This past week it was announced that the base pay for minor leaguers would increase. Rookie ball would go from $290/week to $400. A ball from $290/week to $500. AA from $360/week to $600. AAA from $500/week to $700. That’s … Continue reading
Commissioner Manfred has said MLB has been contemplating changes to playoffs. The idea would be to increase the number of teams to 7 per league. The three division winners would get in along with the 4 best record teams otherwise … Continue reading
Spring is coming, and the latest sign is players migrating to Florida and Arizona. Yet, there are number of offseason storylines still ongoing. Only former Astros have apologized/expressed remorse for the sign-stealing scandal (AJ Hinch, Dallas Keuchel, Charlie Morton). The … Continue reading
You’ll be shocked to hear Pete Rose is again applying for reinstatement to MLB. What’s fun/funny is what he is using as his justification: the fact that players were not punished in the Astros sign stealing scandal. From the ESPN … Continue reading
It’s James Click, who had been the Rays’ Executive VP of Baseball Ops since 2017. For those keeping track, the Dodgers, Red Sox, Giants and Astros are now all run by X-Ray front office personnel. You can throw in X-Rays … Continue reading
The Astros have hired Dusty Baker as their manager. It’s a move reminiscent of the Dodgers hiring Burt Shotton when Leo Durocher got suspended for the 1947 season for offending Happy Chandler’s moral sensibilities. That is, they’ve hired a respected … Continue reading
Remember that Kris Bryant and the MLBPA filed a grievance over the Cubs’ service time manipulation after the 2015 season? It finally got to the arbitrator after this season, and said arbitrator has ruled in the Cubs’ favor. If he’d … Continue reading
The tear down phase of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ tear down and rebuild continues. They have traded Starling Marte to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a pair of prospects, neither of which hav been promoted past A ball yet. They finished … Continue reading
We’ve all watched the sign stealing scandal surrounding the Astros and Red Sox unfold these past couple weeks. Three. managers and a GM have lost their jobs. Without apologizing for any of them, nor stating that they didn’t deserve the … Continue reading
I was thinking about how the Hall of Fame voting went, and—after being done with being happy and surprised about Larry Walker’s selection—and came to a startling realization. Curt Schilling, having garnered 70% of the vote this year, is extremely … Continue reading
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
