0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/7/2013
Thursday's MLB Draft provided some surprises, but pretty much went according to plan. The Houston Astros took Stanford right-hander Mark Appel, the player they had been tied to most closely, first overall, while the Chicago Cubs bucked the conventional wisdon that had them taking either Appel or Oklahoma righty Jonathan Gray second overall and took […]
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The Dodgers are now 3-1 since calling Yasiel Puig up from AA Chattanooga. In those four games, Puig has three homers, including a grand slam last night that put them ahead of the Braves 5-0, which it would wind up being the final score. Puig has already been worth half a win above replacement this […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/6/2013
Coming off of a 107 loss season in 2012 and heading into 2013 with a $26 million payroll, expectations were low for the Houston Astros this season. Through 60 games, the team has a 22-38 record. They're last in the AL West, and have the worst record in the American League. Yet, there have been […]
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Atlanta Braves rookie Julio Teheran came four outs from a no-hitter on Wednesday. He threw 7 2/3 hitless innings against the Pirates before Brandon Inge lofted a single down the left field line to break up his attempt at immortality. It would have been the first no-hitter by a rookie since Clay Buchholz in September […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/5/2013
We haven't done one of these roundtables in quite awhile, but I figured all of the hubbub surrounding ESPN's report about the Biogenesis clinic, and MLB's plan to suspend 20+ players tied to the clinic would be a great way to bring it back. I asked the TOC staff to respond to the below question, […]
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Let's take a quick break from beating our chests about PEDs to talk about a new feature here at TOC that we hope you'll enjoy. If you're a fan of The Outside Corner, you'll be overjoyed to learn that we've come up with a way to make you aware the second a new piece of […]
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Kansas City lost again last night, falling 3-0 to the Twins. The Royals have now lost 11 in a row at home, and are nine games under .500 on the season. Furthermore, their record is better than just the Astros (of course) and Blue Jays (by a half game) in the American League. Yet, the […]
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Your browser does not support iframes. This is one of the highlights of the 2013 season thusfar. In the fifth inning of Boston's shellacking of Texas, Rangers right fielder Nelson Cruz went to make a play on a long fly ball hit by Mike Carp for the Red Sox. Cruz made an ill-advised leap in […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/4/2013
The MLB witch hunt involving the Biogenesis clinic may be nearing an end. According to a tweet from
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The Washington Nationals, one game under .500 and seven games behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL East, swapped three players on their major league roster for two in the minors and one on the disabled list. Per
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Yasiel Puig has arrived in Los Angeles, AND EVERYONE IS FREAKING OUT. Well, not really, but I digress. But Puig's debut last night went pretty damn well for the Dodgers, who beat the Padres 2-1. He went 2/4 with a pair of singles in the victory, but it was his game-ending throw to double Chris […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/3/2013
After fans clamoring for it since Spring Training, the Dodgers are finally breaking Yasiel Puig out of his minor league prison and have promoted him to the majors. With Matt Kemp on the disabled list with a strained hamstring, Puig will take over for Kemp in center field. Puig signed a seven year, $42 million […]
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Domonic Brown of the Phillies has largely struggled in his major league career…until the calendar turned to May this year. Last month, Brown hit 12 homers in 109 at bats and posted a .991 OPS without the benefit of a walk. Through two games in June, Brown has added another homer to his total and […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/2/2013
Splash hits in San Francisco and Pittsburgh have become a pretty cool part of baseball. But while there have been 91 total homers hit into McCovey Cove on the fly since AT&T Park opened in 2000, there had been just one homer hit into the Allegheny River behind PNC Park during a game since its […]
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The walkoff single. The walkoff homer. The walkoff double. The walkoff…walk. We've seen all of them this week. We've now also seen one of the most impossible walkoff hits for anyone to achieve: the walkoff triple. That's what happened in Minnesota yesterday, when Ryan Doumit of all players hit a walkoff triple to gvie the […]
