Minor league baseball

When you’ve been earning next to nothing, and you get offered double that or more, it would take some brass balls to turn it down. That would seem to be the lesson of the MiLB Players Union’s first-evercollective bargaining agreement with…

Image: Getty ImagesSo far in 2022, the batting average across MLB is .243 — the lowest mark for the entire league since 1968. On-base percentage sits at .312 — the lowest mark since 1972. Slugging percentage is currently at .395 — the…

The MLBPA announced yesterday that it will look to unionize minor league players.Illustration: ShutterstockBefore I get tossed in the same bin with Buster Olney or Jeff Passan or some other water-carrying stooge for MLB owners, let me…

Last night, the Cards’ Chandler Redmond hit for the HR cycle for the first time in MLB history.Image: APSince 1900, a player has hit three home runs in an MLB game 624 times. Only 16 times has a player hit four. Nobody has ever hit five.The…

Juan Soto smiles as he sits alongside Padres president of baseball operations and “big spender” A.J. Preller.Photo: APIn a recent anonymous survey, The Athletic detailed how a few MLB executives felt about the recent trade deadline. Most of…

Why did the Brewers trade Josh Hader, anyway?Image: APAmidst all the hullabaloo following the Juan Soto trade (Nationals are officially a poverty franchise now, by the way), the Padres’ deal for Josh Hader has been brushed aside, tucked…

Frankie Montas is now a Bronx Bomber but doesn’t slot in as a No. 1Photo: APBy the time you read this, the MLB trade deadline might have been set aflame. So far the only big name to pack his bags for a new home is Frankie Montas, who will…

It’s “how he says hello”Screenshot: Twitter: @Jomboy MediaWhen the Chicago Cubs hired David Ross as manager, there were only two possible outcomes to his tenure. The first scenario is a return to glory and another ring, which isn’t going to…

Mark Appel making MLB debut tonight with the Phillies. Photo: Getty ImagesNearly a decade after being selected No. 1 overall in the MLB draft, RHP Mark Appel will make his major league debut at 30 years old for the Philadelphia Phillies…

Michael LorenzenPhoto: Getty ImagesToday is the one-year anniversary of MLB’s ban on sticky substances. In that time, we’ve seen a massive decrease in spin rate, a few suspensions, plus a striptease or two from Max Scherzer and company.…