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Robo Umps Advance to AAA in 2022
We’ve known MLB was looking to experiment with automated strike zones in the minors, and the experiment started in earnest last season in selective Single A locations. On Thursday, news broke that this experiment would be moving to select AAA locations for the 2022 season.
Through The Prospect Porthole: Tsung-Che Cheng Is Looking To Climb The Ranks
1-22-22 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) When reading about the meeting General Manager Ben Cherington-and one of his Assistants, Steve Sanders-had with the local sports media on Wednesday concerning the start of the International Signing Period, it seems that the focal point of some columns was a singular word-diverse-uttered by Sanders asContinue reading “Through The Prospect Porthole: Tsung-Che Cheng Is Looking To Climb The Ranks”
Ten Months and Six Days – The Story of How One League Saved Itself
I hear so many of you tell me that MLB will never have a salary cap because the MLBPA is “the most powerful union” in the country. You’re right, there is just about no scenario that brings about a salary cap without great pain and loss. But…
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