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Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Mason Montgomery is the highest-ranked left-hander within the Tampa Bay Rays’ pitching pipeline. No. 7 total and with a forty five+ FV, the 2021 sixth-round pick of Texas Tech University is coming off his first full skilled season, through which he logged a 2.10 ERA with 171 strikeouts in 124 innings between High-A Bowling Green and Double-A Montgomery. Back with the Biscuits to start out the present marketing campaign, the 22-year-old Austin native has a 3.38 ERA to go together with 16 strikeouts in 13.1 innings. Deception and journey are among the many southpaw’s attributes. As our lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen wrote earlier this yr, “His glove hand plays the role of the magician’s assistant, flying above Montgomery’s head and toward the ...

PITTSBURGH — Mitch Keller struck out 10, matching his profession excessive, in six innings for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday to win the three-game collection. Keller (3-0) gave up two runs on 5 hits, getting out of a third-inning jam with runners on first ...

J.T. Realmuto is one of the best catcher at stopping stolen bases n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Those three caught stealings are good examples of what makes Realmuto so nice: He simply will get the ball to second base sooner than anybody else.nnThat sounds apparent -- we already know Realmuto owns Statcast's pop time leaderboard. He's led MLB in pop time six seasons in a row -- and in 2022, he had _14 of the 15 quickest caught stealings_ at second base.nn**Realmuto's avg. pop time to 2B by season** n**2016:** 1.91 seconds (T-2nd in MLB) n**2017:** 1.90 seconds (2nd in MLB) n**2018:** 1.90 seconds (1st in MLB) n*...

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Robbie Ray didn't replicate his 2021 AL Cy Young-winning type final 12 months. In truth, he struggled down the stretch, however he did make a stable contribution because the Mariners ended their 21-year playoff drought. Alas, he received’t get to assist them attempt to repeat that feat. On Wednesday, the Mariners introduced that the 31-year-old lefty will endure surgical procedure to restore a torn flexor tendon and miss the rest of the season. After a promising spring coaching during which he restored some misplaced velocity to his four-seam fastball, Ray made only one begin, and it wasn’t fairly. Facing the Guardians on March 31, he wanted 26 pitches to finish the primary inning, throughout which he issued back-to-back four-pitch walks to José Ramírez ...

PITTSBURGH — Dick Groat, a two-sport star who went from All-American guard in basketball to a quick stint within the NBA to in the end an All-Star shortstop and the 1960 National League MVP whereas taking part in baseball for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates, has died. He was 92. Groat’s household stated in...