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With Josh Bell, a complicated Nats puzzle is snapping into place, and it looks mighty fine Thomas Boswell, The Washington Post Dec. 31, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Nationals GM Mike Rizzo during the Washington Nationals summer practice camp at Nationals Stadium in Washington on July 9, 2020.Washington Post photo by John McDonnell As soon as the Washington Nationals traded for durable slugging first baseman Josh Bell on Christmas Eve, many fans started making a (wish) list and checking it twice. Because the Nats can dream about quite a list. Everything is falling into place for the Nats to buil...

Giants announce agreement with slugger Eric Thames Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ The Brewers' Eric Thames bats against the Diamondbacks in Phoenix on July 18, 2019. | USA TODAY / VIA REUTERS KYODO Dec 31, 2020 Slugging first baseman and outfielder Eric Thames, who rejuvenated his major league career with three monster seasons in South Korea, is poised to return to Asia after agreeing to terms with the Yomiuri Giants, the Central League club announced...

Royals Rumblings - News for December 31, 2020 Share this story Royals Rumblings - News for December 31, 2020 First come the eyes — someone like Mariano Rivera, where you simply don’t need to think. Then comes the brain — statistics, comparisons, invaluable resources like the work done by Jay Jaffe and others. Then comes the gut — this part is aided by conversations with people who live this stuff, like scouts and former players and executives and writers. Which is where this year’s process took a thousand different turns. I voted for the maximum of 10 players — Barry Bonds, Roger ...

MLB Trade Rumors Slugger Eric Thames is in agreement on a one-year deal with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, as first reported by Sports Hochi. Reports out of Japan have pegged the one-year contract’s value in the vicinity of $1.2MM, though the precise number remains unclear. Thames is repped by Apex Baseball. Thames becomes the second former Brewers first baseman to join the Giants in as many days, as Justin Smoak is also reported to be wrapping up a deal to join the Giants. That could mean that one or both will spend ample time at designated hitter, and Tha...

MLB Trade Rumors 8:21pm CDT Christmas Eve isn’t a time to expect blockbuster moves to take place in Major League Baseball, but the Nationals and Pirates came together on a significant trade Thursday. The deal left the Nationals with a new first baseman in Josh Bell, whom they acquired from the Pirates for young right-handers Bell is a potentially huge acquisition for Washington, as he was a 37-home run-hitting All-Star as recently as 2019. Otherwise, the switch-hitting 28-year-old has been closer to average than great as a hitter since he debuted in 2016. Last season was tough sledding for...