Previous Winner Brayden Taylor, 2B/3B23 | L/R | 6’0” | 180A+ | .269/.389/.514 (154 wRC+) 383 PA, 14 HR, 26 SB, 15.9% BB, 24.8% KAA | .194/.290/.435 (113 wRC+) 125 PA, 6 HR, 3 SB, 12.0% BB, 36.8% K On the whole Taylor was one of the best performers in the Rays system last year, … Read more
Anne Rogers talks to Jac Caglianone about being invited to big league camp. “Being able to share a field with Bobby and Vinnie, being able to see how much influence Salvy has with being the captain and go-to guy is really exciting,” Caglianone said in a phone conversation. “I’m super excited to learn from them. … Read more
Image credit: © Geoff Burke-Imagn Images A few weeks ago, I discussed the option of moving beyond current metrics for summarizing exit velocity, such as the raw mean and the 90th percentile. The reasons for this include that (1) the exit velocity distribution is heavily left-skewed, so the raw mean is missing important information; (2) … Read more
One of the most talented and competitive divisions in baseball is the National League East. In 2025, it figures to be even more lethal as the Atlanta Braves will be healthy, the New York Mets will have Juan Soto in their everyday lineup and the Philadelphia Phillies look to repeat as division champions. Here is … Read more
Recruiting Aaron Fitt – January 10, 2025 Like everything else in college athletics, the recruiting landscape is shifting dramatically under our feet, as the advent of the transfer portal and NIL dollars prompt teams to overhaul their traditional approaches to roster construction. Coaches have had to adjust to a new world where freshmen need to … Read more
The Washington Nationals had six players eligible for arbitration, and settled with five of them. The lone exception was new Nationals first baseman Nathaniel Lowe, who is headed to arbitration court. The Nats filed at $10.3 million, while Lowe filed at $11.1 million. The MLB Trade Rumors projection for Lowe was somewhere in the middle … Read more
Thursday marked Major League Baseball’s arbitration deadline, and the Atlanta Braves will not have any hearings this year, as the club agreed to deals with both Jarred Kelenic and Dylan Lee. Kelenic, who logged 126 games in the outfield last year, signed a one-year, $2.3M contract. Left-handed Lee’s one-year deal is worth $1.025M. Lee appeared … Read more
The 2025 arbitration deadline has come and gone and the Tampa Bay Rays have settled with four of their five arbitration eligible players. Taylor Walls and the Rays will head into an arbitration hearing in a few weeks. The Rays entered the offseason with 12 arbitration eligible players, but through a series of trade, non-tenders, … Read more
Have you ever asked yourself – what is baseball? It’s a sport, certainly. At one time it was called the National Pastime. For many young boys, and even many young women, it’s a rite of passage. For many, it’s a way of life. It’s all these things, and often more. I recently read about the … Read more
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