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February 26, 2021 Is Fernando Tatis Jr. the next Carlos Correa? The question has lingered in my mind in the wake of last week’s piece about Tatis’ already-substantial Hall of Fame chances, itself a response to the Padres’ shortstop landing a 14-year, $340 million deal at the tender age of 22. Digging into some of my previous research, I illustrated that even given the fairly slim sample sizes, the vast majority of players who perform as Tatis has through his age-21 season — whether based merely on offensive prowess or full value as estimated by WAR — are bound for the Hall of Fame. ...

Top 60 All-Time Greatest Blue Jays: #47 Damaso Garcia Share this story Damaso Domingo Garcia Sanchez| 2B | 1980-1986 Damaso Garcia was born February 7, 1955, in Moca, Dominican Republic. As a young man, he was more into soccer than baseball. He was captain for the Dominican Republic’s national soccer team at the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1974. The Yankees signed him as an amateur free agent in 1975 as players from the Dominica Republic weren’t included in the amateur draft. Damaso got up to the majors for a few games in 1978 and 1979, but the Yankees had Willie Randolph,...