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MLB Trade Rumors Rays infielder/outfielder Yoshi Tsutsugo will lose his roster spot in the near future, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times observes. Although the Rays made a fairly expensive commitment to Tsutsugo prior to 2020, the former Nippon Professional Baseball standout hasn’t lived up to a two-year, $12MM guarantee. This season has been especially rough for the 29-year-old, who has batted a miserable .167/.244/.218 with zero home runs in 87 plate appearances. The Rays still owe Tsutsugo around $5.5MM, Topkin points out, but may decide to move on anyway. Tsutsugo could stay in the o...

Daren Willman joining Rangers front office Share this story Daren Willman, the stats guy who created Baseball Savant and who has worked for MLB for the last five years, is joining the Texas Rangers as Senior Director of R&D and Applications, per...well, per Willman himself, on Twitter. Willman has been one of the leading figures in recent years in the evolution of advanced analytics, and his work essentially is the basis for all the Statcast stuff that I like to reference so much. He’s extremely well regarded, and this is a move that is consistent with the Rangers move in the last few year...