The first week of Major League Baseball’s 2020 postseason was memorable to say the least. For the first time, there were 16 teams eligible to make the playoffs. Each division winner, second place finisher, and next two best overall records in each league make up 8 teams on each side capturing a ticket to the…
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In 2020, nine teams are over an 80 percent success rate on stolen base attempts. Only five teams were over 80 percent in 2019 and if you look at the numbers, they get more inefficient the further you go back. To put his into perspective, in 2017, no one stole bases and there were no…
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred took over in 2015 and has publicly stated that he wants to make the game faster paced and more attractive to the young fan. The path to this objective seemed clear and many felt Manfred was pulling all the right strings to implement necessary change. Due to this, he…
The labor dispute between the MLB players union and the owners went annoyingly longer than expected. Once the agreed upon number came to fruition, fans had mixed emotions. On one hand, there is officially a baseball season. On the other, it is only at 60 games. The whole process is a microcosm of 2020. Weird.…
On January 23rd, the New York Mets tabbed a bit of an unknown figure in Luis Rojas to be their next manager. The hire was a surprise to many. Even more surprising, was the fact that the New York Mets were even in this position. The team parted ways with newly hired Carlos Beltran, central…
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The Scandal: What’s on tap for 2020? The 2020 MLB season will be unlike anything baseball fans have ever seen before. This much is obvious as every new season is different than the previous. 2020 in particular, will be unprecedented. Baseball is in a whirlwind of controversy as a result of the sign-stealing scandal in…