Upcoming Club Option Decisions: NL Central
2023/05/upcoming-club-option-decisions-nl-central.htmlBetween that back-of-the-rotation production and the injury, the Cubs seem likely to reallocate the $14.5MM difference between the option price and the buyout.
Blue Jays Place Danny Jansen On IL With Groin Strain
2023/05/blue-jays-place-danny-jansen-on-il-with-groin-strain.htmlHe and the Jays will hope that some extra reps will allow him to make up some of the difference between those two lines.
Mets Notes: Scherzer, Peterson, Yacabonis, Carrasco
2023/05/mets-notes-scherzer-peterson-yacabonis-carrasco.htmlAll told, he has an ERA of 5.56 thus far, a significant difference from last year's 2.29 mark.
Mariners Notes: Rodriguez, McGee, Flexen, Hernandez
2023/04/mariners-notes-rodriguez-mcgee-flexen-hernandez.htmlRodriguez's presence might have made a difference late in today's 1-0 loss to the Blue Jays in 10 innings.
Can These Five Players Sustain Their Strong Starts?
2023/04/can-these-five-players-sustain-their-strong-starts.htmlEven if his strikeout and walk rates are largely in line with his previous numbers the fact that he can…
Fernando Tatis Jr. To Begin Rehab Assignment Today
2023/04/fernando-tatis-jr-to-begin-rehab-assignment-today.htmlBut if he's able to get anywhere close to his prior level of performance, he will be a huge difference maker for the Padres as they look to make it back to the postseason again.
Braves Option Vaughn Grissom, Braden Shewmake
2023/03/braves-to-option-vaughn-grissom-braden-shewmake.htmlThe difference is we have a guy in Ron Washington who’s unbelievable with this stuff.
Jose Altuve To Miss About Two Months Due To Thumb Surgery
2023/03/jose-altuve-to-undergo-surgery-on-fractured-thumb.htmlAs Spring Training winds down, teams will make their final cuts and a few more players will shake loose, though they might not be huge difference makers relative to the in-house options in Houston.
Diamond Sports Planning To File For Bankruptcy; MLB Planning To Stream Games For Free Temporarily
2023/03/diamond-sports-planning-to-file-for-bankruptcy-mlb-planning-to-stream-games-for-free-temporarily.htmlAssuming the league is successful in all of these plans, it's possible that fans won't notice much difference in their…
Offseason In Review: San Francisco Giants
2023/03/offseason-in-review-san-francisco-giants-13.htmlOf course, there's a difference between taking an injury risk for two or at most three years versus a 13-year term -- and the extra trepidation on the lengthier commitment is plenty justifiable.
Offseason In Review: Chicago White Sox
2023/03/offseason-in-review-chicago-white-sox-15.htmlLucas Giolito, Yoan Moncada, Yasmani Grandal, and Lance Lynn combined for 15.9 WAR in 2021 and 4.2 in '22, a difference of nearly 12 wins.
Poll: Who Will Win The 2023 World Baseball Classic?
2023/03/poll-who-will-win-the-2023-world-baseball-classic.htmlThe 2023 World Baseball Classic kicks off tonight, technically Wednesday locally in Taiwan but the time difference will make it late Tuesday night for those watching in the Western Hemisphere.
Big Hype Prospects: Jones, Mauricio, Vientos, Song, Brown
2023/02/big-hype-prospects-jones-mauricio-vientos-song-brown.htmlUsing one on Song rather than a “proven” option like Bailey Falter could be the difference.
Padres Showing Interest In Michael Wacha
2023/02/padres-showing-interest-in-michael-wacha.htmlYet the most significant difference in 2022 was that opponents hit only .260 on balls in play after combining for a .324 BABIP between 2020-21.
Extension Candidate: Pete Alonso
2023/02/extension-candidate-pete-alonso.htmlThere's also very little difference in their performance the year before hypothetical extension talks.
The Free Agent Market Still Has A Handful Of Interesting Platoon Bats
2023/02/mlb-free-agency-february-platoon-bats-naquin-grossman-gurriel-peralta-solano.htmlThe 31-year-old Naquin split the 2022 season between the Reds and Mets, though both his role and his production declined following a trade from Cincinnati to Queens (even when weighting for the difference in park factors).
Giants, Logan Webb Have Talked About Long-Term Extension
2023/02/giants-logan-webb-have-talked-about-long-term-extension.htmlThere is a slight difference in that Alcantara was also in his first offseason of arbitration eligibility at the time of the extension, but hadn't yet agreed to his salary for the next year.
Royals Looking Into Extensions For Young Players
2023/02/royals-looking-into-extensions-for-young-players.htmlSince Witt, Pasquantino, Melendez, and Massey all just made their big league debuts in 2022, it represents some difference just in exploring extensions with such inexperienced players, though Moore was no stranger to this tactic --- such players as Joakim Soria, Yordano Ventura, and Salvador Perez all had less than two seasons of MLB service time when they signed extensions during Moore's tenure.
Max Fried Loses Arbitration Hearing Against Atlanta
2023/02/max-fried-loses-arbitration-hearing-against-atlanta.htmlLast season he took home a $6.85MM salary after winning his case against Atlanta, who had argued for a salary of $6.6MM - a $250K difference.
Latest On Pirates, Bryan Reynolds
2023/02/latest-on-pirates-bryan-reynolds-2.htmlThat difference -- attributable both to Reynolds' gaudier offensive counting stats and qualification for early arbitration last offseason as a Super Two player -- would've likely held or compounded over the next two years if both players had gone year-by-year through that process.
Angels Have Shown Interest In Elvis Andrus, Michael Wacha, Gary Sánchez
2023/02/angels-have-shown-interest-in-elvis-andrus-michael-wacha-gary-sanchez.htmlIf his health cooperates, he could be a difference maker for the club this year, but it also seems like they're planning to have plenty of fallback options around the roster.
Mariners, Dylan Moore Agree to Three-Year Extension
2023/02/mariners-dylan-moore-agree-to-three-year-extension.htmlHe submitted a figure of $2.25MM with the club filing at $1.9MM, though they've now agreed to a longer commitment instead of going to a hearing over that difference.
Mariners Claim Tayler Saucedo, Designate J.B. Bukauskas
2023/01/mariners-claim-tayler-saucedo-designate-j-b-bukauskas.htmlHe's put up strong ground ball rates in both the majors and minors but the strikeouts are the major difference maker so far as he's only punched out 15.3% of big league hitters.
Latest On Market For Left-Handed Relievers
2023/01/latest-on-market-for-left-handed-relievers.htmlMaking any external addition without making up that difference will be a challenge.
Looking At The Yankees’ Rotation Depth
2023/01/looking-at-the-yankees-rotation-depth.htmlMaking any external addition without making up that difference will be a challenge.