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 – …
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 …