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
in my last post, I reviewed the returning players on the ballot. This will discuss the players on their first HoF ballot. The obvious headliner is, of course, Derek Jeter—to whom I will give proper re2pect of course. However, it … Continue reading
There are 18 players appearing on the ballot for the first time, and 14 returning players. Among the newbies is no-doubt soon-to-be-enshrined Derek Jeter. The real question is whether any of the other 31 will also be selected this year … Continue reading
This year’s MVPs are: Mike Trout of the Angels and Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers, for a sweep by the two Los Angeles franchises. On the AL side, it was a close race between Trout and the Astros’ Alex … Continue reading
Both winners garnered theirs second award tonight: Justin Verlander of the Astros (AL) and Jacob deGrom of the Mets (NL). Verlander won his first in 2012 with the Tigers; deGrom, of course, also won the NL CYA last year. The … Continue reading
Awards week continued tonight with the most narrative driven of the awards—the Managers of the Year. The aren’t manager metrics to make comparisons of how well they do easy. Thus the voters tend to look at which teams outperformed expectations … Continue reading
The announced winners came as zero surprise: Yordan Alvarez of the Astros and Pete Alonso of the Mets. They were overwhelming favorites and both won in landslides. Indeed, Alvarez garnered all 30 first place votes, and Alonso 29/30. Alvarez … Continue reading
The Silver Slugger Awards were announced yesterday. The winners are: AL C—Mitch Garver, Twins 1B—Carlos Santana, Indians 2B—DJ LeMahieu, Yankees 3B—Alex Bregman, Astros SS—Xander Bogaerts, Red Sox OF—George Springer, Astros OF—Mike Trout, Angels OF—Mookie Betts, Red Sox DH—Nelson Cruz, Twins … Continue reading
This week the ten finalists were announced for consideration for Hall of Fame induction via this year’s iteration of what used to be called the veterans committee—the “Modern Era” committee. Its 16 members consider nominees whose primary years in baseball … Continue reading
I haven’t posted in a long time, hope y’all don’t mind me doing so now. Except for Nats fans, who are still basking in the warm glow of victory, the offseason is upon us. We baseball fans must subsist … Continue reading
Let me be up front…I have lived near OKC for a number of years now. The NBA’s Thunder is my favorite basketball team. Kevin Durant was my favorite player on that team. Not only is he an amazing athlete, he … Continue reading
On November 20, 1943, a combined US Navy and Marine assault was launched on a small Pacific atoll called Tarawa. My uncle, a Marine sergeant, was part of a landing force assigned to attack via the lagoon of the main … Continue reading
Every team has former players whose name elicits visceral reactions when that player is named (just say “Carl Pavano” to a Yankees fan for the fun of seeing his/her face turn various colors). For us Rays fans, it’s mostly players … Continue reading
It’s not every day an article here refers to “Collegefootballtalk,” but through that site is an Atlanta Journal Constitution article indicating Georgia State University is going to purchase Turner Field. The plan is to convert it for use as their … Continue reading
