By Scott Barancik, editor Jon Moscot, a 23-year-old starter, will make his MLB debut 7:10pm ET tonight as the Reds face the San Diego Padres in Cincinnati. “Unexpected” may be the best way to describe it. Moscot isn’t on the Reds’ 40-man roster. MLB.com‘s prospect rankings for the Reds list six RHPs ahead of him….
Here’s what’s going on in the world of baseball as of 6/21/2015. MLB So far today (Sunday), Toronto’s Kevin Pillar has hit his 6th home run, stroked an RBI single, and walked in 3 plate appearances *** L.A.’s Joc Pederson crushed his 18th home run Saturday after a 6-game drought and walked twice *** Boston’s Craig Breslow…
(8:49am) Three Jews have worn jersey #32 for the Dodgers: Goody Rosen, Cal Abrams and Sandy Koufax * * * (8:44am) The Dodgers have switched Joc Pederson‘s jersey number to 31. Prior owners of #31 include Mike Piazza * * * (8:35am) Jeremy Rathjen is one of 27 Dodgers prospects who participated in Gabe Kapler’s winter development…
Jewish Baseball News — The New York Post just published this profile of Cardinals prospect Rob Kaminsky. Selected out of high school in the 1st round of the 2013 amateur draft, the 20-year-old southpaw dominated the Midwest League (A) in 2014, going 8-2 with a 1.88 ERA, strikout out 79 batters while walking 31, and holding opponents to…
Best news of all? Ryan Lashley and Adam Kam have a Jewish teammate: Ben Ruff, who led the United League in relief appearances. Welcome, Ben! (9/20/2014) *** In fact, Ryan Lashley just missed winning the United League triple crown: .369 B.A. (1st), 6 HRs (1st/tie), 45 RBIs (2nd)…(9/20/2014) *** Amazing season for two Jews on the independent Fort…
Games played Sunday, 4/19/2015 MLB Batting 7th, Joc Pederson went 2-for-4 with a solo HR and an RBI double as L.A. beat Colorado 7-0, but he was caught stealing for the third straight time *** Joc Pederson was interviewed on MLB Network *** Boston’s Craig Breslow yielded just 2 hits over 3 scoreless innings and struck out 3 against…
