Tag: Atlantic League

Edgardo Alfonzo Leading Candidate for Atlantic League Managerial Job

Edgardo Alfonzo is a finalist and leading candidate to manage the new minor league team the Staten Island Ferry Hawks, part of the independent Atlantic League, per Jon Heyman. Fonzie, a member of the New York Mets Hall of Fame, last managed in 2019 for the Brooklyn Cyclones. He began with the Cyclones as their bench coach in 2014 and became the manager in 2017 when Tom Gamboa retired. Alfonzo...

MLB Experimenting With Pushing the Mound Back and New DH Rule

Don’t look now, but Major League Baseball is trying to tinker with the game again. According to Jayson Stark of The Athletic, the pitchers’ mound will move back 12 inches further from the plate at 61 feet, 6 inches starting this summer in the Atlantic League. This change will occur in eight Atlantic League ballparks ranging from Kentucky to Long Island and marks the first time the...