Lost in the excitement last week was another transaction post from Baseball America, albeit overlapping with its previous post (12/15/20-1/29/21 vs. 1/1/21-2/1/21). Sifting through the repeats, the following new signees emerged: C Blake Swihart SS Humberto Arteaga OF Alec Keller OF Hernán Pérez Swihart, 28, is old news, as most offseason signings of notable major-leaguers …
Just a quick note to let folks know I’ve made my final pass through the watchlist and made all the tweaks and filled in the blanks.
The donuts have been made.
We’re less than a week away from the first spring training game, and it’s not clear which, if any, games will be televised. You may recall that about a month ago, MASN made wholesale changes to both the Orioles and Nationals broadcast teams while also announcing plans for in-market streaming.
There has been little news since then, with departed (and deceased) employees still featured prominently on the front page.
It looks like we’re getting all the usual offseason stuff out this week. Yesterday, the Nationals announced its managers and coaches for 2021: Affiliate Manager Pitching Coach Hitting Coach Rochester Matthew LeCroy Michael Tejera Brian Daubach Harrisburg Tripp Keister Sam Narron Brian Rupp Wilmington Tommy Shields Justin Lord Luis Ordaz Fredericksburg Mario Lisson Pat Rice …
Maybe it’s tilting at windows, but after a snow day or two—and 18 months of offseason—taking a peek at some minor-league schedules ain’t so bad. Yesterday, all four Nationals full-season affiliates released their 2021 schedules: Rochester Harrisburg Wilmington Fredericksburg Before we go any further, obviously everything here is contingent upon the pandemic continuing to subside …
I guess the question is “which one?” We’ve known for about six weeks that the major leaguers and AAA guys will be having spring training now, while the AA and below players will follow them about a month later. We still do not know, officially, who the non-roster invitees are, but I have very little …
This is sort of the second of two posts that usually come with the release of the Baseball America Prospect Handbook. The first came with the release of the Top 30 two weeks ago. Perhaps the most interesting wrinkle this year is the addition of ten “more prospects to know,” which becomes eight, as the …
After a brief delay that led to some speculation that perhaps one or two teams had held out, yesterday the news that we’d been waiting/dreading became official: All 120 teams invited into the New World Order had signed. If you’ll forgive me, a recap… Minor-league baseball as we know it is gone. Born in 1901 …
Well, no news so far about the minors at a macro level, just a tweet from the Senators confirming they’ve signed the PDC. But there was some news from Baseball America, as its annual prospect handbook has come off the presses. Truth be told, this is not a surprise. The boys in Durham explained it …
Ordinarily, there’d be some excitement now that the “Best Commercials of 2021” show is over. Usually, we’d be thinking “Pitchers and Catchers Report” in another week or so. Instead, we’re wondering what happens after today to the minors as we knew it. It’s the deadline for “The 120” to accept their PDL offers. Most are …
Ordinarily, this is revealed with the release of the handbook, which apparently is late or lost in the mail; hard to tell these days. Before we go further, ze list (last year’s ranking, if applicable): 1. RHP Cade Cavalli 11. SS Jackson Cluff (16) 21. RHP Tyler Dyson (17) 2. RHP Jackson Rutledge (3) 12. …