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Bluebird Banter 31 mins ago
2024 Bluebird Banter Top 40 Prospects: 25-28

2024 Bluebird Banter Top 40 Prospects: 25-28

A quartet of interesting pitchers The run through the Top 40 of the Blue Jays farm system continues with a call to arms. Today’s entry contains one more safe backend or #6 starter, and then a run of three very interesting arms with mid rotation upside but questions to answer. 2024: Full List and Index | 25-28 | 29-32 | 33-36 | 37-40 2023: Full List and Index | 1-4 | 5-8 | 9-12 | 13-16 | 17-20 | 21-24 | 25-28 | 29-32 | 33-36 | 37-40Beyond the Top 40: Just Missed | Top 5 Older | Pref Lists: Matt | Tom 28. Pat Gallagher, RHP, age 24 in 2024 (DOB: 6/30/2000), grade: 35, 2023:...
Pinstripe Alley 5 hours ago
NYY News: DJ down; Snell to SF

NYY News: DJ down; Snell to SF

Photo by Julio Aguilar/ LeMahieu might miss Opening Day; Snell agrees to deal with the Giants; Judge to return on Wednesday; Torre surprises Rodón and fans on Monday; three Yankees elected to the All-Spring Breakout first team MLB.com: While X-rays and CT scan showed that there is no break in DJ LeMahieu’s right foot after fouling off a ball in the area, the versatile veteran is in danger of missing Opening Day. Manager Aaron Boone said that LeMahieu sustained “a pretty significant bone bruise” in Saturday’s game. After being sent to a specialist on Monday, all...
Baltimore Sun 9 hours ago

Ex-Mets, Orioles manager Buck Showalter returning to MLB Network

Former Mets manager Buck Showalter is rejoining the MLB Network roster. Showalter is set to return as an on-air analyst after being fired by the Mets in October. The 67-year-old Showalter previously worked for MLB Network from 2020-21 before the Mets hired him ahead of the 2022 season. He is scheduled to appear on the studio show “MLB Tonight” on April 1, the network said in an announcement ...
Pinstripe Alley 13 hours ago
Yankees 4, Phillies 3: Rodón throws 5.2 no-hit innings

Yankees 4, Phillies 3: Rodón throws 5.2 no-hit innings

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports The Yankee southpaw impressed as he looks to get back on track in 2024. This late in spring training, players’ appearance start to somewhat resemble a real game. Starting pitchers can go at least five innings. Position players will get three at-bats and sometimes, even more. The clock is ticking for them to round into form with just a few games left before spring training. In Monday’s exhibition, two players in particular showed good signs as they head towards the games that count for real. With both looking for bounce-back...
Bluebird Banter 13 hours ago
2024 Bluebird Banter Top 40 Prospects: 29-32

2024 Bluebird Banter Top 40 Prospects: 29-32

A grouping of mostly young hitters looking to get back on track The Top 40 of the Toronto Blue Jays farm system picks up with one more nearer-term pitcher, before moving to some lower level positional players looking to rebound in 2025 for various reasons. 2024: Full List and Index | 29-32 | 33-36 | 37-40 2023: Full List and Index | 1-4 | 5-8 | 9-12 | 13-16 | 17-20 | 21-24 | 25-28 | 29-32 | 33-36 | 37-40Beyond the Top 40: Just Missed | Top 5 Older | Pref Lists: Matt | Tom 32. Trenton Wallace, LHP, age 25 in 2024 (DOB: 3/31/1999), grade: 35, 2023: unranked Wallace was selected...
DRaysBay 16 hours ago
2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 25

2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: Vote for No. 25

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Cole Wilcox lands at No. 24. Previous Winner Cole Wilcox, RHPAA | 5.23 ERA, 106.2 IP (25 GS) 21.8% K, 9.7% BB Wilcox’s first full season following Tommy John surgery in 2021 was muted, with his strikeouts lacking the expected mid-30’s rate. Perhaps that’s because his previous high-octane fastball that earned first round money from the Padres, before they sent him to the Rays in the Snell trade, barely scratches 94 these days. Good pitchers adjust, and the new version of Wilcox was working on a groundballer’s...
Pinstripe Alley 16 hours ago
NYY vs. PHI: Carlos Rodón vs. Matt Strahm

NYY vs. PHI: Carlos Rodón vs. Matt Strahm

Photo by Julio Aguilar/ Rodón looks to put in a good start as the regular season nears. We are now into the final days of spring training. Exactly one week from today, the Yankees will be wrapping up their Grapefruit League schedule, with the regular season set to start in Houston later that week. Sure, some recent news has sucked some air out of the Yankees’ balloon ahead of Opening Day, but it’s still great to be so tantalizingly close. However, we still have some spring games to go, and that includes today. This afternoon, the Yankees will host a split-squad...
South Side Sox 17 hours ago
Today in White Sox History: March 18

