Since our last catch-up, the Indians have suffered another injury. Centre fielder, Oscar Mercado, essentially guaranteed a starting spot this year, suffered a sprained wrist when he dived to make a sprawling catch on a shallow fly ball. Mercado impressively
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There’s no sugarcoating it, the Cleveland Indians are not a glamorous team. Despite being a ballclub steeped in history, they are rarely mentioned in the same breath as the storied Red Sox, Yankees, Cubs, and Cardinals. They don’t engender that
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In a recent tweet, fantasy baseball writer Scott White lamented that 21 of the 22 teams in his dynasty league were rebuilding. This sad state of affairs shows how easy it is for fantasy baseball players to throw in the
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My day job has many variables that can destroy plans in an instant, so forgive me if I milk this one a little bit but it’s rare the stars align and allow such a day to happen. I will finally
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My first thought was an albatross. These sort of contracts used to be called “player-friendly”, but now they are dismissed by clubs and the media as bad deals. We can all see that as teams become more analytically savvy, fewer
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The Padres started the 2018 season with multiple questions, one of them was “How do seven outfielders fit into six spots?”. The protagonists were: Manuel Margot, Franchy Cordero, Jose Pirela (who technically can play other positions but isn’t great at
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Popular Padres news site @EVT_News had it first; *Breaking News* Franmil Reyes has been recalled from El Paso. No word on corresponding move yet from the #Padres Reyes, 22 put up a .346/.440/.748 batting line with 14 home runs in
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