As much as I love Baseball Reference, there are massive gaps in what they cover. For instance if you were to search Mike Loree and look at his career you would think that he has been out of baseball since a subpar 2012 with the Atlantic League’s Long Island Ducks. Most wouldn’t give that fact […]
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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 […]
Transaction Analysis: When One Big Swing Isn’t Enough
The Milwaukee Milkmen signed 1B/OF-R David Washington to an unknown contract Washington is fresh off of a two-year stint with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League. In his time with the Ducks Washington was very Washington like. For those unaware Washington is a low contact high power hitter who strikes out a ton. […]
Transaction Analysis: St. Paul Goes for the Big Bopper
The St. Paul Saints signed 1B-R Telvin Nash to an unknown contract This signing is no doubt spurred by Nash’s Player of the Year campaign in 2019 in the Atlantic League. With the York Revolution Nash hit .294/.423/.623 with 41 home runs and 35 doubles in 603 plate appearances. It was a season worthy of […]
This Week in Baseball: 01-06-2020
Daniel R. Epstein – Off the Bench: Major League Baseball’s Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred is in a rush to implement numerous changes to the MLB game. The majority of these are based around pace of play issues. You may or may not have issues with MLB’s pace of play, but you should take issue […]