Daily Pitch: 2016 archives

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…

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…

Mazel tov Max Fried (Braves) pitched a gem on August 20, a 9-inning, complete-game shutout over the Orioles. Thanks to two double plays, Fried faced only 29 batters, two over the minimum. A leaping catch by teammate Joc Pederson also helped. The Forward published an article titled “100 years of baseball on radio, a century…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of May 27-June 2, 2019, plus stats for the month of May: Mazel tov Garrett Stubbs (Astros) made his MLB debut on May 28, and it couldn’t have gone much better. The 26-year-old doubled on the second pitch of his first at-bat, stroked an…

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…

Many readers have expressed regret that Jewish Baseball News is no longer producing weekly MLB summaries. We hope someday to resume that level of activity. For now, however, the best we can do is produce occasional updates — such as the one below — and encourage you to follow our posts on social media. Jewish…