Thursday Morning Links
Share this story
Evan Grant has a mailbag column that covers when he expects the Rangers to be competitive again, the value in watching a losing team, and whether he thinks the Rangers have been good at developing minor league talent.
Chris Woodward is preaching patience and flexibility for the 2021 season, and Jon Daniels and Chris Young haven’t made it to Arizona yet because of the weather.
Demarcus Evans is unlikely to be ready to start the season due to a strained lat.
Mac Engel says Chris Woodward is in the crosshairs in his first season under a new general manager.
share-square-1559293
Some hitters rake from pretty much their first day in the big leagues. In recent seasons, precocious talents such as Ronald Acuña Jr., Pete Alonso, Cody Bellinger and Juan Soto have immediately announced themselves as stars.
But more often, finding your footing against Major League pitching takes time. It requires players to adjust, and teams and fans to exercise patience. The rewards can be sweet, though.
So who might make that jump in 2021? MLB.com convened five reporters to draft 10 candidates five from the American League and five from the National League. While “breakout hitter” could have a number of definitions, we stuck to the following criteria:
After a winter of uncertainity, MLB prepares for a complicated spring training
Chelsea Janes, The Washington Post
Feb. 13, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail
The Nationals hold spring training in West Palm Beach, Fla. Pitchers and catchers report soon.Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton.
A dozen or so baseball reporters were navigating the usual frustrations of a Zoom news conference recently when the subject of the day s proceedings - the just re-signed slugger Marcell Ozuna - piped up with a question of his own. Alex, I ve got a question for you, Ozuna said, addressing Braves General Manager Alex Anthopolous, who had just gushed about how quickly the outfielder s four-year deal worth $65 million came together.
CANNONSBURG Icy conditions led to a pile-up on westbound I-64 Friday morning, sending two people to the hospital with minor injuries and leaking 200 gallons of diesel fuel onto the
CATLETTSBURG The Cannonsburg branch of the Boyd County Clerkâs Office is open, Clerk Kevin Johnston told the Fiscal Court Tuesday.
Johnston told Judge-Executive Eric Chaney and commissioners Keith Watts, Larry Brown and Randy Stapleton the branch opened Monday in the same building as the Members Choice Credit Union, located on U.S. 60 in the parking lot of the Cannonsburg Walmart.
The new branch, a replacement for the now closed KYOVA mall satellite, will be open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. It will also be open from 9 a.m. to noon on the first and last Saturdays of the month.