Dusty Baker might be finished as a manager, but the baseball lifer has a job in the Astros front office anytime he wants it. Owner Jim Crane told reporters (including Brian McTaggart of MLB.com) that Baker is “always welcome” in the Astros organization. Meanwhile, the long-time skipper said he is “retiring from the field” but hasn’t
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Arizona Fall League play has been underway since early October, and things are going very well for most of the Detroit Tigers’ minor leaguers playing for the Salt River Rafters. Top pitching prospect Jackson Jobe has been the star attraction, with right-hander Wilmer Flores and infielder Jace Jung forming a pretty strong trio of young
A bad back might’ve saved Jose Abreu’s season, as the first baseman’s debut season in Houston didn’t start to turn around until a two-week stint on the injured list in August. Abreu was batting only .234/.291/.343 in 464 plate appearances prior to the IL trip, yet as Astros hitting coach Alex Cinton told ESPN’s Buster
Jim Leyland has accomplished many things in his storied baseball career, but soon he may be able to add Hall of Famer to his other merits. Leyland whose lengthy managerial career ended in 2013 with the Tigers, was just announced to be one of eight names eligible for Hall of Fame voting by the Contemporary
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum today announced the eight-person ballot that will be considered by its Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for Managers/Executives/Umpires for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2024. The Contemporary Era Committee will meet on Dec. 3 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tenn. Four managers, two executives
The finalists for the 2023 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards were released on Wednesday, and the lone representative from the Detroit Tigers is perhaps not the name you would have guessed. Zach McKinstry got the nod, along with Mauricio Dubon of the Houston Astros and Taylor Walls of the Tampa Bay Rays, as the three finalists
Stats help tell the story of baseball. Those are all iconic numbers tied to the best of the best in the game, and the pursuits of them give us storylines to follow as the seasons roll along. That’s no less true in the Minors than it is in the Majors. There may be significantly fewer
This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. DETROIT — The first prospect Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris mentioned in his end-of-season remarks two weeks ago wasn’t sweet-swinging Colt Keith or Jace Jung, both of
The 2023 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists are being announced on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter), with winners to be unveiled on ESPN’s “Baseball Tonight” on Sunday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. ET. All of the finalists will be listed below as they are announced by Rawlings. There are three finalists
It seems like on an almost annual basis, we wind up talking about how the current rookie crop was one of the best in baseball history. That’s true again in 2023. Gunnar Henderson and Corbin Carroll entered the year ranked 1-2 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list and likely will end it as the
Hard to believe it’s mid-October and we’re only at the start of the league championship series. The league championships will feature an all Texas ALCS with the Houston Astros looking to defend against the Texas Rangers. The NLCS will see the upstarts in the NL East and West, the Philadelphia Phillies and Arizona Diamondbacks, in
Here’s a look at Saturday’s top performers from the Arizona Fall League, including four Top 100 prospects. Blue Jays: Ricky Tiedemann, LHP (MLB No. 31), Surprise SaguarosThe top-ranked Blue Jays prospect put together another strong outing for Surprise, pitching three innings and allowing one run on three hits with five strikeouts. Through three starts, Tiedemann
Here’s a look at Thursday’s top performers from the Arizona Fall League, including two Top 100 prospects. Rangers: Liam Hicks, C (Unranked), Surprise SaguarosHicks is hot. The 24-year-old followed up his six-hit performance on Tuesday with three more hits — all coming in succession — giving him nine consecutive knocks. Only 13 MLB players since
Here’s a look at Wednesday’s top performers from the Arizona Fall League, including two Top 100 prospects. Cubs: Kevin Alcántara, OF (MLB No. 71), Mesa Solar SoxAfter starting the Fall League 4-for-23, the Cubs’ No. 4 prospect finally hit his stride. The 21-year-old outfielder clubbed a three-run homer the other way in the third inning