Seattle’s Zunino Making Power-Hitting, Out-Making History
As a quality defensive backstop who possesses epic power, Mike Zunino could be a franchise cornerstone. But as a guy whose feats of strength are surpassed only by his ability to rack up outs at the...
View ArticleMissing Molina
Yadier Molina Yadier Molina has a pulled oblique. If you’ve ever pulled an oblique, you know the good news is that it only hurts when you breathe. You truly can’t quantify what the absence of Yadier...
View ArticleNelson Cruz Signs: Mariners tool up for 2015
After re-signing Kyle Seager, the Mariners made it clear that they are committed to going on serious runs for the next half decade. This will be the 3rd consecutive year that the Mariners committed...
View ArticleMLB Video Highlights: Star Wars Day, Vogt’s Grand Slam
Stephen Vogt puts the A’s ahead in the 1st with a grand slam Your browser does not support iframes. George Spring makes a great catch in foul territory in the 6th Your browser does not support iframes....
View ArticleAround the majors report: Game recaps
Lee Sinins is the creator of the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia, the most powerful baseball encyclopedia on the market. 1) CUBS 6, METS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - -- - Mets 0 0 0 0 0...
View ArticleThe Curious Case of Mike Zunino
Frank Cesare is an MLB and NBA Editorialist for Bleacher Report. You can follow him on Twitter @frank_world. The 24 year old catcher was drafted third overall in 2012, but Mike Zunino hasn’t been able...
View ArticlePlayers who have struck out at least three times in a game 10+ times this season
Joc Pederson, along with fellow rookie Kris Bryant, have whiffed a lot this season Lotsa games, lotsa whiffs Rk Player # PA AB SO Tm 1 Joc Pederson 14 63 58 42 LAD 2 Kris Bryant 14 65 59 43 CHC 3 Mike...
View ArticleHow Chris Iannetta improved during his nightmarish 2015 season
How profound were the offensive struggles of Seattle Mariners catchers last year? The club just picked up a new starter who batted .188 in 2015 — and that’s an upgrade over the incumbent option. Easy...
View ArticleZunino Whiffing His Way into Oblivion
Earlier this week, we broke down why the Seattle Mariners landed a bargain by signing free agent backstop Chris Iannetta. While Iannetta looks like a prime bounce-back candidate, the reason why new...
View ArticleBatting ninth…not a second leadoff batter
Toronto’s Devon Travis is probably too good to stay a #9 hitter for too long We often hear teams explaining that they like to place a batter in the nine slot “because in essence, it gives us two...
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