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  • MLB Monday (June 17-23, 2019)

    By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of June 17-23, 2019: Mazel tov Alex Bregman (Astros) was named a finalist for the 2019 All-Star Game. He led all A.L. third basemen with 2.3-million votes, blowing away #2 Gio Urshela’s 857,474 votes. Joc Pederson (Dodgers) was named a finalist for the…

  • MLB Monday (June 10-16, 2019)

    By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of June 10-16, 2019: Mazel tov As of June 10, Alex Bregman (Astros) led all A.L. third basemen with 630,159 All Star votes, dwarfing #2 Gio Urshela’s 269,716 votes. As of June 10, Joc Pederson (Dodgers) was the #4 vote-getter among N.L. outfielders,…

  • MLB Monday (June 3-9, 2019)

    By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of June 3-9, 2019: Mazel tov At least 16 Jewish players were selected in last week’s MLB draft, including one each in the 1st and 2nd rounds. Ryan Braun (Brewers) hit his 332nd career home run to surpass Tigers legend Hank Greenberg as…

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    Braun breaks HR record

    By Scott Barancik, Editor Ryan Braun hit career home run #332 on Friday (6/7/2019) to surpass Detroit Tigers legend Hank Greenberg as the all-time Jewish leader (see list). The three-run homer was suitably majestic. Coming off a 92-mph fastball tossed by Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Nick Kingham, the 6th-inning shot traveled 419 feet to dead center…

  • Results of Braun “asterisk” poll are in

    By Scott Barancik, Editor Ryan Braun is one round-tripper away from eclipsing Hank Greenberg’s career record of 331 home runs. Because of his checkered past — Braun was suspended 65 games in 2013 for violating Major League Baseball’s drug policy — Jewish Baseball News asked readers last week to weigh-in on whether the new record…

  • MLB Monday (May 20-26, 2019)

    By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of May 20-26, 2019: Mazel tov! C Garrett Stubbs (Astros) was called-up to the Majors on May 26, which also happened to be his 26th birthday. Stubbs was in the same draft class (2015) as Astros teammate Alex Bregman. Stats to share Max…

  • MLB Monday (May 13-19, 2019)

    By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of May 13-19, 2019: Stats worth noting Max Fried (Braves) is one of just four N.L. pitchers to reach 6 wins this season. Two MLB Jews are among league leaders in home runs. Alex Bregman (Astros) is #2 in the A.L. with 14,…

  • MLB Monday (May 6-12, 2019)

    By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of May 6-12, 2019: At the plate 3B Alex Bregman (Astros) hit .261 (6-for-23) with 3 HRs, 8 RBIs, and a .370 OBP. The highlight was a 2-HR performance on Mother’s Day, with mom Jackie Bregman in attendance. It was the third baseman’s…

  • MLB Monday (April 22-28, 2019)

    By Scott Barancik, Editor So far this season, MLB Jews have had 524 at-bats, similar to a full season for a single player. Their collective power stats have been All-Star impressive: 31 home runs and 83 RBIs. Their batting average? A little thin, at .214. Oddly, the squad has hit just 18 doubles. Here are…

  • MLB Monday (April 8-14, 2019)

    By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for week of April 8-14, 2019: At the plate LF Joc Pederson (Dodgers) hit a cool .400 (8-for-20) with 3 HRs, 2 triples, 2 hit-by-pitches, and a .478 on-base percentage. Pederson struck out just 3 times, a low number for a player who has struck out…

  • MLB Monday (April 1-7, 2019)

    By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for week of April 1-7, 2019: At the plate 3B Alex Bregman (Astros) hit a blistering .550 (11-for-20) last week, with 2 doubles, 2 RBIs, one stolen base and a .615 on-base percentage. His .343 batting average ranks #10 in the American League. RF Ryan Braun…

  • MLB Monday (March 25-31, 2019)

    By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the opening week of the 2019 season, March 25-31: Power trip Collectively, Jewish batters hit .230 (17-for-74) with 14 RBIs last week. When they did hit, they hit for power. A total of five players homered, with Joc Pederson alone hitting three. That’s one home…

  • Spring Training update

    By Scott Barancik, editor   With MLB Spring Training winding down, we thought we’d update you on how Jewish players are doing so far. We’ll start with roster players and non-roster invitees. Stats are for games played through March 19, 2019: P Jeremy Bleich (Phillies): A southpaw who made an inauspicious MLB debut in 2018,…

  • Kaplan on Spring Training

    By Ron Kaplan, contributor Every year I tell myself I’m really going to study up on my baseball. I get all the magazines, more out of habit than anything else since the information is somewhat repetitive between them and often outdated by the time the season starts. One year, when I was on jury duty,…

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    Headed to Spring Training

    By Scott Barancik, editor When Major League teams begin playing Spring Training games tomorrow (2/21/2019), at least 15 Jewish players will be among them. Some are familiar names, including 3B Alex Bregman (Astros), CF Kevin Pillar (Blue Jays) and 2B Ian Kinsler (Padres), who signed a two-year deal with San Diego during the offseason. Three…