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Peter Gammons: Matt Harvey was The Guy
In the end, Matt Harvey was The Guy. Tired, from 216 innings coming off Tommy John Surgery, and a month of having his heart diagnosed and re-diagnosed because of concerns raised by his agent who...
View ArticleCoffee and Clippings: Hank Aaron headlines Negro Leagues Baseball Museum gala
Tod Palmer (@todpalmer) of the Kansas City Star covers Hank Aaron as he is set to headline the Negro League Baseball Museum Gala this Saturday at Bartle Hall in Kansas City… Aaron — a Mobile, Ala.,...
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Peter Gammons: Craig Kimbrel and the Red Sox Pitching Staff
The haul the Padres got for Craig Kimbrel was expensive, as Dave Dombrowski knew it might be. Maybe too much, as Keith Law suggests, because Javier Guerra may be an everyday shortstop, Manuel Margot...
View ArticleCoffee and Clippings: Mets reach out to Ben Zobrist — but Yankees likely...
Dan Martin (@DanMartin_Post) and Ken Davidoff (@KenDavidoff) of the New York Post discuss the Mets’ courting of free agent Ben Zobrist… According to industry sources, the Yankees aren’t willing to...
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Is Ben Zobrist worth it long-term?
The NY Mets have a few holes that need to be filled and signing Ben Zobrist could remedy those woes. The problem, however, lies within Zobrist’s age and the contract he’s expected to receive....
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Chap: From the CHUMPS to the CHAMPS?
Here’s what the Yankees received from the franchise that made even Santa blush with the gift giving they gave not just to New York but to other teams as well. Remember Kansas City and Johnny Cueto?...
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Peter Gammons: Davis and the Orioles, Hanley Ramirez, and the scout-analytic...
Who cares if the Chris Davis offer is $161M or $140-something-M in present day value? He is where is he is most wanted, his power plays very big in Camden Yards and the ballparks of the American...
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Peter Gammons: Bullpen proves vital as pendulum of dominance continues toward...
The concern is that every night around 9 p.m. local time that games come to a halt. Ups, downs, trips to the mound, stalls, left-on-left for one batter, right-on-right for the next, and if they...
View ArticleCoffee and Clippings: The subtle changes that helped the small-money Royals...
Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) of the Kansas City Star discusses the subtle changes that helped the small-money Royals spend big… Their internal projections are that the club will lose money in 2016...
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Peter Gammons: The reality of positioning for the MLB Draft
JUPITER, FLA.—The 2008 Angels set their franchise record—and, remember, this was a franchise that began playing in the Eisenhower Administration—with 100 wins. The following June, because of free...
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Peter Gammons: 2016 pre-season predictions
It is one of those years when one wonders if the traditional order has shifted. The Cardinals and the Cubs are the game’s greatest rivalry, not the Red Sox and Yankees; Boston has been a last place...
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Peter Gammons: State of the Royals, scouting bullpen prospects, and the 2016...
Whit Merrifield, Paulo Orlando and Drew Butera were in the starting lineup Wednesday night when the Royals beat the Rays and culminated a 6-0 homestand in which they scored seven runs in the ninth...
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Peter Gammons: Trade rumors, Hall of Fame, and more notes from July
We are in the crazy time when there is a trade rumor a second. A few things heard: –The Royals have entertained dozens of scouts with the Angels in town. Some were in to look at Hector Santiago and...
View ArticleVideo: Peter Gammons discusses the new CBA and free agency
Peter joins Harold Reynolds and Matt Vasgersian on Hot Stove to discuss the new CBA and its possible effect on free agency…
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Peter Gammons: Reflections and notes from the Winter Meetings
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Slowly, sometimes reluctantly, major league baseball executives are trickling into the Gaylord Hotel—which they will find is larger than Newfoundland– here on the Potomac River....
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Peter Gammons: Kansas City looks to cope as more tragedy touches the game
Any premature death is tragic, be it a former baseball phenom like Andy Marte, a 30 year old man trapped inside his Mississippi trailer home in yesterday’s tornadoes, a 23 year old Stradivarius of a...
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Peter Gammons: Spotlight on the 2017 Royals
SURPRISE, ARIZONA—This is one of those springs where the Royals needed to get out and play. Raul Mondesi, who annually roomed with Yordano Ventura, needs to play and concentrate on showing Ned Yost he...
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Peter Gammons: Toronto building a new culture
DUNEDIN, Fla.—In many ways, Toronto has returned to its Pat Gillick glory days these last two years. They made the playoffs for the first time since the world championship team9 in 1993. They won 11...
View ArticleVideo: Peter Gammons discusses AL contenders
Peter joins High Heat with Christopher Russo on MLB Networks to discuss his American League divisional contenders…
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