Howie Kendrick Position: Utility IF/OF Bats: Right – Throws: Right Born: July 12, 1983 (Age 34) Traditional Stats: 40 R, 96 H, 16 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR, 41 RBI, 12 SB, 5 CS, .315/.368/.475 Advanced Stats: 1.4 bWAR, 1.6 fWAR, 119 OPS+, 121 wRC+ Fielding Stats: 1B (0 DRS, 0.2 UZR), 2B (1 DRS, 0.1 UZR), LF (-4 DRS, -0.8 UZR), RF (0 DRS, 0.2 UZR) After a good 2015 season, Howie Kendrick found himself...
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Wild fires have spread through California Wine Country causing Governor Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency in Napa, Sonoma, and Yuba counties. Despite battling the fires for days on end, firefighters have yet to be able to contain any of the major fires. As a result, this has caused a number of people to flee their homes. One of those people is Hall of Famer Tom Seaver. In a report from...
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WILMER FLORES, INF Player Data: Age: 26, B/T: R/R, Free Agency: 2020 2017 Primary Stats: .271/.301/.488, 17 2B, 3B, 18 HR, 52 RBI, -0.2 bWAR, 106 wRC+ 2018 Salary: $3.7 million (projected arbitration) GRADE: C+ 2017 Review: After this season, it is safe to say we know what Wilmer Flores is as a baseball player. Once again, Flores showed he is best served as a platoon bat to face left-handed...
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Part one analyzed those players who are eligible the first time for the Rule 5 Draft. Part two will take a look at those players who had been previously eligible but were not protected by the Mets, nor were they selected by another organization. As this list is voluminous, this will just highlight some of the more notable players. The complete list of all players who must be added to the 40-man...
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Rule 5 decisions are about as tough a decision as a general manager has to make. It’s part gambling and part assessing value. Sometimes, you’re able to slip players like Paul Sewald and T.J. Rivera through the Rule 5 Draft unclaimed and others you guess wrong releasing Jeff Walters mid-season while Matthew Bowman becomes a valuable piece of another team’s bullpen. The full list...
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