Minnesota Twins Paul Molitor and Arizona Diamondbacks Torey Lovullo won Manager of the Year honors. From MLB.com, here is an interesting list of previous MOY winners. Most Manager of the Year wins by franchise: l. White Sox: 5 2. Cubs, Nationals/Expos: 4 4. Indians, Dodgers, Pirates, Giants, Braves, Rangers, […]
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Cody Bellinger won the Rookie of the Year award in the National League and Aaron Judge in the American League. Each was the unanimous choice in his league. Each hitter broke the rookie home run record in his respective league as well. In the […]
The Gold Glove winners for 2017 have been announced. There were no Rangers. American League: C: Martin Maldonado, Angels, 1st 1B: Eric Hosmer, Royals, 4th 2B: Brian Dozier, Twins, 1st 3B: Evan Longoria, Rays, 3rd SS: Andrelton Simmons, Angels, 3rd LF: Alex Gordon, Royals, 5th CF: Byron Buxton, Twins, 1st […]
Free agency began at 4:00 Central yesterday. The Rangers did not make qualifying offers to Andrew Cashner or to Carlos Gomez, officially making them free agents. Any player receiving the qualifying offer of $17.4 million has five days to decide whether he wants to accept it. Around MLB, these nine […]
Adrian Beltre said he did not want to go through a rebuild. So, it was really encouraging to read that when he and Jon Daniels met right after the season ended, Daniels convinced him they would be competitive next year. With that in mind, from MLB.com, here are the top […]
I want to thank everyone for coming to RR3 this season, and for coming back as often as you do. Without everyone here, I would be just talking to myself. And I have long ago chosen to ignore that crazy voice. You may not have agreed with me on occasion, […]
For anyone who has watched baseball long enough, the game as it is played now might seem foreign. It has turned into a three outcome game. Home run, or walk, or strikeout. Game 2 proved that. The Dodgers had five total hits. Four home runs. In fact, most games in […]
Who? His name is Enrique Hernandez. The call him Kiké. This season he hit eleven home runs and drove in 37. Last night he hit three and drove in seven. He hit a solo home run, then a grand slam, then a two-run homer as the Dodgers cruised into […]
As abysmal as Rougned Odor’s 2017 season was, and it was abysmal, he would be the offensive star of the Houston Astros in this Championship Series. That’s how bad their offense has been. Odor-rific. Josh Reddick, 0-for-13. George Springer, 1-for14. Marwin Gonzalez, 1-for-12. Alex Bregman, 2-for-13. Through the first four […]
The best thing about playoff baseball is more playoff baseball. Today is a full slate, with all four division series games. That’s because both AL East teams woke up, both won, both extended the series, both are still alive. The Red Sox won big in a slugfest. The Yankees won […]
