Oakland has acquired 1B Ike Davis from the Pirates. The A’s already have a Jewish first baseman on their 40-man roster in Nate Freiman * * * Current free agents include Craig Breslow, Ryan Kalish, Jason Marquis, Eric Berger, Richard Bleier and Ben Guez. Also looking for work: Nick Rickles, Cameron Selik * * * From Gordon Edes of ESPN Boston: Free agent Craig Breslow is “getting plenty…
By Scott Barancik, editor It has been a big week for Reds prospect Zack Weiss. Weiss, a 23-year-old reliever drafted out of UCLA in 2013, began the season with the Daytona Tortugas (A+), where he quickly earned 5 saves before being promoted to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (AA) in early May. Since arriving he has established…
[Editor’s note: Havana Curveball is not yet available for individual purchase or rental. To screen the film at a school, library, synagogue, or local theater, contact Leah Lamb at leah@patchworksfilms.net.] By Stuart M. Katz, correspondent Havana Curveball, a new documentary by filmmakers Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider, tells the tale of a bar mitzvah boy’s innocent and initially…
(8:42am) Hitless Thursday: Sam Fuld (0-4), Ryan Lavarnway (0-3), Ike Davis (0-2), Joc Pederson and Cody Decker (0-1) * * * (8:40am) Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun went 1-for-2 with an RBI double and a walk in a 15-1 laugher over Seattle * * * (7:48am) Schooled on the basepaths: the Phillies tossed out Kevin Pillar out…
By Stuart M. Katz, correspondent Every baseball player dreams of going to the World Series. Guy Stevens, a right-handed reliever who has pitched for Israel’s national team and Pomona College, got there through a side door last season when he landed an analytics internship with the Kansas City Royals. (The Royals took the 2014 Series to…
After the worst season in his 8-year career, Ryan Braun will “undergo surgery this week to fix a nagging nerve problem near his right thumb” (9/30/2014) *** Clutch: in the 10 last games of the regular season, Pittsburgh’s Ike Davis hit .280 with 1 HR, 4 doubles, 5 RBIs, and 2 walks (9/30/2014) *** Clutch: in the 10…
