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Cubs' top pinch hitters, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Mar 17, 2021, 6:13am CDT + Pinch hitting has not exactly been the Cubs' strength down through the years. In the 105 seasons since 1916, the first for which baseball-reference.com has batting splits, Cubs pinch hitters rank 20th of the 30 Major League teams in batting average (.223), 26th in on-base percentage (.302), tied for 22nd in slugging (.323) and tied for 24th in on base plus slugging (.625). Their OBP is the lowest of any non-expansion team. The 4 teams below them are the Astros, Padres, Royals and Marlins. The all-time le...

TORONTO — When you combine today’s social media landscape with the fan-driven demand for prospect coverage, Yosver Zulueta is about as mysterious as it gets. As the 23-year-old Cuban with wide shoulders sits down in the Toronto Blue Jays’ worn out Zoom room this past week alongside team translator Tito Lebron, he looks a touch nervous and a little bit confused. Almost like, ‘Why do you want to talk to me with George Springer, Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. around?’ Well, Yosver, your fastball has been speaking for you.  And it’s loud. Right off the bat, when the strange jo...

Copied! The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are currently slated to pick 32nd in the opening round of the 2021 NFL Draft, a fact that will serve as my latest mechanism to shoehorn into every article the other fact that the Buccaneers are the reigning NFL champions. By beating Kansas City, 31-9, in Super Bowl LV, Tampa Bay locked themselves into that 32nd and final spot in the round. You know, because the champions always pick last. The Buccaneers have made the 32nd-overall pick in a draft before, but it wasn't a first-rounder and it didn't produce a very favorable outcome. That was way back i...

MLB Trade Rumors The Reds announced Thursday that they’ve signed outfielder Tyler Naquin to a minor league deal and invited him to Major League Spring Training. The Excel Sports client and former first-round pick his spent his entire career to date with the Indians. Naquin, 29, hit the IL early in the 2020 season due to a broken big toe in his right foot. He returned in mid-August and scuffled through one of the worst stretches of his career at the plate, batting just .218/.248/.383 with four homers and a bloated 28.4 percent strikeout rate in 141 trips to the dish. Whether Naquin simply n...

Those fortunate enough to have known Donna Jane (Kindschy) White are greatly saddened by her death Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, after a courageous battle with cancer. Donna was born Aug. 23, 1947, in Kalispell, Mont., to Dwight and Mary Jane Kindschy. She grew up in Moscow, graduated from Moscow High School in 1965 and received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Idaho. Even as a child, Donna was a bright spark of energy, always adventurous and excited to explore unfamiliar places. This love of adventure would permeate her entire life, as she was never afraid...