“There’s no way you can convince me there’s a better way to teach it than what Sam taught us back then,” Maddon said, “and that we’re still utilizing today.”Detroit Tigers face coverings

Through his career, Pederson wore the numbers 65 and 31 as a member of the Dodgers. But when he joined the Cubs, 31 was no longer available due to it being retired in honor of Greg Maddux and Ferguson Jenkins. Pederson opted to wear number 24 to pay tribute to Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant.

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“It’s kinda been my go-to pitch,” he said. “My pitch that I feel comfortable with, that I feel like I can throw in any count. Especially when I get behind in the count, strikeout pitch. ... I like to either get ground balls early with it or a swing and miss late.”



Siri received some prospect love coming up through the Reds' system, especially after a 2017 season in Class A when he hit 24 home runs and stole 46 bases. He's now 25 and has yet to play in the majors as his poor control of the strike zone has led to too many strikeouts and undermined his offensive statistics. But he can play center field and right now the Astros' starting center fielder is ... Myles Straw, I guess. If the Astros can help him with his approach, he has a chance of popping up at some point in 2021.Kansas City Royals face coverings

“It was my first game in two years where I was kind of letting everything out, in a way, and taking advantage of the moment,” Rodriguez said during a video call Thursday, adding: “When you're injured and you're rehabbing and you see all your teammates playing and you can’t do a thing, it sucks at times. So that game to me, it was more like, ‘Hey, I'm here and I'm ready to help.’”Los Angeles Angels face coverings



Maddon has said he wants to ease some of the restrictions, such as when Ohtani's turn comes as part of a six-man rotation rather than on a certain day each week. Maddon also is open to the possibility of putting him in the lineup the day after his start, which hadn't been the case.

After a slow winter in baseball, the hot stove finally heated up over the last month. Big trades and top free agents moving across the country have paid off what was a pretty boring offseason, but it seems whatever wave we were riding has finally crested.San Francisco Giants face coverings

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