For reasons unknown, there’s been a major power outage at first base and designated hitter this year around Major League Baseball. Entering the day, there are only eight teams have DHs hitting .250 or higher, while only 11 have a .320 or higher OBP.
He’s available to help. All a team needs to have is courage. With Jung Hoo Lee’s 2024 season likely over and with the health and/or performance of players such as Jorge Soler, Michael Conforto, Austin Slater, Mike Yastrzemski, Tom Murphy, and even Wilmer Flores in doubt, the San Francisco Giants find themselves lacking quality hitting depth.
The veteran could boost the lineup. The Royals have gotten off to a good start, but the season is long, and there are cracks in the edifice. The Royals are scoring 4.60 runs-per-game, good for 14th-best in baseball, but the production has been inconsistent.
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Toronto Blue Jays have been hot and cold in hitting with runners-in-scoring-position. That was a key deficiency with last year’s offence, which finished tied for 12th in AVG (.260) and 14th in wRC+ (102) but 23rd in SLG (.390) across the majors.
The San Francisco Giants came into the season with a roster that didn’t have anyone from their three World Series runs a decade ago. Brandon Crawford shocked fans when he signed with the St.
Former Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Brandon Belt is still without an employer as the season’s weekend games wrapped up. He spoke out about this on Friday, saying that he’s been “baffled” by the lack of interest in his services.
He does not understand why he has failed to attract any real interest in free agency.
Two days into the regular season, only one position player from MLBTR’s Top 50 Free Agents list remains unsigned: designated hitter/first baseman Brandon Belt.
Last year, the Toronto Blue Jays were essentially platoon-proof. They finished the season ninth in weighted runs created plus (wRC+) against left-handed pitching and eighth against righties.
Without a finalized squad, the Toronto Blue Jays may have to do a bit of juggling with their 40-man roster – which is currently full – prior to heading north for Opening Day next month.
Here come the big guns. The Toronto Blue Jays will be rolling out a stronger lineup on Monday afternoon, playing host to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Yusei Kikuchi will take the mound for the first time this Spring Training, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
If Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins is sitting on the hot seat, you wouldn’t know it based on the way he’s spoken this winter. As you surely
Following an underwhelming off-season, no one should be more excited for spring training than the Toronto Blue Jays, who, barring a late-developing move, will enter camp with almost every hole addressed – minus a bat-first reserve.
Despite speculation that he was going to retire, Brandon Belt announced recently that he planned to continue his playing career for at least another season.
The Toronto Blue Jays have avoided the big names on the free-agent board this winter, whether that is by choice or not. There are some big names still left as superagent Scott Boras continues to maximize the contract offers for his clients, which means the Jays could still add before the season rolls around.
With just under two weeks to go until spring training, veteran slugger Brandon Belt says he does plan to play in 2024 and could have a new home soon. Per 'The Athletic:' Brandon Belt confirmed via text to The Athletic that he is “definitely playing this year” and he’s believed to be close to signing with a team.
Veteran first baseman Brandon Belt considered retirement after the 2022 season due to persistent knee problems, but it looks like he will be returning for the 2024 campaign.
It appears that the Blue Jays best hitter in 2023 will continue to play baseball.
The Rangers have had “internal conversations” about a possible free-agent pursuit of Brandon Belt
Apart from this two-week stint and an earlier 10-day absence due to a hamstring injury, it has been a pretty healthy season for the slugger.
Belt suffered the injury running out an infield single in the eighth inning. After being checked by manager Gabe Kapler and the Giants' trainer, he left the game.
“The Captain” has made a decision on his qualifying offer, and he is not about to abandon his mates.
That’s at least a glimmer of hope for the Giants.
The five-time Gold Glover entered Saturday's game hitting .212/.279/.346 with eight home runs and 30 RBI in 103 games. He's in the sixth year of an eight-year, $184 million deal.
This apparently came about because of Evan Longoria, who taped the letter on as a joke and didn’t expect Belt to keep it on.
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