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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Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees – Game Three Carlos Carrasco (18-6, 3.29 ERA) vs. Masahiro Tanaka (13-12, 4.74 ERA) TV: FS1 – Radio: ESPN, WFAN 660/101.9 FM The Yankees will try to stay alive as they try to win their first game of the series as they’re down two games to none against the Indians. Masahiro Tanaka will face off against Carlos Carrasco. Indians Lineup Francisco Lindor...
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The New York Mets decided earlier this week that Dan Warthen will not return as the pitching coach in 2018. Warthen was the Mets pitching coach since he took over for Rick Peterson in June 2008. Mets pitchers including Noah Syndergaard and Jeurys Familia were fairly vocal in their support for Warthen to return but Sandy Alderson did not see eye-to-eye with them on their opinions. The Mets will...
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The National League had a few promising young rookies make their names known this season. Rhys Hoskins burst on the scene for the rival Philadelphia Phillies, clubbing 18 homers and driving in 48 runs in just 170 at-bats. Kyle Freeland registered 11 wins for the Colorado Rockies while being good for 3.4 WAR and nearly threw a no-hitter in July against the White Sox. Ian Happ had a solid rookie...
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Whether Matt Harvey comes even relatively close to the starter he was in 2015 or is a carbon copy of who he was this past season remains to be seen, but his agent Scott Boras is going to try everything to make sure it’s the former. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported Friday that Boras will have a “substantial” throwing program for the right-hander this winter in the...
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Two playoffs games will be on today as the Washington Nationals send Gio Gonzalez to the mound to face Jon Lester of the Chicago Cubs. The Dodgers, meanwhile, will send Rich Hill to the mound to face Robbie Ray of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Both games air on TBS with the first game at 5:30 p.m. and the latter at 9:00 p.m. Last night, all eight of the remaining teams played. The first game of the...
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