The New York Yankees’ top prospect Jasson Dominguez was putting on a show after being called up. Weeks later though, the 20-year-old went down with an injury. Now the Yankees have received more unfortunate news regarding their young star. Dominguez is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery and is expected to miss around 9-10 months. …
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 …
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 …
Managerial Despair in South Florida As the 2022 Major League Baseball regular season draws to a close, the Miami Marlins must now search for a new manager for 2023 and beyond. After a disappointing past couple of seasons, team management and current manager Don Mattingly reached a mutual agreement that he would not return after …
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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Major League Baseball will be different in 2023 In a new agreement from the league’s competition committee, Major League Baseball will introduce several new changes to the game in 2023. The main three changes are the introduction of the pitch clock, banning of shifts, and bigger bases. The Pitch Clock The pitch clock has been …
The five game win streak is no more. The Boston Red Sox are leaving Tampa on a three game losing skid and have now dropped 9 straight at Tropicana Field. While a September postseason run wasn’t realistic, it also wasn’t completely out of the question after the nice little win streak to end August and …
Pitch Clock Already in the MLB Rule Book https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pitch_clock This rule, 8.04 in Major League Baseball’s rule book, never seems to be enforced. Umpires never use stop watches. Pitchers take their time going through signals with catchers. Pitchcom eliminates the time it takes to go through the signs. That still begs the question why the …
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After the MLBPA & the owners reached a collective bargaining agreement on March 10, many anticipated a frenzy of free agent signings & trades. However, the traditionally conservative Minnesota Twins took things to another level. Always a candidate to shake things up after a hugely disappointing 2021 campaign, the Twins did that and then some. …
ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported a trade Sunday night that polarized Yankees and baseball fans alike. The offseason before the 2022 Major League Baseball season provided New York Yankee fans with a lot of hope. After a decent 2021 campaign that ended on the wrong foot, the Yankees’ weaknesses were fairly evident. With the free agent …
The Los Angeles Dodgers stand victorious after a battle all series long against the San Fransisco Giants, winning game Five by a score of 2-1, after a controversial check swing called a strike. Tonight they had late game heroics curtesy of Cody Bellinger in the top of the 9th. It was a back and forth …