(UPDATE: Hours before today’s 2015 debut against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Baltimore Orioles added C Ryan Lavarnway to the team’s Opening Day roster and designated reliever Ryan Webb for assignment. The article below has been revised to reflect Lavarnway’s last-minute promotion. — 4/6/2015 @ 5:45pm EST) By Scott Barancik, Editor When MLB teams made their 2015…
(4:47pm) Bill James predicts Joc Pederson will hit 26 HRs and get 29 SBs in 2015, something no rookie but Mike Trout has done * * * (4:36pm) Ryan Kalish‘s minor-league contract with the Blue Jays has fallen through for undisclosed reasons, returning him to free agency * * *
Today’s news Ian Kinsler went 4-for-4 with a walk, a double, a 2-run single, and a rare walk-off bunt single in Detroit’s 6-5 win Friday over the Royals. The victory eased the Tigers into 1st place in the A.L. Central, half a game ahead of Kansas City *** Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun reached base 4 out…
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…
Dear Subscriber, Good news! Our daily Jewish Box Score is back! A player’s stats will usually appear within an hour after his game has ended. To see the box score, click on the Jewish Baseball News home page, or visit our mobile website. Thanks for your patience! Games played Monday (May 4, 2015) MLB Toronto’s Kevin Pillar went 1-for-4 with…
Games played Tuesday, 4/21/2015 MLB Toronto’s Kevin Pillar went 2-for-5 with a two-run single in Tuesday’s 13-6 win over Baltimore. But what earned him another MLB.com ‘play of the day’ honor was his incredible diving catch of an Adam Jones liner, after which he quickly popped up and doubled a runner off of second base for his…
