After getting dragged like RuPaul at an NHRA event, yesterday the Nationals reversed their stipend reduction to minor-leaguers. As Brittany Ghiroli put it in The Athletic ($$), it’s important to recognize this reversal is only for the month of June and, citing an internal memo, that the team “will consider future payments on a month-to-month …
If you came here to escape from “the real world,” you’re going to be disappointed like Milton. Like the Red Sox raising ticket prices on the day after Thanksgiving, the Nats tried a similar maneuver the past few days by releasing more than two dozen players late last week, then reducing the pay of the …
According to multiple sources, hundreds of minor leaguers have been or will be released this week – including the Nationals. No doubt this is ahead of the unstated May 31 deadline to extend “benefits” to operational employees and /or to limit the $400 pittance stipend to players they do want to keep. under lock and …
With the minor-league season all but cancelled, MLB is doing its level best to make sure the big boys stay home, too. The latest proposal is a blindingly obvious attempt to break the MLBPA. Meanwhile, news is starting to trickle in as to which teams will continue to pay its operational staff beyond May 31. …
Syracuse 5 Indianapolis 3 (2015) • Espino (W, 1-0) 7IP, 4H, 0R, 0BB, 3K; 1-3, R, HR, 3RBI • Valverde 1IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K • Butler 3-4, R, 3B, RBI • den Dekker 1-3, BB, RBI Paolo Espino pitched seven scoreless innings and hit a three-run HR as the Chiefs stopped their seven-game …
Not much has changed at the major-league level. MLB continues its PR assault on the players via strategic leaks without actually making an actual proposal, knowing full well that when push comes to shove, the fans side with the billionaires over the millionaires. Meanwhile, in the minor leagues, Kevin Reichard at Ballpark Digest makes the …
Three major stories of interest to pass along before we wax nostalgic. ESPN has a very long story about the challenges MLB faces with its plan. The upshot: unless entire teams are quarantined with each positive test as experts recommend, the plan will fall apart like Karen at Red Lobster on Mother’s Day This segues …
More details are coming from next month’s cattle call draft, and like the last call at a small-town bar, it ain’t pretty. TL;DR – MLB is limiting payments to a maximum of $100K and deferring the rest of the monies to 2021 and 2022. Or as it was put in the hyperlinked article: MLB is …
Fresno 10 Albuquerque 3 • Espino (W, 3-1) 6⅔ IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 8K, HR, HBP • Rainey (H, 1) 1⅓ IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 4K, 2-1 IR-S • Gonzalez 3-4, R, 2B, RBI • Marmolejos 2-4, 2R, 2B, RBI • Keller 2-4, RBI The Grizzlies clawed the Isotopes for four runs in their …
MLB’s latest proposal, which seems hell-bent on returning on July 4 for the symbolism (pay no attention to the risks, which would be borne by the players, not the owners), all but concedes there will be no minor-league baseball in 2020. Nevertheless, there are plans being devised for reopening ballparks. For some reason, I’m reminded …