The Big Reveal is tomorrow to find out who the BBWAA selects to join Ted Simmons and Marvin Miller in the 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame class. I’ll save my applause or complaints for tomorrow. For now, here’s how the … Continue reading
In a move that I doubt surprises anybody, multiple sources are reporting Carlos Beltran is out as Mets manager before ever actually managing a game. The reason, of course, is his central roll in the Astros’ use of cameras, the … Continue reading
Friday was the last day for arbitration-eligible players and teams to agree to contracts or to instead file for arbitration. Passan of ESPN has reported all 30 teams would take a file-and-trial approach for any players not coming to an … Continue reading
Okay, he never got charged, but… Domingo German of the Yankees was suspended 81 games for violating the MLB domestic violence policy. It’s a record length for someone who wasn’t charged. It’ll cost him all of spring training and 63 … Continue reading
Ex-Astros reliever Will Harris is off the free agent market. When we last saw him, he was giving up a go-ahead home run to Howie Kendrick and the Nationals in game 7 of the World Series. That won’t happen to … Continue reading
The White Sox have signed Luis Robert to a six year deal for $50M, plus two club option years at $20M each, or $2M buyout each year. You’ve never heard of him, you say? That’s because he’s never played in … Continue reading
Once again, Ryan Thibodeaux is tracking and posting every HoF ballot as it’s made public. Just go to http://www.bbhoftracker.com to see it. So far 19.7% of the available votes are in. Of those, 100% have selected Derek Jeter. Curt Schilling … Continue reading
This week it was reported that the National Basketball Players Association has been working on unionizing G League players, and that a vote on unionizing could happen within a year. For those who may not know, the G League is … Continue reading
The Modern Era Committee selected two of the 10 finalists: Marvin Miller and Ted Simmons. Frankly, I was stunned they finally are giving Miller his due. To get selected, a person has to appear on 12 of the 16 committee … Continue reading
Last summer Rays’ owner Stuart Sternberg announced a novel idea—for the team to split their seasons between St Petersburg and Montreal. The proposal was for each city to build a $500M outdoor stadium, and to play the first half of … Continue reading
Okay, bad pun, but I’m not ashamed; I love bad puns. Yesterday was the deadline to offer contracts to arbitration eligible players. Those players who did not receive an offer have become the latest entries into the free agent market. … Continue reading
The O’s have put Jonathan Villar on outright waivers. You know, a guy who hit .273/.339/.453 with 24 homers, who stole 40 bases, and was worth 4.0 bWAR. You know, one of the few guys on the team who was … Continue reading
Recently I posted articles reviewing this year’s BBWAA ballot for the Hall of Fame. Today I decided to look ahead to who will be on future ballots through 2024, and to play Nostradamus (Nostradumbass?) about who will get in each … Continue reading
Word at the end of the season was that the Rays wanted to re-sign catcher d’Arnaud. It was understandable too, as he played well in his partial season as a Ray. He hit 16 homers and slashed .263/.323/.459 in 92 … Continue reading
The White Sox have signed Jose Abreu to a 3 year, $50M deal. Last week he signed the $17.8M QO, then parlayed that this week into the extension. Good for him. Good for the ChiSox too; the 32-year-old has played … Continue reading
