Connor Wong has been a solid backstop for Boston, but if that's all the Red Sox have to show for trading away Mookie Betts, it highlights how big of a failure it was by the Red Sox. Somehow, Chaim Bloom sent Boston's best player to the Dodgers and didn't get a pitching prospect ...
batting .304 in September and delivering on the promise that had fans calling for his promotion from the early weeks of the regular season. What will the 23-year-old backstop do in his first full season behind the plate for Cleveland, and how high is his ceiling?
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Athletes of all ages play baseball and softball, so the height, arc and distance of foul balls they hit spans a very wide range. This means that, when sizing a backstop, the age group of the players who will use the field remains key. For softball players of most ages and baseball pla...
"I think one thing the Orioles do so well is matching up a pitcher's strengths against a hitter's weaknesses," the 34-year-old backstop said. "So going into a series, you can see this pitch plays in this quadrant of the zone so well because of his swing path. Or this hitter, he...
One name to really keep an eye on though isKyle Teel, who is just a few months removed from being the 14th overall pick in the 2023 Draft. He played in 26 games in the Red Sox system after being drafted and reached the Double-A level, where the lefty ...
I was a kid and I always wanted Haley to be excited about sports. I have an old adage — You need to look good, to play good. What it means is equipment takes you to another level of interest in sports. Haley would pay for some of the things she needs, but I was the backstop...
Like every prospect in every sport, there are so many variables that determine success and failure. Players that went to the alternate site spoke of its benefits, but time away from baseball clearly helped others. "There was a wide range of the way people came back," Shapir...
We know, of course, that in baseball (as in all the rest of the world), change is the only constant. Changes in playing conditions, rules, tactics and strategies have always been afoot. Let’s examine the strikeout rate through the various eras within the context of particular conditions,...
The Rays have some catching help coming through the system, butNo. 5 prospectDominic Keegan is still in Double-A and may not be ready to contribute as a regular in 2025. Tampa Bay could be looking to both buy and sell this week, so adding another backstop to help down the stretch coul...