[ad_1] (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) One of the most impressive aspects of some professional baseball players is their ability to memorize unique, elaborate handshakes with their entire roster, as even one secret handshake is difficult enough to master, let alone 25 or more simultaneously. After centuries of secret handshakes, it’s also not easy to…
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[ad_1] (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) Shohei Ohtani may not be able to pitch in his debut season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but he is still contributing as much as possible at the plate and is still firmly in the MVP mix even as a designated hitter. In last night’s 4-1 victory over…
[ad_1] Larry McCormack / The Tennessean-Nashville Last month a piece titled “Player’s View: Tales From the Minor Leagues” ran here at FanGraphs. Comprising a collection of current and former major leaguers relating stories from their time on the farm, it was equal parts entertaining and informative of life below the big league level. What you’re…
[ad_1] (Photo by Tom Cooper/Getty Images for Prime Video) Back in the 80s and 90s, Deion Sanders and Bo Jackson were at the top of the professional sports world in America. They were a rare breed: people who succeeded in the NFL and in MLB. It has been quite a while since those days,…
[ad_1] During most baseball games, there are eight people calling the action. Both the home and away teams have radio and television broadcasts, and most of those crews consist of a play-by-play announcer and a color commentator. If those teams have a Spanish language broadcast, the number is even higher. More often than you might…
[ad_1] (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) The Cleveland Guardians are getting some excellent news on the injury front. Gold Glove-winning left fielder and leadoff hitter Steven Kwan, who had been on the shelf since early-May with a hamstring strain, is back in the Guardians lineup where he belongs, at the top. “Steven Kwan is back and…
[ad_1] Matt Vierling Raking for Detroit Matt Vierling has been swinging a hot bat with the Detroit Tigers. Over his last 11 games, the 27-year-old third baseman/outfielder is 16-for-41 with four doubles, a triple, four home runs, and 13 RBIs. His slash line over the span is .390/.435/.829 bringing his seasonal mark to a solid…
[ad_1] (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) The Baltimore Orioles have had some tough luck when it comes to injuries. They are currently without their closer in Felix Bautista, they had lost Dean Kremer to a strained triceps a few days ago, and now they got some horrible news on two additional starters: John Means…
[ad_1] Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley bring on FanGraphs associate editor Matt Martell to discuss the scenes at Citi Field that kicked off the Mets’ Jorge López saga, the resulting DFA and fallout, and what this silly/sad sequence of events suggests about the potential for player intent to be lost in translation, how off-the-field issues…
