish churches in his honor. NFL…
DetailsJake Arrieta upset with Bryce Harper for ejection, sounds off on ‘flat’ Phillies NEW YORK — Jake Arrieta slammed the shelf above his locker at Citi Field, still peeved moments after speaking with reporters. Arrieta pitched relatively well in the Phillies’ 5-1 loss to the Mets (see observations). The source of his anger was an…
DetailsPlunkings are dumb and bad: The time is now for baseball to get its act together We’re taught that change is incremental and to expect otherwise indicates naiveté. But sometimes after, or ideally among or even at the outset of, the slow and steady shift in public perception and cultural mores comes a discrete jump…
DetailsExpanding the Zone: The Sinker Continues Its Descent The post Expanding the Zone: The Sinker Continues Its Descent appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/48690/expanding-the-zone-the-sinker-continues-its-descent/
DetailsIf Everything Goes to Plan: Who Actually Needs Time in Triple-A? The post If Everything Goes to Plan: Who Actually Needs Time in Triple-A? appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/article/48703/if-everything-goes-to-plan-who-actually-needs-time-in-triple-a/
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