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Secret for new Nationals infielder Starlin Castro? ‘Launch angle’
Launch angle. After a first half of 2019 with the Miami Marlins that he called “tough” because he “hit too many balls on the ground,” Castro said on a conference call with reporters Tuesday, “I just changed a little bit.” “I opened a little bit my front foot and I just said to myself, ‘OK, […]
Continue readingSource: Nationals to bring back infielder Asdrubal Cabrera
Cabrera joins a Nationals free-agency haul that includes Stephen Strasburg, Howie Kendrick, Starlin Castro and Will Harris. The switch-hitting Cabrera batted .260 in 131 games last season with the Texas Rangers and Nationals. The 13-year veteran returned for his second stint with Washington in early August, less than two days after being released by the […]
Continue readingPredicting where MLB’s top remaining free agents will sign
Last week, Gerrit Cole, Stephen Strasburg and Anthony Rendon agreed to free-agent deals worth a combined $814 million. Yes, baseball has come a long way from the first free-agent class in the 1976-77 offseason, when an infielder named Paul Dade signed with the Cleveland Indians and, Sports Illustrated later reported, figured he could “start to […]
Continue readingGerrit Cole watch, big spenders and more: Passan answers 20 winter meetings questions
Editor’s note: This story published on the morning of Monday, Dec. 9 before Stephen Strasburg agreed to a seven-year, $245 million deal to return to the Nationals. SAN DIEGO — The winter meetings, once the domain of blockbuster trades and megabucks free-agent signings, have in recent years gone into the sort of hibernation typically associated […]
Continue readingWhich stars are on the Dodgers’ winter meetings shopping list?
It is both their gift and their curse. Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman acknowledged from baseball’s winter meetings on Monday that his targets make up “a much more narrow group” than in recent years. He agreed that the list extends to roughly 12 players, the vast majority of them elite, which simplifies his […]
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