Category: Baseball
Top 40 Prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates Organization
Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Scouting reports were compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as our own observations. This is the fourth year we’re delineating between two anticipated relief roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see in the…
Heliot Ramos Reveals Strategic Game Plan for Success
Robert Edwards-USA TODAY Sports No one deserves a .414 BABIP. That’s just not how things work. Hit the ball as hard as you want, spray line drives to all fields with reckless abandon, secretly slather grease on your opponents’ gloves – none of those things can keep your batting average on balls in play at…
Ryan McMahon’s Impressive Steal of Home Changes the Game
Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports On Saturday night, I was at a wedding in Washington, DC. The bride was a Nationals fan and the groom was a Phillies fan. The band played “Dancing on My Own,” and the groom’s friends continued to sing the chorus well after the band had stopped playing. I had only…
Blue Jays Sign Top Prospect to Major League Roster
(Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) Toronto Blue Jays star infielder Bo Bichette, who has been a major disappointment this season, is headed to the injured list with a right calf strain. The Jays don’t want to miss a beat, so they are calling up one of their best prospects to replace Bichette: Orelvis Martinez….
Struggling Anthony Rizzo Placed on Injured List After Breaking Arm
Even before he fractured his right arm during Sunday’s 9-3 loss to the Red Sox, Anthony Rizzo had already endured a rough 12 1/2 months. His 2023 season was wrecked by the aftereffects of a collision with Fernando Tatis Jr. on May 28, resulting in post-concussion symptoms that affected his production. Rizzo started slowly this…
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Insider Exposes the Reasons Behind Teams’ Missed Opportunities with Shota Imanaga in Free Agency
(Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images) Yoshinobu Yamamoto was the biggest prize by far in free agency this past offseason, as the starting pitcher from Japan came with an incredibly polished skill set and big-game experience at just 25 years of age, which is the reason why the Los Angeles Dodgers gave him a 13-year, $325…
Insider Analysis: Key Areas Brewers Should Focus on at Trade Deadline
(Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images) Heading into the 2024 MLB season, the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals were seen as potential favorites to win the NL Central, yet here are the Milwaukee Brewers once again sitting comfortably atop the division with a 6.5-game lead. After trading ace Corbin Burnes to the Baltimore Orioles in…
Chris Sale Tops MLB in Impressive Statistic in Current Season
(Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) Since finishing off the 2018 World Series for the Boston Red Sox, Chris Sale’s career has been crushed by injuries year after year, and his bounce-back campaign after an offseason trade to the Atlanta Braves has been remarkable so far. After five years of near-constant injury issues, Sale is off…
Sunday Recap: Matt Tuiasasopo Reflects on 2013 ALCS Game 2 Performance and Jim Leyland’s Impact
Matt Tuiasosopo has fond memories of his 2013 season with the Detroit Tigers. An October swing of the bat is responsible for one of the few unpleasant memories. Now the third base coach for the Atlanta Braves, Tuiasosopo was watching from the bench when David Ortiz blasted an eighth-inning, game-tying grand slam, a play that…