Free Agents

Report: Damion Lee agrees to one-year contract with Suns originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Damion Lee had an eventful few hours on Friday night. Roughly 90 minutes after Lee threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Giants’ game against the Chicago White Sox at Oracle Park, the former…

We are little more than a month away from pitchers and catchers reporting, a signal that Spring Training is near and baseball is going to wither away every single minute of my life for half a year or so. …

Well, it was a long time coming! Sorry for the absence but I took some weeks off to concentrate on various projects I had to complete in the pursuit of my lifelong dream: working in a baseball front office. …

1/23/21–1/29/21 Saturday 1/23/21: No significant news on this day. However, on this day in Major League Baseball history the the “Say Hey Kid” Willie Mays was elected into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. …

We’re now about four weeks from the start of Spring Training. With the majority of free agents still available, most teams can say they have work to do. I’d think the Rays are still going to add more pitching over the next several weeks, and perhaps as Spring Training begins…

1/9/21–1/15/21 — Saturday 1/9/21: Washington Nationals sign free agent LF Kyle Schwarber. Kyle Schwarber was drafted 4th overall in 2014 by the Chicago Cubs. Schwarber played well in Chicago. A strong suit for him at the plate is his raw power; Schwarber is a 30+ homerun hitter in a full 162 game…

Theresa and CT Play Strip Basketball — Life is nothing if not an endless string of moments. Some moments change your life, like quitting a job or falling in love. And sometimes they’re simply a minor annoyance, like stubbing your toe on your bed frame in the middle of the night. But certain moments gnaw at your…

Transfers have never been as problematic for clubs as it is right now with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis across the world. Clubs are scavenging for players who meet their standard of quality but for cheaper deals. That could mean players on expiring contracts or ones from lesser-known clubs and leagues. Carrying out the latter is difficult with scouting also made difficult right now. Experienced free agents are worth their weight in…

Weeknotes s04e02 [ending April 3, 2020; our third week at home in Canada] Everything is mostly the same. Which mainly means that everything has changed and our lives fall deeper into the strange world of near endless time at home. It’s the end of our third week of staying home…