Goodbye to the Midwest style – part two
Image credit: © William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Translated by José M. Hernández Lagunes Here you can consult the first part of this article, which was published on Monday, October 28, 2024. Michael WachaLD, Kansas City RoyalsHe can opt to leave the team with one year and $16 million remaining on his contract. Last winter, Wacha […]
What They Say: Scott Harris Edition
Image credit: © Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images Translated by Fernando Battaglini On Monday, Detroit Tigers general manager Scott Harrisand manager AJ Hinch met with the media to show off what they had achieved. A team that was mired in a season to forget rebounded to win 86 games, advance to the postseason and appear ready to […]
The opposite of noise | Baseball Prospectus
Image credit: © Brad Penner-Imagn Images Translated by José M. Hernandez Lagunes A butterfly flaps its wings, and at the top of the fifth Austin Hedges He approaches the batter’s box with the bases loaded and two outs, and his team trailing by one run. The backup catcher gets another chance to be the hero. […]
The Mets already (half) know what’s coming
Image credit: © Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Translated by José M. Hernández Lagunes If the highlight of the American League postseason has been the brave Tigers, who rode a wave of chaos to ring the bell, the highlight of the National League table has been, without a doubt, the crazy and crazy Mets , who have […]
The impact on the environment – part two
Image credit: © Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Translated by Marco Gámez We already discussed the universal designated hitter and the ghost runner rule in Part 1 of this review on the rule changes. Stolen bases The shot clock came with the familiar provision that attempts to surprise runners were limited to two “gifts” to control those […]
Family environment | Baseball Prospectus
Image credit: © Scott Galvin-Imagn Images Translated by Pepe Latorre Justyn-Henry Malloy will learn. In the end, everyone does it. You can’t hit the ball into the right field corner of Progressive Field and assume you’re entitled to a double. Malloy didn’t think there was any need to hurry. The ball shot 90 miles after […]