For nearly as long as I can remember, whenever anyone asked me who was my favorite baseball player, I said Jorge Posada. He was the player I wanted to emulate from the time I was little.
All told, he was a .264/.328/.372 hitter. He only hit 42 home runs but he also had a minuscule 10.1% strikeout rate, less than half the MLB average.
You probably already forgot he was even here. You’ll be hard-pressed to find any South Florida faithful sporting a Joe Panik jersey in the aftermath of his struggles this past season.
A running list of key employees who are either joining or departing from the Marlins. Even following the most successful of seasons, MLB teams undergo personnel changes.
The Fish Stripes staff weighs in on Tuesday’s deal. Miami Marlins get: INF Joe Panik and RHP Andrew McInvale Toronto Blue Jays get: RHP Adam Cimber, OF Corey Dickerson and cash considerations (approx.
Panik homers in Marlins’ debut as offense breaks out in Wednesday Win Looking to rebound from their 17th one-run loss this season, the Marlins would send Jordan Holloway to the hill in his first appearance since May 21.
The Blue Jays made a trade. The Jays have sent Joe Panik and minor league pitcher Andrew McInvale to the Marlines for reliever Adam Cimber and outfielder Corey Dickerson.
It’s a bit of a surprise move on a number of levels. Dickerson is presently on the 10-day IL with a foot injury, and it’s unclear when he’ll return to the field.
There's a fine line in baseball between passion, frustration, and showing up your teammates and Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ross Stripling stepped way over that line Wednesday night.
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ross Stripling apologized on Wednesday for throwing a fit over teammate Joe Panik’s error in a 3-2 loss to the New York Yankees.
Biggio’s IL placement is the most impactful of Sunday’s spate of transactions.
The Toronto Blue Jays seem like a great organization to play for looking from the outside When you’re starting out your career as a professional baseball player, you would pretty much be willing to go to any organization that’s willing to take a chance on you.
The dollar amount of this payment is yet unknown, although it still represents a positive step taken by the league to support the players who might be affected most by baseball’s shutdown.Teams will have until the day before the beginning of the season to finalize those roster decisions.
If there has been one overused theme so far this season, it's that 2017 is a summer of great parity in Major League Baseball. Or at least, that is the sunny side up, glass half full version angle, because it has been a season where drastic cases of inconsistency and flat-out missed expectations have forced parity to the plate.
It has been said that playing with a chip on your shoulder is good, that it is a motivational tool that brings out the best in a ballplayer. And while
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