Everyone knows Lou Whitaker got screwed by the Hall of Fame. He's actually been screwed twice: first in 2001 when the BBWAA unceremoniously dumped him off the ballot, and this past year by the Veteran's Committee when they left him off the Modern Game Era ballot entirely.
The reliever’s deal could max out at $9.5 million over three seasons, per source.
The former Milwaukee Brewer will augment the bullpen, we hope.
The Cincinnati Reds finally made a roster move on Tuesday, as the club announced that they’d signed right-handed reliever Jared Hughes to a two-year contract with a club option for the 2020 season.
The 25th man on the 25th (or so) best roster in baseball.
The most boring offseason in recent MLB history has reached the nadir of its boritude, the holiday season inducing an even deeper slumber than that seen during the Winter Meetings.
This continues our series of weekly roundups of the Fall/Winter Leagues. Coverage will continue every Monday into January. For the full list of Red Sox prospects participating in these leagues, check out our Fall & Winter Leagues page, which will be updated continuously through January.
This continues our series of weekly roundups of the Fall/Winter Leagues. Coverage will continue every Monday into January. For the full list of Red Sox prospects participating in these leagues, check out our Fall & Winter Leagues page, which will be updated continuously through January.
Rays fans got Christian Arroyo for Christmas, and while that wasn’t necessarily what we asked for, by this point, the day after, we’re making do. We’ve spilled plenty of virtual ink on this deal, and probably won’t be done until Arroyo enters the Hall of Fame.
The primer on how to create your own luck.
Batting average on balls in play is one of the simplest sabermetric statistics, yet it’s also one of the most useful. BABIP measures how often a ball in play ...
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And what the heck is collusion, anyway?
Christmas is over and free agency is still crawling along. Recently there have been a lot of tweets and other social media posts flying around wondering if baseball owners are colluding against the players.
