Thursday, 3/5/2015 @ 3:27pm

(9:37pm) LSU junior Alex Bregman is ranked 13th on Baseball America’s list of the Top 50 prospects in the 2015 draft class * * * (9:01pm) Wow! Rays prospect Maxx Tissenbaum finished the Australian baseball season with a fifth-ranked .340 average, rapping out 3 hits each in 5 of his last 10 games * *…

It was 2 doubles in 2 at-bats for Pittsburgh’s Ike Davis in a 9-1 win over the Braves on Thursday (9/26/2014) *** First teammate to congratulate Kevin Pillar after his HR Thursday? Danny Valencia, who’d singled and scored earlier (9/26/2014) *** Until Kevin Pillar homered off him Thursday, Fernando Rodney was one of only four A.L. relievers who’d…

[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…

What’s going on in baseball? Your 6/27/2015 report: MLB Toronto’s Danny Valencia smashed a pinch-hit home run Friday on the first pitch he faced from Rangers first baseman Adam Rosales as the Blue Jays trounced 12-2. Valencia is hitting .357 in June, with 3 HR and 11 RBI. By and large, though, he’s been far more effective…