When an outsider thinks of Knoxville, Tennessee and its surrounding suburbs, the first things that come to mind are probably country music, Pat Summitt, the Smokey Mountains and whiskey--not necessarily in that order. Generally, it's not baseball. That sounds...
Contact Jacob at RhodesJacob19@GMail.com Meet Jacob Rhodes, a twenty-three-year-old former All-State, All-Conference and All-American catcher with a packed trophy case and a top-notch resume of division-one baseball. As long as he can remember,...
// // Meet Daniel Fiorito, a New York Yankees prospect walking a unique path to his dream of playing in the Major Leagues. You probably haven't heard of him yet-- he won't officially start his professional career until next Spring-- but Dan can play. Like the vast...
On Tuesday, three minor league players, Marcus Stroman, Josh Sale and Mark Donato, were suspended by Minor League Baseball for taking banned substances. Marcus Stroman, the Blue Jays' top overall pick in last June's draft, tested positive for Methylhexaneamine...
This afternoon, eight front office representatives from thirteen teams participated in the MLB's first competitive balance draft lottery. Another of the recent CBA's new implementations, the lottery mechanism is designed to assist the league's poorer teams through an alternate...
On Wednesday, July 18th, thirteen big league clubs will partake in the league's first competitive balance draft lottery. Last winter, the MLB and the MLBPA agreed on a five-year collective bargaining agreement. Heavily focused on competitive balance, this last CBA is the...
Pre-draft, Stanford right-hander Mark Appel was almost universally regarded as a top-three overall talent. Some analysts even predicted the Astros would make him the 2012 Draft's number-one pick. No dice. Now, over a month later, Appel heads back to Stanford to finish out his...
Lucas Giolito will celebrate his eighteenth birthday as a member of the Washington Nationals. The MLB amateur signing deadline came and passed at 5 PM EST today. For Giolito, the Nationals' top draft pick, that marks the beginning of his professional pitching career....
The MLB's amateur signing deadline looms less than twenty-four hours away. As of right now, five players selected in the first-round of last month's draft have yet to ink a contract with their respective clubs. The Washington Nationals' top draft pick, Lucas Giolito, the...
For the Washington Nationals, the 2012 MLB Draft wasn't supposed to be a big deal. For the first time since 2006, and the second time since relocating the franchise from Montreal, the club didn't hold a top-ten draft pick. The Nationals expected to take a relatively safe...
