The Atlanta Braves signed Marcell Ozuna to a one-year, $18 million contract on Tuesday, according to Jeff Passan. The 29-year-old had a strong market amid his free agency, with the Reds, White Sox, Giants, Diamondbacks, and Rangers all in pursuit of the outfielder. Ozuna finished his 2019 season with the Cardinals, owning a .241/.328/.472 slash line, with 29 home runs and 89 RBI. He hit .262...
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The Baseball Writers Association of America elected longtime New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter and former Montreal Expos and Colorado Rockies standout Larry Walker to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Jeter received all but one of 397 BBWAA votes (99.7 percent). Walker was named on 304 ballots (76.6 percent). Full voting results can be found here. Jeter finished his 20-year...
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The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico hasn’t had many good things happen to it lately. From Hurricane Maria in September 2017 to a series of earthquakes in December 2019 and January 2020, the island has been ravaged with electrical outages, destruction, strife and even political corruption. Maria caused the largest electrical outage in U.S. history, effectively destroying the electrical grid of...
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In this off-season edition of Shoebox Memories, we take a look back at the 2002 Topps Chrome Gold card of Mike Piazza. The 2002 Topps Chrome was a 660-card chromium-stock partial-parallel of the regular 2002 Topps set. Series One (cards 1-331) was released in late January, 2002; while Series Two wasn’t released until June. To reflect the premium value of the set and in an effort to give...
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Underscoring what has become a strong position within the organization, Mets farmhand Brett Baty was named the sixth-best third base prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline, while Mark Vientos was listed under the “keep an eye on” section. Last week, Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez was listed at number five among minor league backstops. The third base top ten is headlined by Phillies prospect and...
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In early January, the Columbia Fireflies – the Class-A affiliate of the New York Mets – announced their coaching staff for the upcoming 2020 season. Comprised of an entirely new staff, the Fireflies will be led by first-time manager Reid Brignac. Brignac, 34, spent nine years in the majors with six different organizations from 2008-2016. He was selected 45th overall out of St. Amant...
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