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Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Oakland A’s drafted Bruce Maxwell in the second round of the 2012 draft and then spent the next few seasons converting the first baseman to catcher. Maxwell took to it well and made his major league debut in 2016, appearing in 33 games and hitting for a perfectly respectable 102 wRC+ in 101 plate appearances. To spare all-star Steven Vogt from potential injury, the A’s made Maxwell their regular catcher in 2017, and this is where the Bruce Maxw...

Predicted Diamondbacks Bullpen - Way Too Early Share this story Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The competition for roles in the Diamondback bullpen is wide open. Although spring training games will provide useful information, they have not yet started. Insider information would help, but I don’t have any. Experience working with pitchers would help, but I don’t have any. Deep baseball knowledge (think of Jack Sommers) would help, but I lack that depth. Therefor...

Top 60 All-Time Blue Jays: #28 Rance Mulliniks Share this story Steven Rance Mulliniks | 3B, DH | 1982-1992 Rance Mulliniks was born on January 15, 1956, in Tulare, California. The Angels picked him in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft out of high school. He moved quickly thru the Angels minor league system and was called up to the majors in June of 1977 and was the regular shortstop for the rest of the season. He was ok, but he didn’t play much in the next couple of seasons, and they ...

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Top 60 All-Time Greatest Jays: #35 Kevin Pillar Share this story Kevin Andrew Pillar | CF | 2013-2019 Ok, this surprised me. I didn’t expect to see Kevin on the list. But then he is number 5 on the Baseball Reference. Blue Jays leader board for defensive WAR. Kevin Pillar was the Blue Jays’ 32nd round pick in the 2011 draft. He is one of just two players chosen in that round to make the majors. Billy Burns was the other. He played center field for the A’s and Royals for parts of four...

Recent years have seen a number of young middle infielders signed to extensions before they hit free agency.

The left-handed bat the Royals have searched for all offseason has arrived in outfielder Andrew Benintendi. The Royals completed a three-team trade with the Red Sox and Mets on Wednesday night, acquiring Benintendi from Boston while sending outfielder Franchy Cordero and two players to be named to Boston. Outfield prospect

MLB task force recommends seven Negro Leagues for major league status The task force is examining leagues excluded in 1969 when a special committee on baseball records identified just six official major leagues dating to 1876. Associated Press Share NEW YORK — Seven Negro Leagues have been recommended for major league status by a task force of the Society for American Baseball Research. The announcement Thursday followed Major League Baseball’s decision on Dec. 16 that it was reclassifyin...

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Let’s pick some over/unders on Royals PECOTA projections! Share this story Photo by Frank Lennon/Toronto Star via Getty Images It is PECOTA Week at Baseball Prospectus, which means the release of their 2021 projections. This year presents an unusual challenge in deciding how to weigh last year’s truncated 60-game season. Ultimately, Baseball Prospectus decided to weigh last year as it would any other 60-game stretch, writing: As such, there is nothing special about 2020 MLB performances as ...