What is the story about?
So
we’re gonna do this Brandon Marsh as the cleanup hitter thing now? I guess it’ll work against a team without left handed relief pitching, but later on? What then?
On to the links.
Phillies news:
- You probably noticed this last night, but the Phillies shook up the lineup to score a few runs compared to their week in San Francisco ($). (It didn’t work)
- It’s still very early in the season, but these are six statistics that might actually matter more than others ($).
MLB news:
- Always love a good look back at history, so here are some of the best (and worst) free agent signings in MLB history.
- The number of Black players on MLB rosters has gone up again for the second straight year after being embarrassing.
- MLB players are getting PAID, the average salary cresting $5 million thanks to the Mets and their spending.
- Long term extensions are getting more and more common these days. How they’ve come about have been based on projection.
