Author: Michael Mayer

Trevor Bauer Wins Players Choice Award For Best NL Pitcher

Reds ace and soon-to-be free agent Trevor Bauer, has been given the Players Choice Award for Best National League pitcher. He beat out fellow finalist Yu Darvish and Jacob deGrom. Bauer led the National League with a 1.73 ERA, 0.795 WHIP, and led all of baseball with his 5.1 H/9 in the 2020 shortened season. The voting is done by the players, this year it was done in mid-September. Here are the...

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Examining the Second Tier of Free Agents

With the Mets a few votes away from having the richest owner in baseball, fans have been talking about the possibilities of signing top free agents C J.T. Realmuto, RHP Trevor Bauer, CF George Springer, and/or RHP Liam Hendriks. While I believe that the Mets will dig around the market for all four of top tier guys, I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect all of them. With that in...

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World Series Game Thread: Rays vs Dodgers, 8:09 PM – Game 1

Tampa Bay Rays (40-20, 8-5) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (43-17, 9-3) RHP Tyler Glasnow (2-1, 4.66) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (2-1, 3.22) Tuesday, October 20, 2020 | 7:11 p.m. CT | Globe Life Field | Arlington, TX World Series – Game 1 TV: FOX | Radio: AM 570 (Eng.); 1020 AM (Span.), ESPN Radio, AM 1540 (Kor.) The Rays and Dodgers meet after both had the best record in their respective leagues...

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Report: Cohen’s Bid Approved by MLB’s Owners Committee

According to Sportico, Steve Cohen’s bid to buy the Mets franchise has been approved by Major League Baseball’s ownership committee. The billionaire is now one step closer to becoming the majority owner of the Mets. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the committee voted 7-1 to approve Cohen. Next up is the eight-owner executive committee and then finally all 30 owners...

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Championship Series Thread: Rays and Braves Look to Punch Ticket

The Astros stayed alive on Thursday night thanks to a walk-off home run by Carlos Correa. George Springer also homered in the game for Houston, his 19th in the postseason (tied for fourth in MLB history). The Braves moved within one game of the World Series after a 10-2 win over the Dodgers on Thursday. Braves’ outfielder Marcell Ozuna had two home runs and four RBIs. Houston Astros vs...

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