The Yankees Have Turned into a Walking MASH Unit As a part of the FanGraphs staff predictions for this season, I picked the Boston Red Sox to win the American League East, and the New York Yankees to pick up a wild card slot. All 32 of us picked the Yankees to make what would…
DetailsZiPS Update: Three Year Projections! FanGraphs now has Dan Szymborski’s Three Year ZiPS Projections on both the sortable projections pages and all of the player pages. As Dan notes: It’s the ZiPS you love/like/hate, now slightly less accurate! Predicting the future is foggy and the further you go, the thicker the fog gets. Every time…
DetailsCraig Kimbrel mystery deepens with each bullpen implosion The Cubs are 1-4, but they could be 4-1. In three of their four losses, they’ve held a lead in the seventh inning or later, only for the bullpen to blow each game in dramatic fashion. Chicago relievers are giving up almost a run per inning –…
DetailsMinor League Baseball’s 2019 A to Z Guide The 2019 Minor League Baseball season kicks off today at 2:05 p.m. ET with a pair of International League contests. Here are some things to keep an eye on this spring and summer. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190404&content_id=305932744&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsDodgers are missing 42,000 Tommy LaSorda bobbleheads This sounds like a future ripped-from-the-headlines case for one of the Hollywood courtroom shows. The Dodgers reportedly filed a lawsuit this week against vendor Plan P2 Promotions over 42,000 missing Tommy LaSorda bobbleheads they allege they never received, according to TMZ Sports. The $175,000 breach-of-contract lawsuit, filed Tuesday,…
DetailsJay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat – 4/4/19 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jay-jaffe-fangraphs-chat-4-4-19/
DetailsAdam Jones has Padres fan tossed after ‘b-word, f-word’ taunts The Arizona Diamondbacks’ Adam Jones had a fan removed from San Diego’s Petco Park during Wednesday night’s game for spewing profane language, the outfielder told AZCentral.com. Jones, who is from San Diego, said the fan was “cussing me out” while tracking down a fly ball…
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 4-4-2019 El Paso Herald, April 4, 1919:Special dispatches from the Cincinnati National’s training camp at Waxahachie, Tex., last night, say that pitcher “Slim” Sallee is in bad shape with a very lame back and may not be able to pitch for the local team this season. A Waxahachie…
DetailsThe Minors’ most intriguing teams in 2019 With 120 full-season Minor League clubs starting their seasons this week, the MiLB.com staff selects an intriguing team to follow in each farm system. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190404&content_id=305782946&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsPromo Preview: 10 to keep an eye on in 2019 As the 2019 Minor League season begins, Ben Hill takes a look at 10 very interesting promotions. Highlights include Lollygaggers, Florida Man and Yinzers. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190404&content_id=305881096&fext=.jsp&vkey=promo_preview&sid=milb
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