Todd Frazier was rehabbing with the Cyclones this morning. He homered and went 1-for-4 while playing all nine innings at third base. Frazier has been out the last three weeks with a rib strain so he is still a day or two away from returning. Jose Reyes and others have been splitting time at third base since Frazier has gone down. Frazier was hitting a .217/.300/.385 with 2 DRS at third base. The...
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The St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays have struck a deal for Tommy Pham. Pham is hitting .248/.331/.399 this season with a 101 wRC+. This is a far cry from his 2017 slash of .306/.411/.520 and 148 wRC+ but Pham is still a good defender and baserunner under team control. Pham currently sports a .320 wOBA but his expected wOBA is .369, which is a sign that he is due for some good luck in the...
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The best team in baseball, the Boston Red Sox, acquired Ian Kinsler to bolster their infield. Currently Boston has been using Brock Holt there with Dustin Pedroia and Rafael Devers out for an extended period of time. The veteran second baseman has is hitting .239/.304/.406 this season with a 95 OPS+ and 2.5 bWAR . Most of his value comes from his defense at second, where he has posted 10...
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Update According to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com the Washington Nationals have told teams that Bryce Harper is AVAILABLE at tomorrow’s deadline. This definitely makes things interesting. We will update this if anything happens tonight. End of update The Cleveland Indians are trying to push their chips to the center of the table. They have been in contact with the Washington Nationals about...
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The New York Mets (44-59) defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates (55-52) by a score of 1-0 today to split the four-game series at PNC Park. Pitching Zack Wheeler was about as good as you can imagine today. He got into a little trouble in the first with two outs but pitched out of it by generating weak contact. He pitched a 1-2-3 second inning and worked around a Gregory Polanco hit in the third. He...
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