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AL East Pitching Inning-by-Inning
Andrew Miller leads the AL with 20 9th inning strikeouts Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports The AL East is comprised of five flawed teams, the team that survives will be the team (note I don’t see...
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Video: Peter Gammons on the Yankees’ bullpen
Peter Gammons joined MLB Tonight on Wednesday to talk about the Yankees’ bullpen and the phenomenal performances from Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller. Your browser does not support iframes. “It’s...
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Lee Sinins is the creator of the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia, the most powerful baseball encyclopedia on the market. 1) Yesterday, Nationals RF Bryce Harper moved into 8th place for most HR above...
View ArticleCoffee and Clippings: Angels’ streak of 3-million-ticket years could be in...
Bill Shaikan (@BillShaikin) of the Los Angeles Times talks attendance and why the Angels have seen significantly fewer fans this season… The Angels’ home attendance has dropped 4,556 per game from what...
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Talkin’ Bullpens – The Royals, Braves, and Nine to Know….
The Yankees reliever Dellin Betances has an ERA of 0.00 I frequently wonder what the conversation is like for those pitchers, catchers and coaches in the bullpen as the games go on around them. I’m...
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Lee Sinins is the creator of the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia, the most powerful baseball encyclopedia on the market. 1) The Yankees placed P Andrew Miller on the 15 day DL, sent 2B Jose Pirela and...
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Lee Sinins is the creator of the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia, the most powerful baseball encyclopedia on the market. 1) Royals LF Alex Gordon had to lave yesterday’s game due to a strained left...
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Chapman Move Eases Burden on Yankees’ Taxed Starting Pitchers
The Yankees’ acquisition of Aroldis Chapman, currently under MLB investigation for an alleged domestic violence incident, is creating controversy that extends beyond the whole “who’s New York’s closer...
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Sunday MLB Nine to Notes: From the Bill Chuck Files of 1/10/16
The great new Scoutables app points out that last season, Albert Pujols hit changeups ineffectively when in play, batting .204 (.320 is average). Nine to Know: From the Bill Chuck Files of 1/10/16 Last...
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The Yankees bullpen troika means the starters need to only go six
Aroldis Chapman will be the closer for the Yankees whose starters had a .276 BAA the third time they faced a batter in a game last season Yankees manager Joe Girardi on the YES Network last night...
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Peter Gammons: Developed relievers making the difference
In the end, the cost is never knowing. Back on August 18th, the Red Sox were coming off a rain-delayed night game in Baltimore. Flew to Detroit, landed at 6 a.m. and courtesy of whatever Tiger...
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Peter Gammons: A deserved celebration and an unforgettable goodbye
It was one of those BP moments. David Ortiz, as was the team tradition, was finishing up in the last four man hitting group before the Red Sox went to the clubhouse, while Jason Kipnis, part of the...
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Peter Gammons: Blue Jays and Indians are cut from the same cloth
While we have watched chilling, complex layers of wild card play-ins into the League Championship Series, with innings that like the Cubs ninth in San Francisco that ended the Giants season, the...
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Peter Gammons: Postseason bullpen management proves more crucial than ever
Don’t even try to explain bloody drones and seven relievers to win one game, or how Clayton Kershaw can save one game and come back 48 hours later and throw seven shutout innings in another, or how...
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Bill Chuck: World Series Game One – By The Numbers
World Series Game One – By The Numbers 1 – Kyle Schwarber had one hit last night in his amazing recovery from April surgery; he now has one hit this season in total 2 – Roberto Perez had the first...
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Peter Gammons: Keeping up with the Cubs and Indians
Dave Cameron did a fascinating piece on FanGraphs comparing the youthful talent of the Cubs to past youth-dominated powerhouses like the 1978 Expos and 1975 Red Sox, and over the next five years one...
View ArticleVideo: Gammons on Indians and young arms
Peter Gammons joins Harold Reynolds and Hot Stove on MLB Network to discuss Michael Brantley resuming baseball activities, Andrew Miller in the playoffs, Carlos Beltran, the value of young pitching and...
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Peter Gammons: Reflections and notes from the Winter Meetings
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Slowly, sometimes reluctantly, major league baseball executives are trickling into the Gaylord Hotel—which they will find is larger than Newfoundland– here on the Potomac River....
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Peter Gammons: Another February traveling through Florida
PHOENIX—The flight from Tampa to Phoenix is a time to think about how different spring training is in the two states that equally divide the 30 training teams. The difference is driving. Arizona’s...
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Peter Gammons: Notes from early March
PHOENIX—Bryan Shaw has pitched in more games the last four years than anyone, 299, plus 11 more this past October. Cody Allen is fourth with 290 appearances, in addition to 11 more in the last...
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