Slightly Better than Replacement Level
The two-way player idea has always been tilted towards position players becoming pitchers. They can hit already, hopefully, and they have the important distinction of being a position player with a strong throwing arm. The ability of a middle infielder to throw the ball hard is often what gets teams talking about giving a position […]
A large part of the charm and allure of baseball rests in how we are able to form a relationship with the teams we follow. This could be a Minor League Baseball team, an international team, or a Major League Baseball team. Whether it’s right or wrong we decide that a certain team, or teams […]
Video Baseball Scout – Benjamin Chase: The current argument that minor leaguers deserve to be paid a livable wage is a simple one. There’s really nothing to argue about, anyone working any job deserves to be paid a wage tantamount with living. There are other factors beyond just money when it comes to minor leaguers […]
Major League Baseball had, with a few exceptions, relegated the two-way player to the minor leagues by the 1920s. However, the opposite was true in the Negro Leagues. Major or minor, two-way players had been a fixture of every level of the Negro Leagues since the first leagues were formed and the 1920s were no […]
Baseball, specifically the game as it is played in America, is an odd duck when it comes to emotions. People want ballplayers to show that they care, but they also want them to go about their business. It’s important to fans that big moments are celebrated, but only in an amount and manner that is […]