Houston Astros (1-2) at Washington Nationals (2-1) World Series Game 4: RHP Jose Urquidy (0-1, 2.08 ERA) VS. LHP Patrick Corbin (1-2, 6.91 ERA) Saturday, OCT. 26, 2019 • Nationals Park • Washington, D.C. The Astros won Game 3 of the World Series on Friday night by a score of 4-1 at Nationals Park. They will look to tie the series at two games each on Saturday. Game 4 begins at 8:07 p.m. ET and...
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Josh Hader and Aroldis Chapman have been named as the Relievers of the Year, in the National League and American League, respectively. Hader, 25, had a 2.62 ERA, 3.10 FIP, and 0.806 WHIP with 16.4 K/9 as compared to 2.4 BB/9 while recording 37 saves in 2019. As noted by Jessica Kleinschmidt of NBC Sports, this was his second consecutive year winning the award which puts him next to Craig Kimbrel...
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Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that Mickey Callaway is close to joining the Los Angeles Angels’ as their new pitching coach. However, the deal has not been finalized yet. Callaway, 44, is returning to a role he was very familiar with before being named the Mets’ manager during the 2017 offseason. From 2013-2017, Callaway was the Cleveland Indians’ pitching coach. During...
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Andres Gimenez won the Arizona Fall League batting title on Friday as he finished off his time there with a .371 average, which was .10 higher than the next-best hitter, Alec Bohm of the Phillies, who hit .361. Gimenez, 21, also had a .999 OPS, two homers, five doubles, and two triples over 18 games (70 at-bats). “My approach at the plate was basically to try and keep it simple,”...
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By Tim Ryder The Boston Red Sox made a direction-changing addition on Friday in the hire of former Tampa Bay Rays vice president of baseball operations, Chaim Bloom, as the organization’s chief baseball officer. Bloom, 36, took over as the Rays’ director of baseball operations in 2011, moving into the vice president position in 2014 following Andrew Friedman’s departure for Los...
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In the last few years, there have been discussions about how Andres Gimenez needs to move off of shortstop due to the presence of Amed Rosario. The natural choice was second base, but with the Mets obtaining Robinson Cano, that position is blocked for the next four years. Early this year, it seemed there was going to be a potential opening at shortstop with Rosario struggling there for the...
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