Nick Pratto had a solid season hitting .280/.343/.443 at Lexington. Pratto had an even better South Atlantic League Playoff hitting .333/.481/.667 in 6 playoff games. This is a small sample but perhaps it’s enough to give us a sense that Pratto may be a clutch player. Pratto was 7-21 with 2 HRs, a double, 4…
I saw some of Chris Ellis in person over the last two seasons. He always seemed to be good enough to get the job done. He threw hard, had a good curve, a slider, and a solid change. In my notes I wrote “we never seem to hit this guy hard. Someone to watch.” Well,…
In the final hours of the Winter Meetings, executives of major league teams gathered to take part in the Rule 5 Draft, an event usually overshadowed by other par-takings going on around baseball, such as the big three team trade that took place just moments ago. Anticipation for the Rule 5 Draft this year was…
Here’s what the film says on newly acquired RHP Sam McWilliams. McWilliams is fairly polished. I think this is one reason the Royals selected him not to mention his ability to throw a baseball. He throws a 4-seamer, 2-seamer, slider, change, and a variation of the slider that looks more like a curve. I don’t…
The Cardinals are now all in with their trade for Paul Goldschmidt yesterday. What the Cardinals are lacking is a solid second baseman or veteran outfielder who gets on base a lot and can run. Cue the Whit Merrifield rumors. Whit actually makes a lot of sense for the Cardinals although the Royals aren’t seriously…
The 2018 MLB season is in the books and while most fans in Kansas City are enjoying the juggernaut that is Kansas City Chiefs football, their neighbors at the Truman Sports Complex are scrambling to add talent to an organization that lost over 100 games at the major league level. The boys in blue didn’t find…
After some relatively slow weeks around baseball to start the offseason, things have started to pick up on this Monday in the early afternoon. Trade rumors are swirling, the Braves added two big free agents in Josh Donaldson and Brian McCann, and the Royals made their second move the offseason, adding former Cardinals prospect Conner…
