Good evening and happy last Friday game thread of the season! I bring you this thread from New York, New York, way closer to Citi Field than the Oakland Coliseum, but I had to end the season with this game thread.
Welcome to "This Week in SABR!" Click here to view this week's newsletter on the web. Here's what we've been up to as of September 29, 2017:
Rio Grande Sports Information
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Kameron Carpenter's 94th-place finish led the efforts of the University of Rio Grande men's cross country team in Friday afternoon's All-Ohio Cross Country Championships at Cedarville University's Elvin R.
The left-hander is expected to be back on the mound before next year's All-Star break.
Rio Grande Sports Information
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Lucy Williams posted a 54th place finish to lead the University of Rio Grande women's cross country team in Friday afternoon's All-Ohio Cross Country Championships at Cedarville University's Elvin R.
[insert The Marcels ‘Blue Moon’ lyrics]
Clocks stopped, computers froze, and smartphones everywhere automatically downloaded the entire U2 catalog today as the internet comment section world reacted to Joey Votto knocking in his 100th run of the 2017 season.
C Nick Ciuffo, INF Lucius Fox, and RHP Diego Castillo also earned high praise.
Wait till next year!
The Tampa Bay Rays will finish the season with a three game set against the Baltimore Orioles in St. Petersburg. The teams split a four game series less than a week ago in Baltimore.
The legend lives on from the front office on down
Of the Royals that won a World Series
Those Royals, it seemed, never gave up a lead
When the games of October grew lengthy
...Rays “absolutely” reducing $80 million payroll in 2018
The Rays have never been a team to tank, despite being in the hyper competitive American League East division.
After a lost season...
Greinke comes home?
The Royals play host to the playoff-bound Arizona Diamondbacks in their final series of the season. The first night will feature the return of Zack Greinke to where his hallowed career began.
There are still a lot of moving parts.
September 30 2017The above numbers (Wins Above Replacement) are production compared to a “replacement” player, or the type of player that’s always available on waivers or on someone’s AAA roster.
