Leo Morgenstern

1 week ago | bvmsports.com | Leo Morgenstern

This year's MLB trade deadline is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable in recent memory. For one thing, it's not clear who the top trade chips will be. The two most talked-about trade candidates, Luis Robert Jr. and Sandy Alcantara, are both playing shockingly poorly. Ryan Helsley, expected to be the top reliever on the trade block, is also off to an uncharacteristically poor start, and it's unclear if the Cardinals will shop him at all.

1 week ago | justbaseball.com | Leo Morgenstern

This year’s MLB trade deadline is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable in recent memory. For one thing, it’s not clear who the top trade chips will be. The two most talked-about trade candidates, Luis Robert Jr. and Sandy Alcantara, are both playing shockingly poorly. Ryan Helsley, expected to be the top reliever on the trade block, is also off to an uncharacteristically poor start, and it’s unclear if the Cardinals will shop him at all.

1 week ago | blogs.fangraphs.com | Leo Morgenstern

When I volunteered to write about the Aaron Civale-for-Andrew Vaughn swap, I thought I was going to be covering the most interesting trade of the month. At the very least, I thought I’d be putting out the most interesting trade write-up of the day. It’s not that Civale and Vaughn are huge household names, but you don’t often see notable major leaguers traded for one another in June.

2 weeks ago | mlbtraderumors.com | Leo Morgenstern

By this time of year in each of the previous two seasons, the players who would go on to lead their respective leagues in stolen bases were already atop the leaderboards. As of June 12, 2024, Elly De La Cruz led Brice Turang for the NL lead by 10 steals, while José Caballero led Bobby Witt Jr. for the AL lead by three. De La Cruz would finish the year with an MLB-leading 67 swipes, while Caballero would finish atop the Junior Circuit with 44.

2 weeks ago | mlbtraderumors.com | Leo Morgenstern

Here are three things to follow around Major League Baseball today:1. Jacob Misiorowski to debut:Brewers top pitching prospect Jacob Misiorowski is ticketed to make his MLB debut this evening as Milwaukee welcomes its division rival from St. Louis for a four-game set at American Family Field. The 23-year-old Misiorowski will face Cardinals ace and 13-year major league veteran Sonny Gray as Milwaukee looks to take advantage of this series to jump ahead of St. Louis in the standings.