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Claudio Custodio to minor league contracts. Baltimore also confirmed its previouslyreported minor league deals with lefty
Ciuffo, 25, was the No. 21 overall draft pick by the Rays back in 2013. He never graded out as a top prospect but made it to the big leagues with Tampa Bay in 2018 and 2019, hitting a combined .186/.250/.279 in a tiny sample of 50 plate appearances. Had he been healthy in 2019, he’d quite likely have gotten a longer opportunity to boost those numbers, but thumb surgery cost him 10 weeks of the season.
Ciuffo spent the 2020 season at the Rangers’ alternate training site but didn’t reach the Majors, where
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Last weekend, the Mets signed James McCann to be their starting catcher. On its face, the signing is a curious one, considering J.T. Realmuto is a top-two catcher in baseball and is also a free agent. But there’s plenty of evidence that points to McCann’s breakout over the last two years being legitimate.
Dave Capobianco took an in-depth look at McCann’s improvements in a piece here at Amazin’ Avenue earlier this week, and shortly before the signing, Jarrett Seidler illustrated the recent similarities between McCann and Realmuto. The Mets are being a bit risky here, taking a bet that the McCann breakout is real and getting what would be an elite catcher for a cut price. Regardless of that, however, the Mets have an underrated need: backup catcher.
Russell Lee Manus
Russell Lee “Rusty” Manus of Bradyville died after a short and courageous battle with cancer.
He was diagnosed with cancer Saturday May 2, 2020. He was born Tuesday August 28, 1979 and was a native of Cannon County.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents John Morgan Manus and Hallie Arine Manus and maternal grandparents Elmer Lewis Davenport and Allie Fair Allen.
He is survived by his parents George Edward SR. and Linda Faye Manus, Brother George Edward Manus JR. and sister Linda Ann Manus, all of Bradyville. He is also survived by several Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and Friends.
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Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: the Tigers are quite clearly the worst team in the AL Central. They may not be the worst team in baseball the Orioles, Rangers, and Pirates will likely have something to say about that but the Royals have made enough short-term improvements and Cleveland isn’t selling off fast enough to drop down into Tigers-territory.
But rather than belabor the point (none of this is remotely controversial), we can focus on some of the green shoots that sprouted during the bizarre 2020 season. These developments are extremely important because while Detroit has an array of quality pitching prospects, their lumber doesn’t match up. Where spot-fillers such as Jonathan Schoop, Austin Romine, Jordy Mercer, and C.J. Cron have been useful in recent years when the cupboard was empty, those types aren’t as necessary this time around. There are few possible stars among this group, but there are several guys who are at least interesting, kin