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Projecting the Oakland A’s 26-man roster — way too early [Mercury News] Feb. 9—The Oakland A’s aren’t done making moves. Last week’s trade that sent Khris Davis to Texas for Elvis Andrus and $13.5 million in cash unlocked a little spending room for an A’s baseball operations department sitting in a financial stalemate. They’re expected to add more pitching, both in the rotation and the bullpen. But the rest of the roster may be close to set. Pitchers and catchers report in less than two weeks. Here’s a very early projection at their 26-man roster — our best guess at some p...

Mike Foltynewicz threw for teams in Atlanta today. Was at 90-92 but looked to be in fine shape. Great, 90 to 92, just what he was throwing last season when he was cut. Over his career, he’s sat at over 95.5 mph and only has a 4.33 ERA. Continue to ignore. American League Astros But I don’t think it will be Bregman. Altuve seems like the frontrunner because he’s done it in the past, but I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility that Dusty Baker will choose Kyle Tucker or Myles Straw because he did so last season. Of the 11 games Springer didn’t start in 2020, Straw batted ...

January 3, 2021 One of the “Best of 2020” articles that ran here at FanGraphs over the holidays featured an under-the-radar right-hander with a unique backstory and a knee-buckling bender. Titled Rangers Prospect Cole Uvila is a Driveline-Developed Spin Monster, the story chronicled, among things, a curveball that had spun upwards of 3,300 RPM in Arizona Fall League action. Honed with the help of technology, the pitch profiled as his ticket to Texas. He’s no longer throwing it. Instead, Uvila is endeavoring to channel former Cleveland Indians closer Cody Allen. “In my head, I was goin...

share-square-282791 The 2020 Rule 5 Draft is now in the books, and there’s no doubt the 18 players taken in the Major League phase on Thursday, not to mention the 14 teams acquiring players, hope they stick in the big leagues for all of 2021 and beyond. History tells us that’s unlikely to happen. While a solid percentage of Rule 5 picks get at least some big league time the season following their selection, it’s not so easy to stick around for an entire year. Below is the last Rule 5 selection (or player traded for immediately following the Rule 5 Draft) for each team to stick with that...

share-square-283775 The 2020 Rule 5 Draft is now in the books, and there’s no doubt the 18 players taken in the Major League phase on Thursday, not to mention the 14 teams acquiring players, hope they stick in the big leagues for all of 2021 and beyond. History tells us that’s unlikely to happen. While a solid percentage of Rule 5 picks get at least some big league time the season following their selection, it’s not so easy to stick around for an entire year. Below is the last Rule 5 selection (or player traded for immediately following the Rule 5 Draft) for each team to stick with that...