After two great seasons at Oklahoma State, pitcher Jon Heasley decided to take the jump to professional baseball after being drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 13th Round. He started his professional career playing for the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer League. He finished the season pitching in 12 games, had a…
An unsung hero of the 2018 SALTY League Championship Lexington Legends is a right-handed relief pitched named Tad Ratliff. Ratliff was a non-drafted free agent signing from Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina back in 2017. Ratliff signed after his junior year at LRU where he worked exclusively as a reliever. LRU is a D2 school…
Perhaps, maybe, possibly, I erred. It’s possible I was too pessimistic, too closed to the idea that a player with raw tools could develop even into his mid-20s. Maybe I should have seen what could be instead of what had been. Kelvin Gutierrez truthers (if such a group exists), I was wrong. When the Kelvin…
Lakewood, NJ – On a night that produced a constant mist, the Lexington Legends defeated the Lakewood BlueClaws in Game 3 of the South Atlantic League Championship Series 6-3, putting them one win away from a league championship. Lexington scored three runs in the top of the second. Cristian Perez singled with one out and…
Good news for those of you that live in the Northwest Arkansas area, the Naturals ought to be a lot of fun to watch in 2019. The Wilmington Blue Rocks didn’t make the playoffs in 2018, but they came really close, and a lot of the guys on the 2018 Blue Rocks team ought to…
Drake asked me a good question last night. “Which Royals pitchers have the best aggregate score for advanced analytics?” I was watching the Eagles vs. Falcons game, had nothing better to do, and decided to take a looksy. Here’s how I ran the study. I downloaded the advanced metrics for every single Royals pitcher that…
NWA Week in Review: August 27 – September 3 Weekly Record: 4-5 Overall Record: 70-70, 35-35 in the second half Standings: 3rd (5.5 GB) Weekly +/-: -1 (41 runs scored, 42 runs allowed) Transactions: 8/27 – Anderson Miller placed on temporary inactive list 8/27 – Rudy Martin assigned to NWA 8/29 – Anderson Miller activated…
