Herrin staying fit for baseball season
With the Major League baseball season on hold players are doing all they can to stay ready. A pair of former Terre Haute South standouts were throwing with each other Thursday. Former Brave standouts…
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Former Miners closer joins Rays organization
The pipeline of standout Sussex County Miners pitchers getting back to the minor leagues continues. Former closer Ryan Newell is the latest Miners pitcher to move closer to the major leagues when he signed…
Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio’s cousin, a former Syracuse Met, now plays for the Red Sox
The DiMaggio family’s place in the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is well-known, thanks to Joe and Dom DiMaggio. But in 2020, there’s a distant cousin of the DiMaggios trying to write a new chapter with…
Kyle Hart is Boston Red Sox starting rotation candidate
The Red Sox need to identify a fourth and fifth starter with David Price gone and Chris Sale set to begin the 2020 regular season on the injured list. Sale will start the season…
Alumni Player Profile: Kyle Hart
LHP Kyle Hart (Indiana University), a member of the 2013 NECBL Southern Division Champion Newport Gulls is competing for a place on the 25-Man Active Roster during Spring Training this year as he has…
Chris Mazza: Bricklayer by winter, pitcher by summer
This is what Red Sox fifth-starter candidate Chris Mazza’s smoothest offseason in several years looked like: He became engaged. He pitched winter ball in the Dominican Republic. He was claimed off waivers from the…
Red Sox pitcher Chris Mazza has family ties with legendary DiMaggio brothers Joe and Dom
Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Mazza was watching a special 20 years ago on New York Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio when his older brother let him in on a little secret. “I was 9…
How Braves minor league pitcher Chris Nunn turned a cell phone video, a key retweet and 99 miles-per-hour into a renewed chance at making the big leagues
For all the headaches social media can cause … here’s a big positive. How Braves minor league pitcher Chris Nunn turned a cell phone video, a key retweet and 99 miles-per-hour into a renewed…
Chris Mazza’s road to Boston Red Sox 40-man roster included brick masonry work with dad, two months of Indy ball, injuries, getting released twice
Chris Mazza, a 2011 27th-round draft pick, finally made the major leagues in 2019, after pitching for four different organizations and two independent league teams. “Eight years in the minor leagues. Released twice. Two…
Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 7, Terrin Vavra
During a year in which many Rockies prospects had their share of struggles, Terrin Vavra stood out by taking a step forward during his first taste of full season ball. The 22-year-old middle infielder…
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