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A trade deadline acquisition from Cleveland may hold a prominent role in the Astros’ 2022 bullpen.
When the Astros traded Myles Straw to the now-Cleveland Guardians during last season’s trade deadline, I honestly thought a more significant trade was in the works. Perhaps for Byron Buxton? We may never know. Little did we also know the faith that James Click would have in Chas McCormick, Jake Meyers, and Jose Siri in center field, but the Straw trade...
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Only David Ortiz met the threshold for induction this year, but the outlook is bright for some who fell short.
On Tuesday, we finally got the final part of the Class of 2022 for the Hall of Fame. On his first ballot, David Ortiz reached induction, appearing on just shy of 78% of ballots.
Official 2022 results from the BBWAAI have a variety of thoughts on Ortiz’s induction, and they’re pretty much all positive. I don’t know that you could tell the...
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Suspicions stemming from the early days of the lockout have been validated.
On Dec. 2, in the wake of Major League Baseball’s implemented lockout, commissioner Rob Manfred wrote “A letter to baseball fans.” In the eight-paragraph missive, one sentence stood out:
This defensive lockout was necessary because the Players Association’s vision for Major League Baseball would threaten the ability of most teams to be competitive.
Ignoring the comical...
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My lack of surprise at the HoF voting being revealed as a popularity contest among baseball writers who take themselves way too seriously is palpable
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Lockout Lambada In a move that was fully expected, David Ortiz has officially been named to the Hall of Fame (MLB Trade Rumors) But the bigger conversation is about the big names that...Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Coming Thursday, comments will look different.
Hey everyone. I’m Tanya, and I oversee all of our baseball communities for SB Nation.
This Thursday will be a big day for our community: we’re moving our comments to a new platform, developed especially for SB Nation. All of our MLB communities will be moving to the new platform, and I’m excited about the change.
Some of you may already be familiar with this new platform as it rolled out to our NFL...
GLENDALE, AZ - NOVEMBER 10, 2021: Korey Lee #35 of the Glendale Desert Dogs bats against the Mesa Solar Sox at Camelback Ranch on November 10, 2021 in Glendale, Arizona. | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images
Check out the top three catching prospects for 2022
Now that 2022 is here, it is time to start looking at the top three prospects at each position as we lead up to the Astros top 30 prospect list. We this rankings, I will focus on prospects who primarily...
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All these crazy football games make me yearn for a crazy baseball game
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Lockout Lambada CBA negotiations continue as the MLBPA is expected to make a counteroffer to the league at an in-person meeting today (ESPN) Business for the Hall of Fame continues during the lockout as winners will be announced on Tuesday (MLB.com) Assuming...The Braves will never forget that they clinched last year's World Series in Houston.
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Can something be both dying and ready to be reborn?
Everyone has an opinion. That opinion can color the perception of an event or action. Take for example the concept of a rainy day. If you look out your window, you see that it is raining. Precipitation is falling from clouds super-saturated with water. This is not in dispute. However, what your view of that precipitation can be different from person to person. For the...
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So long, Skeeters, may you always play your music in the sun
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Lockout Lambada MLB and the Player’s Association are set to meet in person on Monday as they continue to very slowly negotiate the CBA (MLB.com) And it’s expected that the MLBPA will come with an economic proposal on hand for the owners (MLB Trade Rumors) Something...Free-agent shortstop Carlos Correa was reportedly asking for between $330 million and $350 million on the open market prior to the MLB lockout. According to...
It is unclear whether or not this pause in the baseball offseason could impact Correa’s demands, or if his position atop the free-agent market will keep him relatively immune to the lockout’s effects on the market as a whole
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Improved depth could embolden the club to make more names available in trade talks, thus enabling them to target higher caliber big leaguers.
It’s been almost seven weeks since Major League Baseball and its owners imposed a lockout. The league made a proposal to the players’ union on Jan. 13, and it’s predictably made no impact on negotiations, according to reports. The players are expected to make a counteroffer, but the general sentiment is...
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I don’t believe that Correa hiring Boras is the death knell that a lot of fans seem to think it is, but Boras sure won’t be a helper
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Lockout Lambada The Sugar Land Skeeters have announced that they will rebrand following an official unveiling this weekend (Twitter - Jose de Jesus Ortiz) But the new name has already leaked, and it...Former GM Jim Bowden thinks that Correa may have come to the conclusion that he made the wrong decision when he didn’t sign before the lockout and that Boras may have provided him with better guidance.
Correa will exit the lockout with the sport’s most high-profile agent in his corner to help him navigate what is widely expected to be a chaotic frenzy of activity.
Free-agent shortstop Carlos Correa will have new representation as he pursues a new deal this offseason. ESPN's
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For two straight international signing periods, Houston has signed top Cuban prospects. Last round it was Pedro León. And now it’s Kenni Gómez.
Just a few years ago, the Astros couldn’t be counted as one of the teams with a history full of Cuban players. For example, they were far away from the White Sox, the Yankees, the Athletics, or the Twins. As a matter of fact, Houston didn’t have a Cuban-born ballplayer between 1979 and 2015. But in 2016,...
We hope that Martin Luther King Jr. Day brings a chance for everyone to reflect on the importance of diversity in America as well as the sports we love
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Lockout Lambada MLK Day brings a chance for everyone to reflect on what diversity means to America and the sports we love, which MLB Network will contribute to with a conversation airing tonight (MLB.com) A...Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
International players from the 2022 class will be free to sign with their new clubs this Saturday, and the Astros are linked to some well-regarded names from across the landscape.
With the international signing period opening tomorrow, baseball fans are set to receive some surely welcome transaction news as we continue to wait out a contentious lockout. While officially, tomorrow is supposed to open negotiations between players and clubs, the reality is...