Part four of the Dominican baseball player spotlight has arrived. This go-around, after wrapping up the American League (AL), the National League (NL) East gets some love. One of the richest divisions in the league boasts some of the biggest Dominican stars. Atlanta Braves Atlanta’s only Dominican player is Marcell Ozuna (Santo Domingo). The designated …
The AL East is filled with strong Dominican players throughout, from Baltimore’s $60 million payroll to the Yankees’ $277 million. One of the divisions with the most Dominican influence is also perhaps the strongest in baseball. Now, this series covers a division whose leader is at the .500 mark and is not in the top …
Lately, Dominican baseball players have dominated the headlines. The winning and losing pitchers of the MLB All-Star Game are both from the Dominican Republic (more on that later). The Home Run Derby has seen a Dominican player win in back-to-back seasons. Elly de la Cruz has burst onto the scene. The land of five-star resorts …
Dinelson Lamet has signed with the Boston Red Sox on a minor league deal, just five days after being released by the Colorado Rockies. Lamet has been in the league for six years, spending the last 10 months in Colorado. Before that, he was a starting pitcher with the San Diego Padres. He signed with …
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Brayan Bello had a tough start to his career, bouncing back and forth from the minors to the big leagues. The Boston Red Sox haven’t been able to develop young starting pitchers well in recent years. The 24-year-old is changing that. When you look at the rotation for Boston it’s been anything but consistent. The …
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The 2023 MLB season is only four days old, but it’s safe to say the Texas Rangers have the most surprising start in baseball. The franchise has struggled since being one out away from winning the 2011 World Series. It’s way too soon to tell if this is a sign of a genuine turnaround, but …
The Boston Red Sox (0-1) fell in their home opener against the division rival Baltimore Orioles (1-0) by a score of 10-9, thanks to their pitching woes. It may feel like déjà vu for Boston fans, as they boasted a strong offense in this game, similar to their fourth ranked scoring offense in the American …
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The Boston Red Sox spend money. Boston wants to beat New York at everything, and they are one of the franchises that is financially set enough to stand toe to toe in a free agency battle. But taking chances can sometimes fail miserably. Let’s take a look at the five worst free agent signings in …
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The Boston Red Sox are a team known for spending money. While that wasn’t the case early on in free agency, the team’s payroll has ballooned in the last 30 years. That spending has led to four World Series Championships this century. But not every free agent signing is created equally. Let’s take a look …
The 2022 American league Rookie of the Year is Julio Rodriguez who was a major competent in the Seattle Mariners playoff run.
As the baseball season winds down here is a look at five matchups that could happen this MLB Postseason. 5). Freddie Freeman VS the Braves Following the footsteps of Chipper Jones, it looked like Freddy Freeman was set to join the pantheon of greats in Atlanta. But, it wasn’t to be. After winning the World …
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While most were keeping their eyes on Aaron Judge‘s home run chase, I was keeping my eyes on the Red Sox-Yankees series for another reason. I was watching to see when the Red Sox would officially be eliminated from playoff contention. This is a team that fan graphs picked to tie for the best record …
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