Former Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder, Andrew McCutchen, was traded to the San Francisco Giants on January 15th, 2018. This trade didn’t come as a shock to anyone as the Pirates just a couple days previous traded ace pitcher, Gerrit Cole, to the Astros. The Pirates organization has started a small tear down of their roster by […]
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According to Baseball Savant, Sprint Speed is Statcast’s foot speed measurement. It is defined as feet per second in a player’s fastest one second window. The MLB average is 27 ft/sec. Here are the top ten speedsters in MLB today based on Statcast’s Sprint Speed. Top 10 Speedsters in MLB 10 Rajai Davis – 29.3 ft/sec
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The Pittsburgh Pirates and the defending world series champion, Houston Astros, have swung a 5-player deal centered around Gerrit Cole. This trade was official on January 13th, 2018. The Pirates traded away Gerrit Cole in exchange for 4 players from the Astros: 3rd baseman Colin Moran, RHP Joe Musgrove, RHP Michael Feliz, and OF Jason
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Baseball has been searching for a “face of the game” for quite sometime now. The NBA has Lebron James, the NFL has Tom Brady, and the NHL has Sidney Crosby. Baseball hasn’t had a real face of the game since Derek Jeter. Here are five potential faces of baseball today. 1 Jose Altuve It’s easy
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Post Winter Meetings, there are still some big name free agents on the market. Many relievers have been signed, however as far as position players it has been pretty quiet. Here are five free agents still out there that are in line for a big pay day. 5. Wade Davis The Cubs traded for Davis
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At the end of the 2017 MLB season, outfielder Carlos Beltran decided it was time to hang up the spikes and retire from Major League Baseball. Beltran went out on top, however as in his twentieth season in the league the Puerto Rican native won his first and only World Series. Let’s take a look
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The Los Angeles Angels have a new starting third baseman. According to Ken Rosenthal, the Angels and Zack Cozart have agreed on a three year, $38 million deal. Cozart will average around $13 million per year. In an excellent 2017 season, Cozart played some excellent defense and broke out at the plate. The seventh year
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The Baseball Writers Association of America released the 2018 MLB Hall of Fame ballot early last week. Lets’ break down 11 of the 33 candidates below. Scott Rolen (First Ballot) Rolen won the 1997 Rookie of the Year, made seven All Star games, and won eight Gold Glove awards. He has a higher career WAR (70.0) than the
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The Baseball Writers Association of America released the 2018 MLB Hall of Fame ballot early last week. Lets’ break down 11 of the 33 candidates below. Chipper Jones (First Ballot) Chipper is a sure first ballot Hall of Famer. He won the World Series his rookie year, and finished second in Rookie of the Year voting.
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The Baseball Writers Association of America released the 2018 MLB Hall of Fame ballot early last week. Lets break down the 11 of the 33 candidates below. 2018 MLB Hall of Fame Ballot Part 1 Barry Bonds Barry Bonds had a long, successful career that ended up with tainted numbers due to rumors of steroid
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