Notes on Brent Honeywell, Cody Thomas, A.J. Puk, Michael Chavis, Michael Chavis, and more.
For the Cubs, a door closes and a conspiracy theory opens; poetry in wartime between pitchers and mascots; and a small career lost in service.
A rundown of names you know and names you should get familiar with from June’s Tournament of Stars.
Hansel Robles’ very bad day, bobsledding bullpens, Klubot Ks, and three for Paul Goldschmidt.
Automatic “Go-2” guys include: Max Scherzer, Corey Kluber and Chris Sale.
How about David Hernandez on Chicago’s South Side, and Greg Holland with the North Siders?
Using pitch-tunneling data to explore whiff probabilities.
Masahiro Tanaka, Jon Lester, Nelson Cruz, Mark Melancon and Dinelson Lamet are profiled.
George Bissell, Mike Gianella and Bret Sayre discuss the fantasy implications of every major trade deadline deal including Yu Darvish, Sonny Gray, Willie Calhoun, Jorge Mateo, Jonathan Lucroy, A.J. Ramos, Derek Fisher and Shane Greene.