Lewis comes from a family of athletes. His mother was a collegiate softball player. His father played football and baseball through junior college, then spent 30 years working in the food industry and now co-owns The Winery, an upscale restaurant with three locations in Southern Californ...
But if there aren’t other players quite like Betts, there are at least others who have temporarily held down positions other than the one (or ones) with which they are identified. So let’s go position by position, looking at active players who have made at least one start at a surpri...
Weakness:Like most Rangers hitters, he benefited from Globe Life Field, which played as the most extreme home run park in the majors in 2023. He hit 18 of his 29 home runs at home and slugged .535 compared to .422 on the road. ...
Using rankings based on past player performance, a number of offensive and defensive metrics, both advanced data and traditional numbers, and analysis by the MLB Network research team, “The Shredder” gave us its input (output?) on which players are the 10 best at their positions right now....
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Neither Ryan Theriot nor Mike Fontenot etched out Hall of Fame careers. But they both had lengthy tenures, being able to do a bevy of different things that earned them a spot on World Series rosters. The 2000 CWS champion LSU Tiger teammates both played multiple infield pos...
Neither Ryan Theriot nor Mike Fontenot etched out Hall of Fame careers. But they both had lengthy tenures, being able to do a bevy of different things that earned them a spot on World Series rosters. The 2000 CWS champion LSU Tiger teammates both played multiple infield...
In his first real chance to play every day in the big leagues, Varsho slammed 27 home runs and drove in 74 runs for the Diamondbacks in '22, while adding 23 doubles and three triples. He's also incredibly versatile, as not only can he handle all three outfield positions, but he can...
stole 46 bases in 86 games in Triple-A this season while batting .269/.346/.460 with 16 home runs and 78 runs scored. Jones was a first-round pick in 2019 and has elite athleticism and the ability to play multiple positions, but he has struggled with strikeouts thr...
Since signing Alex Cobb, the Tigers have downplayed their desire for another starting pitcher. The exception is their pursuit of NPB star Roki Sasaki, who’ll be limited to a signing bonus below $10MM because of his status as an international amateur. Harris said that the Tigers have presente...