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Video Emerges Of Former Astros Prospect Beating His Girlfriend After 2016 Practice

Former Houston Astros prospect Danry Vasquez has been released by his current Atlantic League club after video of a domestic violence incident became public this week. The video shows the player hitting his girlfriend multiple times after a practice with the Corpus Christi Hooks, the Astros’ Double-...

I Can't Stop Watching This Perfect Stealth Pickoff

Unless you have a strong love of beefy minor-league catchers and/or guys who spent six years in the Phillies’ farm system without making it to Double-A, there’s no good reason for you to have heard of Willians Astudillo. Or, at least, there wasn’t until yesterday—when he pulled off this beautifully ...

What A Depressing Offseason

The caveats are caveats, but they do exist. Mike Moustakas is not a superstar, for reasons that are easy enough to identify. He has mostly been a decent defender at an important position, but his defense was unexpectedly and undeniably poor last year; he is a good hitter with real power, but not an ...

Jake Arrieta Finally Rejoins The Ranks Of The Employed, Signs With The Phillies

Jake Arrieta, National League Cy Young Award winner, World Series hero, thrower of two career no-hitters, recently the ace of the Chicago Cubs rotation, is reportedly set to join the Philadelphia Phillies, a team that won 66 games in 2017:...

Lance Lynn Is The Latest Valuable Veteran To Take A Significant Haircut In Free Agency

Spring training is now well underway, and baseball’s many overqualified free agents are still shuffling their way onto MLB teams on below-value contracts. Lance Lynn, a very fine pitcher with a strong track record of success, found his way onto the Twins Saturday:...

Mike Moustakas Will Return To The Royals For Less Than Half Of The Qualifying Offer Value

With three weeks until opening day, third baseman Mike Moustakas is reportedly finally signing a deal to stay in Kansas City. He’ll do so for just a fraction of what he was originally expected to bring in—a one-year, $5.5 million contract with $2.2 million in potential performance bonuses and a mutu...

This Video Of Nate McLouth Speaking Spanish Is Fucking Me Up

That this post is about Nate McLouth, who hasn’t played in the majors since 2014, already indicates that the information’s a bit old, but this video’s making the rounds now and I’d never seen it before, so whatever. McLouth, then with the Baltimore Orioles, did an interview with a Spanish-speaking r...

The Dodgers Still Sound Pretty Annoyed With Shohei Ohtani

Before signing with the Angels, Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani narrowed his list to seven teams, and heard in-person presentations from each. Players from one of those teams, at least, say the whole thing was a farce and Ohtani shouldn’t have wasted their time....

Royals Host Anti-Porn Seminar For Players

The Royals spent part of this weekend hosting an anti-porn workshop for players and coaches, doing their part to sponsor “a fight for love,” as workshop leadership call it....

Here’s a very enjoyable look at Reds outfielder Billy Hamilton’s reaction to a reporter suggesting that he might be more productive if he were a super-sub. (“This is the stupidest thing I’ve heard in my life” is part of it.) [FanGraphs]...

Rays Doctor Fired After Sexual Abuse Allegation Avoids Criminal Charges<em></em>

Police will not seek charges against former Tampa Bay Rays physician Dr. Michael Reilly, who was fired in January after a former employee at his private practice came forward with allegations of sexual abuse. ...

Jon Lester Is Doing This On Purpose Now

Despite being a professional athlete who is perfectly capable of throwing fastballs with pinpoint accuracy, Cubs starter Jon Lester cannot for the life of him throw the ball to first base. His struggles in this area have been well-documented over the past few seasons, but this spring he’s trying a n...

Derek Jeter On The Marlins' Dinger Machine: "It's Big. It's Big. It's Big."

Much of the Miami Marlins’ roster from last season has departed, but the team’s true centerpiece—the home run sculpture in the outfield—is set to remain, at least for now. That’s not for lack of trying by CEO Derek Jeter, who’s indicated that he’s not a fan. But the fact that the statue is considere...

Texas Wesleyan Baseball Coach: I Don't Recruit From Colorado, Players Can't Pass The Damn Drug Tests [UPDATED]

Texas Wesleyan has announced that head baseball coach Mike Jeffcoat is under investigation for saying that he wouldn’t recruit players from Colorado, because they cannot pass drug tests....

Red Sox Will Change Yawkey Way's Name So That It No Longer Honors A Dumb Racist

Red Sox owner John Henry said last August that he would consider changing the name of Yawkey Way, since Tom Yawkey was a racist who owned the last major-league team to integrate, and also once rejected a deal for Willie Mays. Today, the team announced the switch....

Okay, Time For Russ To Go Back To Football 

Tim Lincecum Tries, Again

Tim Lincecum’s showcase for major-league scouts went well—or well enough, anyway—and he looked pretty healthy. So now he has a contract with the chance to mount his comeback....

MLBPA Files Grievance Against Four Teams For Being Cheap Bastards With Revenue-Sharing Money

Let us use the Rays as an example, because, hell, if the Rays didn’t want to be used as the poster team for hemorrhaging salary with no clear goal other than to shovel cash into its ownership’s maw, maybe they shouldn’t have so conspicuously nuked a roster that was five games out of a playoff spot....

Lovable Large Boy Kyle Schwarber Is No Longer Large

Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber, the big burly lad who everyone loves, spent the offseason trying to get ripped. It appears that he succeeded:...

Tim Tebow Walks On Water Sprinkler, Sprains Ankle

Tim Tebow, who is still playing baseball and apparently a threat to rise to the majors one day, has hurt himself:...