Austin Slater
Yankees Playoff Path
The Yankees are entering the middle of August with diminishing playoff hopes. They are barely clinging to the last AL Wild Card slot and aren’t playing with the necessary urgency to make a real push. If the club has hopes for October, they need to play smarter.
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Yankees Acquire Outfielder Austin Slater
The Yankees acquire Austin Slater in a move aimed at bolstering their outfield depth against left-handed pitching. Slater brings versatility, postseason experience, and a strong platoon profile. With Aaron Judge sidelined, New York hopes to replicate production in aggregate, and Slater’s affordable contract makes him a low-risk, situational upgrade.
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Cincinnati Reds Swing a Trade and Make a Couple Other Roster Moves
The Reds make a flurry of moves including one trade before the start of the last week before the mid-summer classic.
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Giants Expect to Get Reinforcements Soon
The Giants have been without three of their most important players recently. Joc Pederson, Austin Slater, and Mitch Haniger have been subject to IL stints, but there is a belief that all of them could return shortly. Pederson was re-signed on a one-year deal in the offseason via the qualifying offer. Pederson put up his […]
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Giants acquire Matt Beaty, leave Bryce Johnson and Sean Hjelle off the Opening-Day roster
The Giants announced their Opening-Day roster today, and it included a few surprises. For one, they acquired OF/1B Matt Beaty from the Kansas City Royals for cash. Beaty holds a career line of .249/.320/.405 (95 wRC+) slash line in the bigs and hold around a 107 wRC+ vs. righties. Beaty bats from the left side, […]
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17 for 17; The Giants’ Streak of Opening Day Left Fielders Continues
The left field position has always been a curious one. For some teams, it was a place where their managers would put a good defender, hoping to get a leg up defensively. Other teams would use left field to hide a player who might provide value offensively but not so much defensively, and some teams […]
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The Giants Will Have a Trio of Young Players on Their Opening Day Roster
Giants President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi made an appearance on the NBC Sports broadcast during the Giants’ loss to the Guardians last night, and he talked about four young players that have been performing well in camp. Blake Sabol was a Rule-5 draft pick who was selected by the Reds and then immediately traded […]
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Will Austin Slater be Ready by Opening Day?
On Wednesday, the Giants announced that outfielder Austin Slater had been diagnosed with right elbow neuritis and won’t be able to throw or hit for at least the next week. After the week, Slater will be re-evaluated. It’s unclear right now how long this will keep Slater out or if he will be ready for […]
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3 Reasons Why Joc Pederson Will Have a Big 2023
Mandatory reporting for everyone else besides pitchers and catchers was Tuesday, February 21st. Before that date on the calendar even hit, San Francisco Giants slugger Joc Pederson was seen taking ground balls as a first baseman. The Giants, who let long-time first baseman Brandon Belt leave for the Toronto Blue Jays this winter, are very […]
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