Today in White Sox History: March 18

On this day eight years ago, dumb got dumber. | @BNightengale/Twitter On this day eight years ago, dumb things got much dumber for the South Siders 1942 White Sox manager Jimmy Dykes granted Black players Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland a tryout with the White Sox, while the Pale Hose conducted spring training in Pasadena, Calif. Neither player made the cut. After also failing to make the Boston Red Sox after a tryout, Robinson was signed to play for the Kansas City Monarchs three years later, becoming an All-Star as a rookie and breaking the color barrier in MLB in...
DRaysBay 17 hours ago
Stuart Sternberg on payroll: Rays will take “real losses” in 2024

Stuart Sternberg on payroll: Rays will take “real losses” in 2024

Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg during the press conference to announce a tentative agreement with the City of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County for a new stadium. | Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Threatens to “pull back” financing in 2025 if this year’s team doesn’t perform well. Marc Topkin’s Sunday Column featured the annual salary bemoaning we expect from the Rays owner Stuart Sternberg, but this time it came with a threat! After noting the Rays saved $33 million by trading Tyler Glasnow and Manuel Margot to the Dodgers, Topkin shared these...
Pinstripe Alley 18 hours ago
Yankees 2024 Season Preview: Clayton Beeter

Yankees 2024 Season Preview: Clayton Beeter

Photo by New York Yankees/ This live arm could soak up a lot of innings in the Bronx this season. Clayton Beeter’s story has remained largely the same throughout his baseball career — a ton of talent handled with extreme caution. Drafted by the Dodgers in the second competitive balance round of the shortened 2020 draft, Beeter entered the organization with outstanding results at Texas Tech but a loaded injury history, including Tommy John surgery back in 2017. Los Angeles handled him with utmost care, rarely ever letting him pitch past the fourth inning in his...
NESN.com 19 hours ago

Red Sox Announce Flurry Of Roster Moves With Opening Day Nearing

The Boston Red Sox on Monday morning announced a flurry of roster moves with 10 days remaining before Opening Day. Boston optioned catcher Tyler Heineman and left-hander Joe Jacques to Triple-A Worcester. Additionally, right-handed relief pitchers Justin Hagenman and Chase Shugart along with left-handed relievers Jorge Benitez and Cam Booser were reassigned to minor league […]
Over the Monster 19 hours ago
Red Sox News & Links: Brayan Bello to Start Opening Day?

Red Sox News & Links: Brayan Bello to Start Opening Day?

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/ Plus, an injury to the bullpen Hey, everyone, it’s “this is a really fun group of guys, everyone gets along great” season! Spring Training provides few things that are more reliably fun than the stories about players bonding and coming together as a team. This is true even though these stories are written every year, even about clubhouses that end up proving as toxic as the mouth of the Mystic River. This year, we’ve got closest-to-the-pin outings, trips to TopGolf, and meals at Trevor Story’s house. (Peter Abraham, Boston...
Bluebird Banter 19 hours ago
Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-Man: Erik Swanson

Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-Man: Erik Swanson

John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports Erik Swanson is a 29-year-old right-handed reliever. The Blue Jays picked him up in a trade from the Mariners, along with minor leaguer Adam Macko, in exchange for Teoscar Hernandez. I have always hated trading everyday players for relievers, but such is life. Hernandez played 160 games for the M’s, hitting .258/.305/.435 with 26 home runs. Baseball reference has him at a 2.1 WAR last year. Now he’s a Dodger. Macko made 20 starts for the Vancouver Canadians. He had a 4.49 ERA, with 76 hits, 40 walks and 106 strikeouts in 86...
Eutaw Street Report 20 hours ago

Kyle Stowers Blasts Three Home Runs in One Game

 The post Kyle Stowers Blasts Three Home Runs in One Game appeared first on Eutaw Street Report.
Over the Monster 20 hours ago
The Red Sox Must Reduce Their Proximity to the Tension Point

The Red Sox Must Reduce Their Proximity to the Tension Point

Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Just playing meaningful baseball in September would go a long way in restoring the relevancy of the Red Sox. In the 14-year stretch between 1998 and 2011, the Red Sox were box office entertainment. Part of this had to do with them being at intersection of the greatest rivalry in the history of the sport and an 86-year-old curse. And of course, from there, things were further escalated by perhaps the most theatric two-year saga sports has ever offered, in 2003 and 2004. (Epic doesn’t even begin to describe what transpired...

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