Slightly Better than Replacement Level
At age 20, increasing the velocity of his fastball is not exactly the strategic goal of the right-handed hurler of Leones de Industriales, Brayan Chi. After launching his 80th pitch this Sunday afternoon at the Latin American stadium in Havana, Chi’s mind did not stop working. He entered the dugout of the Under-23 Cuban national […]
Next up in the League Primer Series is one of the two farm team leagues that operate in Japan. The Eastern League (JPEL) begins in play in a little under a month. History The JPEL has been around since the early 1960s when it was created to allow for the two main leagues in Nippon […]
Fans of Major League Baseball are used to hearing about pace of play issues. Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred has seemingly made it his singular goal to address what he sees as the largest problem facing MLB moving forward; the length of games. MLB hasn’t done anything yet to truly address this issue, instead, they […]
Liga de Béisbol Instruccional del Norte de Coahuila (LNC) begins play this March, learn a little about a league I’m just learning about myself. History The LNC has been in operation since 1945. However, until 1969 the league took years off here and there. Since 1969 the league has been in operation every year. The […]
Craig Edwards – FanGraphs: Rob Manfred’s plan to contract Minor League Baseball teams has been under fire from the get-go. That fire is justified because it’s a truly awful plan. What makes it even worse is that the plan contains some areas where MiLB can improve. Those aspects of the plan are overshadowed by outright […]