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Liam Hendriks put together a spectacular season in 2019, posting a 1.80 ERA, 0.965 WHIP, 124 strikeouts, and 25 saves were all part of an All-Star campaign. 2020 was even better, posting a 1.78 ERA with a 0.671 WHIP in 25 1/3 innings. Although this is a short sample size, he is going into free […]
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Wednesday’s Non-Tender deadline saw dozens of players around the big leagues turned loose by their respective teams. The Colorado Rockies were no exception after choosing to not offer 2021 contracts to three players. One of those players was primary catcher Tony Wolters. So the catching torch will be passed to rookie Dom Nunez. Background The […]
The Minnesota Twins and reliever Taylor Rogers agreed on a contract to keep the reliever in Minneapolis. The deal is reportedly for one year and will pay the lefty $6M. Rogers was the last arbitration-eligible player on the Twins roster. Career Breakdown Rogers collected nine saves in 11 chances last season pushing his career total […]
It’s no secret that the New York Mets new owner is the wealthiest owner in all of MLB. Additionally, since Steve Cohen’s purchase was made after this past season he has not felt the financial loss that every other team is feeling right now. As a result, the eyes of the baseball world are set […]
Free agency changed the very fabric of baseball more than forty years ago. The champions of that battle, Curt Flood and Marvin Miller are ever-fading memories to those of us old enough to remember it. Younger fans are lucky to know anything about it all. But all fans know free agency as a fixture of […]
The Los Angeles Angels non-tender of five relief pitchers was no surprise. As expected, the Wednesday non-tender deadline saw a flurry of moves around baseball. Although some were more surprising than others. The Angels’ casualties were Justin Anderson, Matt Andriese, Keynan Middleton, Hoby Milner and Hansel Robles. Yes, the Angels will be in search of […]
Among the better relief pitchers on the free-agent market this offseason is Trevor Rosenthal. The 30-year-old is coming off a very productive season with the Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres. In 23 and two-thirds innings, Rosenthal posted a 1.90 ERA and struck out 14.5 batters per nine innings. Both are the best rates […]
Wednesday marked an important day for MLB’s offseason. The non-tender deadline has come and gone with some very surprising names now being free agents. According to MLB.com, when a club “non-tenders” a player, it declines to give that player a contract for the upcoming season, thereby immediately making him a free agent. Arbitration and pre-arbitration […]
The 2020 offseason has been very quiet thus far for the Texas Rangers. There is, however, one significant report that has really rippled the water this week in Arlington. It was announced this past Monday that shortstop and 12-year mainstay Elvis Andrus will see reduced playing time in 2021. This gives Gold Glove winner Isiah […]