If Smith is able to accomplish his goal and wins the Gold Glove Award, he would become the first player in Major League Baseball history to secure both the Silver Slugger and Gold Glove as a utility man, an impressive feat even if this was only handed out to those types of players beg...
It didn’t take long for Sanders to find his. It turned out that the little town of Newbern -- about an hour south of Tuscaloosa, population: 172 -- had its own baseball team: the Newbern Tigers, although locals simply called it “the baseball club”. It had been around for generation...
When Marcus Semien crushed the game-clinching 2-run homer in the 9th inning last night, this Rangers team extended its major league postseason record to 16 straight games with at least one home run. No team in the history of baseball has a longer playoff streak. Simply...
50 overall prospect, suffered an elbow injury and will likely be out for the 2025 season as he requires surgery, Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young announced on Sunday. “We're still kind of sorting through the diagnosis and prognosis, but probably Continue Reading Which Top ...
Entering 2024, he had recorded a WAR of at least 3.5 in three straight years. He had turned himself into one of the most feared power hitters in baseball and was a Gold Glove defender in right field. Garcia provided historic production during the team’s run to the championship, kn...
Sports fans can find something all year in Texas even in the off-season with multiple pro baseball, basketball franchises and powerhouse collegiate sports programs.
Yerry’s arm angle makes it really hard for him to get on top of his breaking ball and I don’t love its angle, but it does move enough to miss bats and his glove-side command of it is quite good. It needs to be, because this type of breaking ball is the kind that gets ...
Green finally made his debut in July of 1959. 1960: Bill Mazeroski becomes a Pittsburgh legend daveynin // Wikimedia Commons 1960: Bill Mazeroski becomes a Pittsburgh legend Despite being one of baseball's most revered franchises, the Pittsburgh Pirates won only two World Series in the first...
LHP. 3 baseballtimeintx 5 years ago Reply to bernardgilkeyhasaposse Solak is an excellent athlete, so the glove will probably play almost as well in CF as anywhere else. He just isn’t smooth in the field, and his arm is barely average, 2 Load Rest of Comments ...
ending his on-base streak at 19 games. His final at-bat was a foul fly down the right-field line in the seventh inning. Jankowski settled under the ball but a fan in a Shin-Soo Choo jersey wearing a glove reached over the railing above the high wall and made a backhand catch. Umpir...