Not much new to report on the MLB-MLBPA fight, though it should surprise no one here that MLB teams have already found a way to manipulate service time with this year’s draft picks and NDFAs. Columbus 4 Syracuse 3 – 2016 • Voth (L, 3-3) 7IP, 4H, 4R, 4ER, BB, 5K • Gutierrez 1IP, 0H, …
The Nats will reportedly pay its minor-leaguers through September, ostensibly to avoid another PR fiasco, which I realize is redundant; the next PR-savvy move Washington makes will the first. As one person noted in the comments at Hardball Talk, Kansas City has signed an inordinate number of highly-rated undrafted prospects, which may be attributable to …
Ordinarily, this is the stuff of mid-December or January, not mid-June (or March 108). ● Apparently there aren’t enough Jacksons in the system, so the Nats got one more in Jackson Coutts, 1B/OF, a junior from the Univ. of Rhode Island who hit .451 with 4HR and 12RBI in 13 games. ● The Nats also …
Perhaps by days’ end we’ll have word on what the owners will impose upon the players after weeks of leaking specious offers to the press in a thinly veiled attempt to turn the baseball-starved public against the MLBPA. Assuming, of course, there will be places for them to play. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 9 Syracuse 5 – 2018 …
The Washington Nationals held true to form and completed Day 2 of the 2020 draft with three more pitchers, one catcher, and one shortstop. Only the latter was a high school pick – SS, Sammy Infante of Monsignor Edward Pace High School (Miami Gardens, FL). Even a MASN Commenter— or Stevie Wonder, natch—could have seen …
Ordinarily, this would be just a pic of the latest righthanded pitcher the Nats took with their first pick (joining Jackson Rutledge in 2019 and Mason Denaburg in 2018), then we’d launch into News & Notes from the four full-season affiliates. But there’s no news and no notes… So I won’t pretend that I follow …
The MLB Draft will be held tonight, with first round televised tonight on ESPN and MLB Network, and Rounds 2-5 tomorrow night on ESPN2 (because apparently a boxing match is more important) and the MLB Network. I’d encourage you to read Mr. Boss’s work to get a feel for who the Nats may select (and …
Still not much new to report on the MLB-MLBPA impasse. But if you got questions, WaPo’s Dave Sheinin has answers. Louisville 8 Syracuse 2 – 2012 • Roark (L, 3-8) 5IP, 7H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 5K • Severino 1IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 2K • Bynum 2-3, R, BB • Komatsu 1-3, BB, CS Louisville built …
Sorry, it’s SSDD for the MLB-MLPBA negotiations. Excuse me, I need to wheel some stuff… Buffalo 13 Syracuse 4 – 2016 • Cole 6IP, 8H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 4K, HR • Gott (L, 3-2) ⅔ IP, 4H, 4R, 4ER, BB, K • Sizemore 1-4, R, HR, 4RBI • Goodwin 2-4, 2B, BB • Ramsey 2-4, …
Both Todd Boss and Byron Kerr have broken down the roster cuts further. Meanwhile, MLB remains at an impasse for 2020, which may be why MiLB hasn’t officially canceled its season yet. Finally, Baseball America’s proposal for an expanded Fall League appears to be progressing from clickbait to a possiblity. Syracuse 4 Buffalo 2 – …