Ryan Braun hit his 19th HR on Thursday, an opposite-field shot deep to right-centerfield in Milwaukee’s 4-2 win (9/12/2014) *** An RBI single by Ike Davis gave Pittsburgh its first run in a 4-1 win over the Phillies on Thursday (9/12/2014) ***
Games played Wednesday, 4/22/2015 MLB Dynamic duo: Oakland’s Sam Fuld went 2-for-4 with a walk, stolen base, and three runs scored in Wednesday’s 9-2 win over the Angels. Teammate Ike Davis, playing in his 600th MLB game, went 3-for-5 with an RBI *** Toronto’s Kevin Pillar went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in a 4-2 win…
Ike Davis made big strides on Ks and BBs in 2014. His K/BB ratio was a career-best 1.24, and his walk frequency — one in every 6.77 PAs — was 4th best in MLB (10/6/2014) *** LeBron, Cavs beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 107-80 on Sunday behind ex-Maccabi coach David Blatt before sellout crowd in Cleveland (10/6/2014)…
By Scott Barancik, editor The Washington Nationals picked Vanderbilt slugger Rhett Wiseman on Day 2 of this year’s MLB amateur draft, selecting him in the 3rd round, 103rd overall. A 20-year-old outfielder and teammate of overall #1 pick Dansby Swanson, the Massachusetts native is hitting .318 with 14 HRs, 47 RBIs, 12 stolen bases in 14 tries,…
Aaron Poreda is leaving the Rangers for Japan’s Yomiuri Giants. A 6’6″ LHP, Poreda made his MLB debut in 2009 and didn’t return to the Majors until 2014 * * * RHP Mitchell Osnowitz has been blogging about baseball since June, when the Braves signed him * * * Rays prospect Maxx Tissenbaum is hitting .282 with…
Danny Moskovits, who played for Les Capitales de Quebec with Jewish teammates Aaron Brill and Ari Ronick, was 2-2 with a 3.03 ERA (9/27/2014) *** Great news out of Quebec: CanAm League pitcher Danny Moskovits, a 23-year-old Harvard alum, has been signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks (9/27/2014) *** Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun reached base three times Friday….
