By Sam Brief, Correspondent In September’s qualifying round for the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC), Colorado Rockies prospect Scotty Burcham tallied a .455 batting average, the best on Team Israel and among the top 15 for all teams. If not for Facebook, Burcham might never have swung a bat in Brooklyn. Since anyone who is Jewish or has…
Think Mexican League pitchers respect ex-MLB’er Josh Whitesell? Whitesell, who hit .315 this year with 16 HRs and 68 RBIs, was intentionally walked a league-leading 9 times * * * The Reds have assigned former Mets 1B Josh Satin to the “AAA” Louisville Bats, where he’ll join P Jon Moscot * * * Jewish Sports…
[Updated 3/9/2016] By Scott Barancik, Editor At least 20 Jewish players are participating in Spring Training for a Major League team in 2016. The list includes eight active Major Leaguers and 11 minor leaguers, a majority of whom have MLB experience. One non-roster invitee, Houston Astros prospect Alex Bregman, was drafted in 2015 and is ranked…
Sunday, 4/12/2014 MLB highlights Toronto’s Kevin Pillar went 0-for-3 Saturday but earned his 3rd outfield assist, tops in the Majors * * * Detroit’s Ian Kinsler went 4-for-5 Saturday with 2 RBI and this run-scoring single in a 9-6 win over Cleveland * * * Oakland’s Ike Davis went 1-for-2 Saturday with a double, and Sam Fuld went 0-for-3 in a 5-4 loss…
The latest news as of July 2, 2015: MLB With voting for the 2015 All-Star game set to end tonight, it’s looking like Dodgers rookie Joc Pederson just might end up in the N.L.’s starting lineup. Though he was 6th among N.L. outfielders in the most recently-announced tally, three of the five players ahead of him are…
Friday, 4/3/2015 (9:59am) Boston’s Craig Breslow gave up his first earned run of the Spring while earning his first win, 8-5 over the Twins * * * (9:58am) Hitless Thursday: Josh Satin (0-2), Cody Decker (0-1) * * * (9:57am) Oakland’s Ike Davis went 0-for-1 but drew a walk Thursday * * * (9:55am) Oakland’s…
