Morning Mound Visit
The Daily SABR Link Round-Up
Morning Mound Visit: 2022 season in jeopardy of a delay
The league hasn’t negotiated in good faith and games might be lost because of it.
Morning Mound Visit: Francisco Liriano announces retirement
Liriano has officially called it a career after 14 seasons.
Morning Mound Visit: MLB makes poor offer to MLBPA
There wasn’t a lot to get excited about in the league’s first offer since the lockout began.
Morning Mound Visit: Jon Lester announces retirement
The three-time World Champion is calling it a career
Morning Mound Visit: MLB and MLBPA to negotiate core economics Thursday
If MLB makes an offer, it will undoubtedly be terrible, but hey, something happening!
Morning Mound Visit: Eduardo Pérez, David Cone, and Karl Ravech join Sunday Night Baseball crew
Michael Kay and Alex Rodriguez will host a ‘Manningcast’ for those who hate life and themselves.
Morning Mound Visit: MLB isn’t trying to end the lockout
For Major League Baseball, baseball is a superfluous byproduct.
Morning Mound Visit: Yankees are top-heavy leading into 2022
Yankees ZiPS projections; The NL East; Buy the BP annual
Morning Mound Visit: Ken Rosenthal dismissed from MLB Network for criticism of Rob Manfred
The commissioner welcomed even more criticism and nuked the credibility of the league’s TV outlet all in one go.
Morning Mound Visit: Happy New Year
May 2022 bring a baseball season that starts on time.
Morning Mound Visit: Kyle Seager announces retirement
Seager calls it a career; Dodgers ZiPS; Bobby Witt Jr.’s path to the majors
Morning Mound Visit: A’s possibly headed for a rebuild
Past A’s rebuilds; A-Rod’s HoF case; The Marlins’ trade chips
Morning Mound Visit: The Phillies need to add
Phillies ZiPS; Alex Reyes’s curveball; Exodus to KBO and NPB
Morning Mound Visit: Pirates hire Caitlyn Callahan, team’s first in-uniform female coach
The Bucs made three other additions to their minor league instructional system.
Morning Mound Visit: Lawsuit threaten MLB’s antitrust exemption
Oh no! Not the antitrust exemption. Anything but that.
Morning Mound Visit: Yankees sign Ender Inciarte to minor league deal
Looks like the Yankees found their center fielder.
Morning Mound Visit: “Core economics” negotiations unlikely to resume until January
The lockout is apparently a January problem.
Morning Mound Visit: Mets managerial search down to three candidates
The Mets are conducting the second round of interviews this week with Buck Showalter, Joe Espada, and Matt Quatraro.
Morning Mound Visit: Roland Hemond passes away at 92
Hemond was a three-time Executive of the Year as general manager of the White Sox and Orioles.
Morning Mound Visit: MiLB Rule 5 draft recap
The MiLB Rule 5 draft is truly The Silmarillon of baseball fandom.
Morning Mound Visit: Major league portion of Rule 5 draft likely to take place after lockout ends
The minor league portion will continue Wednesday.
Morning Mound Visit: Buck O’Neil, Minnie Miñoso, and Gil Hodges finally receive Hall of Fame Induction
Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva, and Bud Fowler also received induction.
Morning Mound Visit: Major league portion of Rule 5 draft postponed
The Rule 5 draft has been "postponed indefinitely"
Morning Mound Visit: Cubs sign Marcus Stroman
Just in time for the lockout
Morning Mound Visit: Little hope of avoiding a lockout
Enjoy this final day of activity
Morning Mound Visit: Scherzer, Seager et al. sign monster deals
The et al is Robbie Ray.
Morning Mound Visit: Wander Franco signs 12-year contract with Rays
The Cardinals won the Steven Matz sweepstakes and the White Sox got another top-dollar reliever in Kendall Graveman.
Morning Mound Visit: Giants re-sign Anthony DeSclafani
The Giants were also finalizing a reunion with Alex Wood.
Morning Mound Visit: Shohei Ohtani wins AL MVP unanimously
Bryce Harper also won NL MVP, narrowly edging out LaMonte Wade Jr.
Morning Mound Visit: Justin Verlander re-signs with Astros
Corbin Burnes and Robbie Ray won Cy Youngs, and Brandon Belt accepted the qualifying offer
Morning Mound Visit: Noah Syndergaard signs one-year deal with Angels
José Berríos also signed a seven-year extension with the Blue Jays.
Morning Mound Visit: Tigers ink Eduardo Rodríguez to five-year deal
Plus, the Mets found their GM in Billy Eppler