The San Fransisco Giants have extended shortstop Brandon Crawford’s contract through the 2021 season with a 6-year, $75 million contract. The 28 year old Crawford had an all-around fantastic season as he was an All Star, as well as a recipient of both the Silver Slugger and Gold Glove awards for National League shortstops. Crawford slashed .256/.321/.462 in 2015, crushing 21 home runs and...
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Joe Maddon of the Chicago Cubs was named the National League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Maddon left the Tampa Bay Rays to join the Cubs this season and guided them from a 73-89 record in 2014 to a 97-65 record in 2015, a 24 game improvement. Maddon garnered 18 first place votes, while Cardinals manager Mike Matheny got 9 votes and finished in second...
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According to Sirius XM radio host Craig Mish of Miami’s The Ticket, there is rowing sentiment around Baseball and internally with the Marlins that right-hander Jose Fernandez will be traded this offseason. This could be a reaction to Marlins president David Samson telling the Miami Herald last week that Jose Fernandez had rejected a multi-year contract offer. According to Andy Slater who...
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Allow me to begin with a common stipulation for pieces such as this: I am not predicting here who will win NL Manager of the Year later today, but opining on who should win it. Joe Maddon blew into Chicago, changed the culture of the Cubs and made them relevant in short order and ahead of schedule. Mike Matheny took a Cardinals team that, on paper, would have done well to win 90 games, and...
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Christina asks… I have been a Mets fan since 1983 and I’m a devoted reader of your site, checking in about five times a day. I’ve read all your articles about the Mets owners over the last two years. My question is do you think anything’s changed now that we have a winning product and the fans (including me) have returned to Citi Field? I have this fear that we will...
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