The other day Rob Manfred, Commissioner of Major League Baseball, held a press conference. Main issue was a possible expansion of Major League Baeball. Another issue was the stadium situation in Oakland and St. Petersburg. Manfred said that in the long term MLB will expand. He even hinted about a city as he said: “If we…
Every year MLB teams sport a couple of special jerseys and caps to celebrate special days like Independence Day or Memorial Day. This year will not be any different when it comes to the two aforementioned holidays. But next to these two, MLB comes up with four more special caps and jerseys. Mother’s Day will…
The season is far from over yet but the news about the extension of Player Development Contracts keeps coming. This time the Buffalo Bisons announced the extension of the PDC with the Toronto Blue Jays. Unlike the announcements of the past few weeks, this extension will be only for two years, through the 2018 season….
German native Max Kepler have been called up by the Minnesota Twins. Within a week after the Minor League season had started, the contract of the 23-year old was acquired from the Rochester RedWings because of a hamstring injury of center fielder. Danny Santana. Max is more versatile than Santana because he can also play…
Last night, the Yankees rebounded from their flat performance on the previous night. In that game the team looked rather uninspired as they fell 5-3 to the Houston Astros. Last night the outcome was way better as the Yankees beat the Astros 16-6. A slugfest showed exactly the opposite of what the Yanks showed on Tuesday….
After yesterday’s news that Pablo Sandoval will be a bench jockey with the Red Sox, despite his big contract with the club, the Orix Buffaloes acted quick. The team from the Japanese professional baseball league NPB, has spent the last few seasons in the cellar of the Pacific League. The Osaka based team has been…
Curacao born Juan Carlos Sulbaran comes off his best Spring Training ever. In three game appearances, Sulbaran retired three of the twelve batters he faced during his tenure at the MLB Spring Training Camp. This resulted in a spot in the rotation of the Memphis Redbirds, the Cardinals’ AAA farm team. The 26-year old signed…
The New York Yankees traded for Michael Pineda in January 2012 in exchanged for top prospect Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi. As Pineda got injured rather quick, many Yankee fans started to complain about the bad deal. It took Pineda a long time before he was back on the MLB roster. In 2014 he won…
For years the Cuban government outlawed baseball players that left the country for the greener baseball pastures in the USA, called MLB. These players were not allowed to represent Cuba any longer in any international tournament. The result was a Cuban team that deteriorated and that dropped to fifth place in the newly published WBSC…
Today it was made public, but during the winter meetings, clubs were already told that bat decals will be banned by MLB. These decals are put on the knob of the bat by players to give it a personal touch. There has been a lot going on lately about young players expressing themselves and the…
