Meat and Potatoes: Atlanta Braves Weekly Recap 3/12 to 3/18
MLB Links: interesting stuff I came across this week from around the league.
Jordan Schafer is indeed working on transitioning to pitching with the Dodgers, in case you missed it.
Saw Jordan Schafer pitch today, which was a thing
— Coy Cronk (@cdgoldstein) March 18, 2016
As you may have noticed, Bryce Harper made some comments about baseball needing to loosen up, Goose Goosage disagreed and ranted about some stuff, including Cam Newton somehow, and people like Mike Trout have also chimed in.
The Cardinals have signed SS Ruben Tejada to fill in for injured Jhonny Peralta, per MLB Trade Rumors.
Kind of amazingly, it turns out that a doctor misread Bronson Arroyo‘s MRI and he doesn’t need labrum surgery. Sheesh. That’s good, because Peter Gammons was pretty sad.
Feel sick. Bronson Arroyo has an 80 per cent tear of his labrum, so his Nats comeback is over. Alltime gamer
— Peter Gammons (@pgammo) March 16, 2016
MLB Trade Rumors has compiled a list of players that are out of options and must clear waivers if they don’t make the Opening Day roster. It includes each team.
David Wright is back, but the Mets will play it safe with him.
Cubs young superstar Kris Bryant tried to prank a JUCO team into thinking he was just some guy joining there team.
World Baseball Classic qualifiers are heating up! Check out their homepage to get up to speed.
Adam LaRoche retired amidst some controversy about his son being allowed to spend time in the White Sox club house. Lots of people have opinions about it.
Former Cardinals minor leaguer Tyler Dunnington has spoken out about having quit the game because of hate speech about his gay sexual orientation. MLB is taking this apparent problem among players seriously.