Lorenzo Cain Position: CF Bats: Right – Throws: Right Born: April 13, 1986 (31) Traditional Stats: .300/.363/.440, 27 2B, 5 3B, 15 HR, 49 RBI, 26 SB, 2 CS Advanced Stats: 5.3 bWAR, 4.1 fWAR, 112 OPS+, 115 wRC+ Defensive Stats: 5 DRS, 1.6 UZR In what was likely the last year before the Kansas City Royals were forced to break up the band, Lorenzo Cain put forth what was arguably the second...
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Good morning, baseball fans! Here’s what’s been going on around baseball over the last 24 hours. *** Both the Mets and Yankees are reportedly out on Japanese phenom Shohei Ohtani. In what has turned into a dramatic sweepstakes, the 23-year-old will likely end up with a West Coast or smaller market team, according to multiple sources. Teams that are rumored to be some of the finalists...
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Cue up the gif from The Office where Michael Scott says “Oh my god, OK it’s happening.” We might have a Giancarlo Stanton trade coming up soon and it will finally be out of the way this offseason. Oh and Shohei Ohtani might be narrowing down his decision on his team. My Twitter feed turned into a crossover between the Bachelor and Shark Tank when teams were “out”...
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Less than a half hour after Bryan Hoch tweeted out that the New York Yankees were out in the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes, it was reported that multiple other teams are also out. Among these teams are the Mets according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Sandy Alderson has shown interest in Ohtani, but realized the immense competition in signing the two-way player. “I don’t think there is a...
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Zack Wheeler, RHP Player Data: Age: 27, B/T: L/R, Free Agency: 2020 2017 Primary Stats: 3-7 Record, 17 GS, 86 1/3 IP, 5.21 ERA, 5.03 FIP, 1.587 WHIP, 8.4 K/9, 0.4 WAR 2018 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arbitration Eligible Grade: C 2017 Review: Zack Wheeler’s final statistics of the 2017 season were not very impressive. His season was also cut short due to injury yet again. However, there were...
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Former Minnesota Twins and New York Mets ace Johan Santana is on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time this year, and it’s already looking like this may be his last year on the ballot. The two-time Cy Young Award winner has yet to appear on any of the 15 publicly-released ballots, according to Ryan Thibodaux, a Baseball Hall of Fame ballot tracker. Although this encompasses just about...
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