The only alarming aspect of the batted ball profile of Josh bell that carried over from 2020 was a spike in ground balls. While he had only put 44% of his batted balls on the ground in his 2019 peak season, that shot up to 55.7% in 2020 and was down to 53.5% this year … Read more
The first-base market didn’t budge long before the transactions were frozen. The status of Freddie freeman He seems to be lagging both in free agency and in commercial possibilities for change. Beyond Freeman, Anthony Rizzo remains on the open market. It seems likely that Oakland Athletics trade tall All Star Matt Olson. Maybe the Yankees … Read more
Last winter, Josh bell got into motion. The Pittsburgh Pirates, the only team he had played for in his eight-year career, were in the middle of a complete rebuild. Bell was in his last two seasons of umpire control, and his rising salaries accounted for a larger percentage of the Bucs’ annual low payrolls. Bell’s … Read more
