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Here are your MLB highlights for the week of May 3-9, 2021: Stats to share Last week was by far the strongest of the season for Jewish players: Jewish hitters stroked a combined .346 (28-for-81) with 3 HRs, 5 doubles, 12 RBIs, and a .379 on-base percentage. The performance brought their collective season batting average…

Here are your MLB highlights for the week of April 26-May 2, 2021: Stats to share For the first time in his 5-year MLB career, P Max Fried (Braves) — who finished 5th in the National League’s Cy Young Award vote in 2019 and didn’t play in 2020 — is enjoying a sizeable salary jump….

Here are your MLB highlights for the week of April 19-25, 2021: Mazel tov P Ryan Sherriff (Rays), who took leave of baseball after his first appearance this season, is back at Tampa Bay’s alternate training site and working on his pitching as well as his mental health. Click here to see an extended interview…

Here are your MLB highlights for the week of April 12-18, 2021: Mazel tov The Astros called-up C Garrett Stubbs from the team’s alternate training site on April 14 and deployed him as a pinch runner the same day. His younger brother, CJ Stubbs, was drafted by Houston in 2019. At the plate 1B Rowdy…

Here are your MLB highlights for the week of April 5-11, 2021: OF Joc Pederson (Cubs) hit .211 (4-for-19) with a home run, 2 RBIs, and a .250 on-base percentage last week. After going hitless in his first 5 games of the season, Pederson strung together a 4-game hitting streak. 3B Alex Bregman (Astros) hit…

Here are your MLB highlights for opening week of the 2021 season: Who’s on first? A total of eight Jewish athletes started the 2021 season on Major League rosters. They include Richard Bleier, Alex Bregman, Max Fried, Dean Kremer, Joc Pederson, Kevin Pillar, Ryan Sheriff and Rowdy Tellez. At the plate 3B Alex Bregman (Astros)…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of September 21-27, 2020, the final week of baseball’s 60-game regular season: Mazel tov Of the 13 Jewish athletes who played Major League ball in 2020, 10 are on teams that will participate in this season’s expanded playoffs: Ryan Braun (Brewers), Alex Bregman…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of September 14-20, 2020: Mazel tov P Ryan Sheriff (Rays) earned his first career save on September 18, pitching a perfect inning of relief on just 9 pitches to preserve a 2-1 win. The southpaw has yet to give up an earned run…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of September 7-13, 2020: Mazel tov MLB.com columnist Jonathan Mayo ranked Orioles rookie Dean Kremer #9 last week on a list of baseball’s hottest rookies. MLB.com gave manager Gabe Kapler credit for inspiring his San Francisco Giants to come back from their early-season…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of August 31-September 7, 2020: Mazel tov The Orioles threw rookie P Dean Kremer into the deep end for his Major League debut on Sunday (September 6), making him start against the Yankees on less than 24 hours’ notice. Kremer delivered a dominant…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of August 24-30, 2020: Mazel tov Ryan Sherriff (Rays) earned a win in his Tampa Bay Rays debut on August 26, pitching a perfect inning of relief on 11 pitches, 10 of them strikes. It was the Team Israel veteran’s first MLB appearance…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of August 17-23, 2020: Stats to share Alex Bregman (Astros) has safely reached base in 40 straight games, dating back to 2019 (see rankings). The next best current streak? Mike Yastrzemski, at 20 games. One of the knocks on Kevin Pillar (Red Sox)…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of August 10-16, 2020: Mazel tov P Rob Kaminsky was called up by the COVID-depleted St. Louis Cardinals on August 15 and made his MLB debut the following day. A 1st-round pick out of St. Joseph Regional High School (Montvale, NJ) in the…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of August 3-9, 2020: Mazel tov C Ryan Lavarnway was called-up by the Marlins on August 4 and played the next day, making Miami his seventh MLB team in nine seasons. Lavarnway’s debut also marked his first MLB appearance since obtaining Israeli citizenship in…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the period beginning Opening day (July 23, 2020) through August 2, 2020: Mazel tov CF Kevin Pillar, playing for his third team in the past 2 seasons, went 3-for-5 with a double and 3 RBIs in his Red Sox debut on July 24. His .387 batting…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of October 7-13, 2019, the second week of the playoffs: Mazel tov Arizona Diamondbacks prospect Andy Yerzy, a 21-year-old first baseman and a native of Canada, is on the roster of the Canadian national team, which is pursuing a berth in the 2020…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of September 30-October 6, 2019, the first week of the playoffs: Mazel tov Kevin Pillar is San Francisco’s nominee for the 2019 Hank Aaron Award, given annually to the outstanding offensive player in each league (see article). Stats to share By one measure, Max…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of September 23-29, 2019, the final week of the regular season: Mazel tov CF Kevin Pillar, playing in his first season with San Francisco, won the 2019 Willie Mac award. The honor is given to the Giants’ most inspirational player, as voted by…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of September 16-22, 2019: Mazel tov Led by 1B Danny Valencia and P Joey Wagman, Israel’s national baseball team won an Olympic qualifying tournament in Italy last week, earning it a berth in the 2020 games in Tokyo (see article). The last time…