A freak injury cost Martin Perez his shot at the Rangers' rotation. Now he's looking to get back in the mix.
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Chris Owings Doesn’t Despair Over Delay
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ARLINGTON—The pledge Martin Perez made to himself after last season was to do everything necessary to not pitch at Triple-A Round Rock in 2013, and the lefthander was on his [...]
SAN FRANCISCO—After five seasons as a dependable starting pitcher, Daryl Maday made the switch to the bullpen last season at Double-A Richmond and proved capable as a long reliever. So [...]
PHOENIX—Shortstop Chris Owings could have wondered what the Diamondbacks were considering when they acquired not one, but two shortstops in trades over the winter. Instead, he simply went right back [...]
While we’re headlong into draft preview mode, we’re also taking a retrospective look at the top draft 100 picks—the cream of the amateur crop—from the 20 drafts from 1989 through [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE—Marcell Ozuna wasn’t supposed to beat fellow outfield prospect Christian Yelich to the majors. He wasn’t even supposed to beat Jake Marisnick to Double-A Jacksonville. Ozuna did both. A [...]
TORONTO—Andy Burns might have gone higher in the 2011 draft if he had played his junior year at Arizona. Instead, he was ruled ineligible to play that year because he [...]
SEATTLE—With Nick Franklin, the biggest question is not whether he’s ready to handle major league pitching. The 2009 first-rounder, a switch-hitter with power, tore up the Triple-A Pacific Coast League [...]
DENVER-—Roberta Mazur always figured she would grow up to be a housewife. “I didn’t really have a plan,” she said. “My mother, though, was into women’s liberation before there was [...]
ATLANTA—No one needs to tell second baseman Tommy La Stella about frustration. He’s experienced his share of it over the past 12 months, a period he is quickly turning into [...]
BALTIMORE—The Orioles aren’t afraid to experiment. They will advise a pitcher to lower his arm slot or to develop a knuckleball. They will suggest that a switch-hitter bat exclusively from [...]
LOS ANGELES—The big names on the big-league club aren’t the only hitters struggling in the Angels organization. Third baseman Kaleb Cowart, outfielder Randal Grichuk and second baseman Taylor Lindsey, who [...]
MINNEAPOLIS—Velocity, not polished pitching talent, is the most precious commodity in baseball’s annual draft, and the law of supply and demand dictates that the Twins pursue that most scarce asset [...]
The DiMaggio’s: Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream By Tom Clavin Ecco Books $25.99 It was often said of the DiMaggio brothers that Joe [...]
“Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball’s Golden Age” By Allen Barra Crown Archetype $27.00 Allen Barra didn’t cry when his father died. But when his [...]
Baseball’s Last Great Scout: The Life Of Hugh Alexander By Dan Austin University of Nebraska Press $24.95 In the seminal book on scouting, Kevin Kerrane’s “Dollar Sign On The Muscle,” Hugh [...]
Butterfly Winter: A Novel By W.P. Kinsella Steerforth Press $15.99 Magic has long played a prominent role in the world of W.P. Kinsella, where Iowa cornfields come to life and obsessed [...]
Long Shot By Mike Piazza, with Lonnie Wheeer Simon and Schuster $27.00 Mike Piazza’s place as baseball’s ultimate draft sleeper has taken on an almost mythic quality over the past 25 [...]
The following are a listing of the spring 2013 baseball book releases as compiled by Baseball America. Have a new release for early 2013 that’s not on the list? Email [...]
The paparazzi may not camp out front as the nominees parade into the Casey Awards banquet, but to those filing through the doors, the Cincinnati event rivals anything Hollywood can [...]
NEW YORK—Minor league field coordinator Dick Scott made a trip down to Savannah, Ga., in early May to check in on the organization’s low Class A affiliate. Savannah’s Grayson Stadium [...]
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