I always hate hearing that one of the best pitchers in baseball needs Tommy John Surgery. However, that’s the word today for the Yankees’ Luis Severino. He’s now going to miss the entire season of course. The Yankees have the … Continue reading
Yesterday was the first Grapefruit League game for the Astros, vs the Nationals. Apparently, security guards confiscated many signs meant to heckle the Astros. That didn’t prevent the cascade of boos the team received, nor did the absence of Altuve … Continue reading
It’s true! Yesterday Reagan Doss launched a homer for the Broncs’ first round-tripper since Jimmy Carter was president. That’s because they discontinued their baseball program after the 1980 season. They decided in 2017 to bring it back…and discontinue wrestling instead. … Continue reading
Why put up a post about a college baseball game? Partly it’s a reminder that there are games being played that count, at the NCAA level. The primary reason, though, is Duke’s pitcher, Bryce Jarvis. Bryce Jarvis blanked Cornell with … Continue reading
There are a number of new rules taking effect this season. Let’s take a look. The 25 man roster is no more. It’s now a 26 man active roster. The MLBPA of course loved this idea—30 more major league salaries. … Continue reading
The Astros would like to move on from the sign stealing scandal. It ain’t happening any time soon. The negative reactions continue. Many prominent players have spoken out about stripping the team of their title and/or punishing the players. Athletes … Continue reading
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
