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One wild record you probably didn’t know for all 30 MLB teams
So here’s the way this started. I absolutely was not spending even more uncounted hours tooling around Baseball-Reference.com for random nuggets of baseball information, and I absolutely did not totally geek out when I discovered that Rube Waddell still holds the Orioles’ franchise record for strikeouts in a game — set in 1908, when the […]
Continue readingThe most hyped prospect ever for all 30 MLB teams
Of course we love Major League Baseball prospects. Maybe it’s not fair that we pay so much attention to them and make silly comments like comparing a young player to Ken Griffey Jr. or saying this kid throws harder than Nolan Ryan, thus implying he might be the next Nolan Ryan. But we do it […]
Continue readingTim Kurkjian’s baseball fix: Muhammad Ali didn’t know Tom Seaver was a pitcher
You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 1966, Tom Seaver signed with the Mets out of USC. The Braves had selected Seaver in the January draft that year, […]
Continue readingThe biggest one-hit wonders for every National League team
One of the beautiful aspects about Major League Baseball: Great seasons can come from nowhere. The line between great and mediocre is smaller in baseball than other sports. A few extra strikes a game. A couple of extra swing-and-misses. A few more hits each month or a couple extra home runs and you’re an All-Star […]
Continue readingChristian Yelich stakes future to Brewers with $215M, 9-year deal
MARYVALE, Ariz. — Making sure Christian Yelich was a Brewer for life while allowing the team some payroll flexibility were two factors in negotiations as Milwaukee officially announced its new nine-year deal for the former MVP on Friday. The extension will almost assuredly keep Yelich, 28, from ever reaching free agency in his career. “I […]
Continue readingCatcher Jonathan Lucroy says he was changing signs every pitch vs. Astros
FORT MYERS, Fla. — As a catcher who spent parts of four seasons playing in the American League West between 2016 and 2019, Jonathan Lucroy found himself in a unique position to observe the sign-stealing tactics of the Houston Astros while needing to plan against the scheme. Lucroy, who is now with the Boston Red […]
Continue readingRon Roenicke tabs Brandon Workman as Red Sox closer
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Boston Red Sox spent the first half of the 2019 season without a reliever in a defined closer role, but interim manager Ron Roenicke does not have a similar plan for the 2020 season. Roenicke said Wednesday that he envisions reliever Brandon Workman closing out games this season. “I think […]
Continue readingCody Bellinger on Astros, Red Sox scandals: Dodgers did it ‘the right way’
MALIBU, Calif. — The sign-stealing scandal that has engulfed Major League Baseball throughout the offseason centers mostly on two teams, the 2017 Houston Astros and the 2018 Boston Red Sox. An obvious link — the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers, coming off seven straight division titles but still in search of the franchise’s first championship […]
Continue readingBraun’s double lifts Brewers to 5-3 win over Pirates
View photosMilwaukee Brewers’ Ryan Braun pumps his fist after hitting a two-run double during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, May 5, 2018, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)MoreEric Sogard and Domingo Santana got Ryan Braun a chance, and he delivered.” MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eric Sogard and Domingo Santana […]
Continue readingBrewers, Braun brace for Pirates
Ryan Braun should be back in the Milwaukee Brewers’ lineup Sunday afternoon when they wrap up a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates at Miller Park.” MILWAUKEE — Ryan Braun should be back in the Milwaukee Brewers’ lineup Sunday afternoon when they wrap up a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates at Miller Park.Braun had […]
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