MLB notebook: Yankees’ Boone giving LeMahieu space during contract talks
A month and a half into baseball s offseason, DJ LeMahieu, the reigning big league batting champion, remains a free agent.
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New York Yankees first baseman DJ LeMahieu is a free agent. Although there’s mutual interest in the Yankees keeping the three-time All-Star, no deal has emerged.
NEW YORK Yankees Manager Aaron Boone is treating DJ LeMahieu like he’s any other member of the team this offseason.
And he’s hopeful that when New York gathers for spring training, the reigning big league batting champion will be there.
The Florida and have had 630 players take the field in a regular season game.
This offseason, we’re recapping each of them, and their time spent with our favorite franchise. We’ve already looked at 340 of them. Today’s group of five all had between 75 and 249 PA/BF, finished above replacement level, and were all pitchers. Players are ranked based on brWAR divided by PA/BF.
Alejandro Peña is a right-handed pitcher from Cambiaso, Dominican Republic. He signed his first professional deal in 1978, to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers. After making his major league debut for them in 1981, he played his first nine seasons at baseball’s top level with them, both as part of the rotation and out of the bullpen.
MLB Network best Statcast plays of 2020 | New York Yankees mlb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mlb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The 2020 season was short on games, but packed with unbelievable plays.
The pandemic-shortened campaign still delivered a plethora of memorable moments and awe-inspiring physical feats, and Statcast was there tracking every part of the latter. On Sunday, MLB Network picked out the very best plays for each of the 30 MLB clubs for its 2020 Statcast Superlatives program, and if you missed the show, you re in luck: below is a rundown of each of those 30 plays and feats for your enjoyment.
American League East
Blue Jays: Tellez clears the seats
Aug. 20 might have been the most fun day Toronto had all season. After scoring runs in the final two frames to walk off the Phillies in the doubleheader opener, the Blue Jays erased a 7-2 deficit in the nightcap with a seven-spot in their penultimate turn at the plate. Rowdy Tellez’s 117.4 mph moonshot Toronto’s hardest-hit homer under Statcast tracking kickstarted the rally.
The 2020 season was short on games, but packed with unbelievable plays.
The pandemic-shortened campaign still delivered a plethora of memorable moments and awe-inspiring physical feats, and Statcast was there tracking every part of the latter. On Sunday, MLB Network picked out the very best plays for each of the 30 MLB clubs for its 2020 Statcast Superlatives program, and if you missed the show, you re in luck: below is a rundown of each of those 30 plays and feats for your enjoyment.
American League East
Blue Jays: Tellez clears the seats
Aug. 20 might have been the most fun day Toronto had all season. After scoring runs in the final two frames to walk off the Phillies in the doubleheader opener, the Blue Jays erased a 7-2 deficit in the nightcap with a seven-spot in their penultimate turn at the plate. Rowdy Tellez’s 117.4 mph moonshot Toronto’s hardest-hit homer under Statcast tracking kickstarted the rally.