The New York Yankees and shortstop Didi Gregorius have come together to avoid salary arbitration. Both parties have reached agreement on a $2.425 million one-year salary for 2016. Didi was part of a three team trade that sent Shane Greene to the Tigers, and LHP Robbie Ray and infielder Domingo Leyba Diamondbacks. Gregorius had to replace Derek Jeter, who hung…
Sharlon Schoop, the older brother of Jonathan, signed a one year deal with the Baltimore Orioles. After the 2015 season, the 28-year old opted to become a minor league free agent, but until a few days ago, he wasn’t signed by any team. Eventually Sharlon decided to rejoin the O’s again so he could prepare…
The Dodgers have avoided salary arbitration with their star closer Kenley Jansen. They signed the 28-year old closer from Curacao, who filed for salary arbitration on Tuesday and who was the last of those Dodgers players that remained unsigned. This was the third time in a row that Kenley avoided salary arbitration by signing a…
The new round of the ABL started yesterday. In the series between the Brisbane Bandits and the Melbourne Aces, the Bandits brought back their magic number to five. Donald Lutz, who signed a minor league deal with the Cincinnati Reds the other day, singled in his first at bat in the first inning but that…
The Texas Rangers have avoided arbitration with Curacao native Jurickson Profar by signing him to a one-year contract extension. In the upcoming season, Profar will earn $605,000 in the upcoming season even though he is still recovering from an injury. Jurickson has missed almost two seasons due to a shoulder injury which eventually resulted in…
Today, Hoofdklasse club HCAW from Bussum, came with a press release in which they announced a new (co) sponsor. Stichting HELDER Gooise Meren has signed a deal which will give the club financial support. Stichting HELDER Gooise Meren is a foundation in the municipality Gooise Meren. This foundation gives information how to deal with addictions…
It was one of those rare days in the Autralian Baseball League on which the top three teams lost to the bottom three. The Sydney Blue Sox hosted the Adelaide Bite in a double header today. Adelaide Bite 6 – 7 Sydney Blue Sox In game one, the Blue Sox opened…
The Adelaide Bite trailed most of the game vs the Canberra Cavalry but got their groove right in time. At the end of the fifth inning, the Bite trailed 4-1 but they came back in the game in the bottom of the sixth when they scored two runs on a solo homerun by David Page…
Two games today in the Australlian Baseball League. The Brisbane Bandits (with Donald Lutz from Germany in their ranks) hosted the Sydney Blue Sox in game one of a four game series. The Blue Sox took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, but after the Bandits were kept from scoring in the first…
In the Netherlands there is a lot of complaining about the level of the baseball umpires. But what do they do to get better? How much time do they spend to keep their knowledge of the rules at the required level? These and other questions were answered by three Hoofdklasse umpires. People say that umpires…
