Every few years MLB sends an All-Star team to Japan for a series of exhibition games and it sounds like we could see another tour in the near future. Paris and the Dominican Republic are the new locations where MLB has yet to stage regular season games, and South Korea and Taiwan would be new as well. For now "Asia" is broadly defined, but seeing how MLB has already played several series in Japan, I hope the league goes to South Korea or Taiwan to change things up. Paris! They should make the players wear berets instead of caps. More games in other countriesĪs part of the new CBA, MLB has committed to playing games (or "tours") in Asia, the Dominican Republic, London, Mexico, Paris, and Puerto Rico. File this one under "thanks, I hate it." I get it, but Game 163 tiebreakers rule! 3. MLB is doing away with Game 163 tiebreakers to make sure the new best-of-three Wild Card Series fits into the current postseason schedule, and avoid pushing the World Series back into mid-November. There was Bucky Dent's home run in 1978, Al Leiter's two-hitter in 1999, and the absolute chaos that was Tigers vs. There have been some all-time great Game 163 tiebreakers and I will miss them. No longer will two teams play an extra game to break a tie in the standings at the end of the season. All ties will broken mathematically (using a cookbook formula based on head-to-head record, run differential, etc.) going forward, even ties in which one team makes the postseason and one team does not. With this more balanced scheduled, we'll get a better read on every club's true talent level. The unbalanced schedule can wreak havoc on division races and cloud how we view teams. Interleague play is a great marketing tool - why should fans in, say, Pittsburgh have to wait three years (or maybe even six) to see Shohei Ohtani? - and this balances the schedule a bit. Mets at Fenway one year, Citi Field the next. They will alternate home and road each year. 42 other interleague games: Against the other 14 teams in the other league, teams will play one three-game series each season.Going forward, rivals will play four times each year, two at home and two on the road. Athletics, etc.), others not so much ( Padres vs. 4 games against "rivals": Some rivalries are obvious ( Yankees vs.That's more or less what we have now, though there are a few four-game series each year. 60 games against rest of league: Clubs will play six games (three at home and three on the road) against the 10 teams in the other two divisions in their league.Teams will play four series (one three-game and and one four-game, each at home and on the road) against the other teams in the division. 56 games within division: That's 14 games against each of the other four teams, down from 19 games now.With just 196 plate appearances at the Triple-A level, it is clear that he needs more time before there’s the possibility that he can play full-time in Milwaukee. The last three seasons at the minor league level, Nottingham has struck out 30.2%, 22.6% and 30.1% of the time. Nottingham can wield a big bat but he struggles to get on base via the walk and strikes out quite a bit.
He spent 20 in Double-A Biloxi where he posted slash lines of. Other than his time in Single-A, Nottingham has struggled with consistency at the plate. How has Nottingham struggled at the plate?
281 batting average still ranked ninth on the team among those with at least 80 at-bats. 281/.347/.528, as expected far better than his time in Milwaukee.Īlthough his numbers look better in Triple-A, we have to take into account that home games are played in Colorado Springs where offensive numbers tend to be inflated and Nottingham’s. Last season he appeared in 50 games and recorded a slash line of. 583 over 24 plate appearances.Īt the Triple-A level we have a much larger sample size from Nottingham.
While being a part of the 40-man roster in 2018, Nottingham appeared in nine games for the Milwaukee Brewers. Evidenced by the decision to bring back the 39-year-old journeyman Kratz.Ĭonsidered by many as the future of the Milwaukee Brewers catching position, this upcoming season which will largely be spent in Triple-A barring injuries, is going to be a huge one for Nottingham if he hopes to contribute in the future. Although he is still just 23-years-old, at this point Nottingham hasn’t shown much proof that he can be a consistent option at catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.
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