Who from the system’s lowest levels could become one of Chicago’s best catchers?
Kluber hasn’t had a good, never mind great, postseason start since 2016. There might not be anything wrong with him, though.
Bad pitching, bad hitting, bad coaching, bad Twittering — the Indians were a total failure tonight
All baseball, all the time!
Welcome to the Christmas morning and/or all 8 nights of Chanukah of playoff baseball. All 4 Divisional Series are crackin’ off within 2 to 3 hours of each other. From 11 AM PDT on, it’s nothing but but high stakes baseball until bedtime (your mileage may vary).
The Red Sox star is one to watch these playoffs.
For fans of eight teams (and, for a quick minute early on, ten) the postseason is the best part of the baseball calendar. The players you’ve grown attached to throughout the regular season get to shine...
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 October 5, 2018:
From Craig Edwards at FanGraphs on October 3, 2018:
The Chicago Cubs are a very good team, one that employs a good manager and features a good front office. They’ve won a bunch of games over the past four seasons and, notably, claimed a World Series to end a century-long drought.
From SABR member David Laurila at FanGraphs on October 5, 2018:
The Indians have one of the top pitching staffs in baseball. Carl Willis can’t claim all of the credit — his 2015-17 seasons were spent in Boston — but he’s certainly played a meaningful role.
Peter C. Bjarkman, 77, of Lafayette, Indiana, the leading authority on Cuban baseball history and a Henry Chadwick Award recipient for his contributions to baseball research, died of a heart attack on October 1, 2018, at the airport in Havana, Cuba.
Beertown’s series started off with Yelich dominance and Moose sightings, while the mighty Bravos whimpered softly into the night
From Janae Pierre at WBHM.org on October 5, 2018:
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Birmingham Black Barons’ appearance in what would become the last Negro League World Series ever played.
Can he help the Indians finally win the World Series with Ramirez’s help?