Simon Allows 1 Run In 6 Innings As Tigers Lose To Braves, 4-2
Acquired from Cincinnati after going 15-10 last season, Simon gave up five hits, walked three and struck out two.
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Acquired from Cincinnati after going 15-10 last season, Simon gave up five hits, walked three and struck out two.
It doesn't take much to explain to someone just how good Kris Bryant is. One look at his 2014 Minor League numbers will drop jaws. And then there's this unbelievable spring training where he hit a Major League-leading nine home runs in 14 spring games.
More than 1,400 players, coaches and managers from all 30 MLB Clubs have collectively pledged a record donation of $2,643,195 to the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.) during the organization's 13th annual Spring Training Fundraising Tour to raise money for members of the Baseball Family in need of assistance.
Holaday spent last season in Detroit as the backup to Alex Avila and played in 62 games.
With Andrew McCutchen in center field and Starling Marte in left, the Pirates are one piece away from having one of the best young outfields in baseball. And they have that piece in Gregory Polanco, it's just a matter of getting him to fit right and stick in right field in the bigs.
Cabrera was playing in his sixth game of the spring while recovering from offseason surgery on his right ankle.
Verlander believes not drinking enough water before the game and a further arm extension from his revised mechanics may have contributed to the cramping.
This spring, Reds manager Bryan Price became one of the first skippers to officially lay out his entire rotation, even though there were expected to be plenty of questions after Johnny Cueto and Mike Leake. And to the surprise of many, Cuban signee Raisel Iglesias, despite only pitching in the Arizona Fall League
A decade removed from their most recent championship, the Chicago White Sox once again are eyeing a big season.
Every once in a while, Ned Yost will spin a story about his days on Bobby Cox's bench with the Atlanta Braves, back when the organization was winning NL pennants by the fistful.
Teams don't often trade a young pitcher like Shelby Miller, but when you're a team like the Cardinals with a surplus of young pitching ready to break out seemingly every year, it may be a bit more common. St. Louis general manager John Mozeliak basically said after trading Miller that one reason he did so was to make room in the rotation for Martinez, a top prospect who pitched out of the bullpen in 2014.
Long before any of that major league money starts landing in their bank accounts, most players are in a similar predicament as everyone else in the regular workforce.
Before the baseball season gets underway next weekend here are 10 bold predictions about the upcoming season.
For a player with parts of three Major Leagues seasons on his resume, it's still relatively unknown what kind of big league player Avisail Garcia will be.
Very few 21-year-old athletes have been on more of a rollercoaster in the past year than Royals pitcher Brandon Finnegan. He became the first player to pitch in the College World Series and MLB World Series in the same year.
Price struggled, allowing eight hits and two runs in 4.1 innings, while also walking a batter, striking out seven and stranding seven baserunners.
Both are expected to be designated hitters in Sunday's split-squad games with Martinez going to Kissimmee to face the Atlanta Braves and Cabrera staying at home against the Washington Nationals.
General Manager Dave Dombrowski and the Detroit Tigers made a plethora of moves this offseason in an attempt to keep the squad among the ranks of contenders in the American League.
Alfredo Simon allowed six first-inning runs before settling down with two shutout innings. Joe Nathan, Joba Chamberlain and Joakim Soria also pitched scoreless inning for the Tigers.
Price told reporters Friday that he was so sure Verlander would be starting on Opening Day that Price told his family members to schedule their trip to Detroit for the second game of the season.
The choice comes as a bit of a surprise considering Justin Verlander has started Opening Day each of the last seven seasons.
The two most venerable starting pitchers for the Tigers had a little Twitter fun at the expense of manager Brad Ausmus on Friday morning.
Drafted in the first round of the 2011 Draft eighth overall as a 17-year-old, Lindor has rapidly risen through the Tribe's Minor League system and he appears to be on the cusp of the Major Leagues at just 21 years old … though his Indians' debut won't come right away.
The Mets were hoping they had acquired their catcher of the future when they traded for d'Arnaud in 2013. After a slow start to his Mets career he broke out late last season and looks poised for a big year this season.
Is this really what the world would be like if all our grandparents created an Instagram account?
