Congrats to Reds “AAA” pitching prospect Jon Moscot on finishing his B.A. degree at Pepperdine * * * Ex-Blue Jays prospect Ian Kadish has accepted a strength and conditioning internship with the Ohio State football team * * * Former Blue Jays prospect and independent-league player Ian Kadish has retired from baseball. “I’ve decided to hang it up and move…
MLB news Oakland’s Sam Fuld continued his slump at the plate in Monday’s 2-1 win over Houston, but he helped preserve the win by robbing George Springer of an extra-base hit in the 8th atop Minute Maid Park’s infamous Tal’s Hill. Fuld had rehearsed on the Hill during batting practice. Said Springer: “That’s obviously a hell of…
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…
By Scott Barancik, editor In one of the strongest Jewish draft classes in years, 11 amateurs were chosen in the first 20 rounds of the 2015 draft, and one of them (the Astros’ Alex Bregman) was selected #2 overall. The total Jewish head count was no fewer than 15. Who signed? And who decided to stay…
Tuesday, 4/7/2015 Thanks to a last-minute promotion of Ryan Lavarnway, 11 Jews made Opening Day rosters this week * * * Kevin Pillar went 2-for-4 with a stolen base Monday and scored Toronto’s first run of 2015 in a 6-1 win over the Yankees * * * Ian Kinsler went 2-for-4 and struck Detroit’s first 2015…
By Scott Barancik, editor The roster of players set to represent Israel in the World Baseball Classic in South Korea this March is taking shape. Team Israel general manager Peter Kurz, whose squad of former Major League and current minor-league athletes guided Israel to a qualifying-round win in September, said Tuesday that 15 ballplayers had already committed to…
