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This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 04-06-2020

Jarrett Seidler – Baseball Prospectus ($): I understand why the Major League Baseball Players’ Association made the concessions they did with the upcoming amateur drafts. They wanted their service time and they got just that. In doing so they mortgaged the future of the sport. Such shortsighted thinking will only continue to harm the game […]

Posted on April 6, 2020April 3, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Bob Caruthers

In the earlier days of baseball two-way play was fairly common. The mound being closer, batters being able to call out the pitches they wanted, and more made it an era where players could pitch and be a position player more frequently. These circumstances are what gave us a player like Bob Caruthers. Good old […]

Posted on April 3, 2020March 26, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Rick Teasley and his glowing locks on the hill for the Brisbane Bandits
Transaction Analysis

Transaction Analysis: Just a Quick Tease

The Cleburne Railroaders signed SP-L Rick Teasley to an unknown contract The first year I really paid attention to the Australian Baseball League Rick Teasley was a starter for the Brisbane Bandits. The Bandits quickly became my team and through various factors, Teasley became a pitcher I really enjoyed. Following the 2015 season, Teasley returned […]

Posted on April 2, 2020March 26, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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The Draft That Changed Everything

January 31st, 1931 is not a date that is ingrained into the brains of most baseball fans. The average baseball fan didn’t know there was baseball being played in Latin American countries on that date, nor did they really care. It’s hard to get modern fans to care about modern unaffiliated baseball being played in […]

Posted on April 1, 2020March 26, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Transaction Analysis

Transaction Analysis: Speed at the Top Kills

Guerreros de Oaxaca signed CF-S Eric Young Jr. to an unknown contract Last year for the first time in his career Young found himself out of affiliated baseball. He had always been a decent enough roleplayer to keep a job either as a bench player on a Major League Baseball club or as a depth […]

Posted on March 31, 2020March 26, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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