Short Shots
- CF Harrison Bader (Yankees) goes 1-for-4 with 393-foot HR, stolen base, 2 RBIs, and throwing error in 10-7 win over Padres. Among fellow Yankees in May, Bader is tied for #1 with 5 SBs and for #2 with 6 HRs and 19 RBIs (5/28/2023)
- P Eli Morgan (Guardians) tosses 1.1 scoreless innings in 4-3 win over Cardinals (5/28/2023)
- C Andy Yerzy (Diamondbacks/AAA), who played just one game this season before being placed on franchise’s development list, goes 1-for-3 with HR and walk in return to lineup (5/28/2023)
- 2B Noah Mendlinger (Cardinals/AA) goes 3-for-5 with 3-run HR in 10-5 win over Twins affiliate (5/28/2023)
- P Ryan Sherriff (Red Sox/AAA) tosses 1.2 perfect innings and strikes out 3 in 11-4 loss to Yankees affiliate (5/28/2023)
- 3B Alex Bregman (Astros) goes 3-for-4 with 3-run double in 6-3 win over Athletics, raising batting average to .236, his highest since April 25. Bregman went hitless in first 21 plate appearances this season (5/27/2023)
- P Dean Kremer (Orioles) strikes out 5 over 6.1 innings and yields 3 earned runs in 5-3 loss to Rangers. Four-seam fastballs account for 41 of Kremer’s 97 pitches and average 94.9-mph (5/27/2023)
- LF Spencer Horwitz (Blue Jays/AAA) goes 3-for-5 with solo HR in win over Phillies farm team. Toronto’s #18 prospect is hitting .329, and his .453 OBP ranks #4 in International League (5/27/2023)
- 3B Jake Scheiner (Mariners/AAA) goes 3-for-5 with 3-run HR in win over Athletics affiliate. Scheiner is among Pacific Coast League leaders in several categories: he ranks #2 in HRs with 15, #3 in RBIs with 43, and #6 in OPS at 1.001 (5/27/2023)
- P Kenny Rosenberg (Angels) earns shutout win over Astros affiliate, yielding just 2 hits and 3 walks over 5 innings while notching 6 strikeouts (5/27/2023)
- 3B Alex Bregman (Astros) goes 2-for-4 with RBI single in 5-2 win over Athletics. Bregman’s 1.27 walk-to-strike out ratio (28 K vs. 22 BB) ranks #2 in MLB (5/26/2023)
- P Jake Bird (Rockies) tosses perfect inning of relief in 5-2 loss to Mets. Bird’s 24 appearances this season are tied for #3 in National League. Meanwhile, his 2.41 ERA ranks #5, and he is tied for #2 in home runs allowed with just one (5/26/2023)
- Rookie pitcher Jared Shuster (Braves) holds Phillies to 3 earned runs over 5.2 innings, but shaky bullpen leads Atlanta to 6-4 defeat (5/26/2023)
- P Colton Gordon (Astros/AA) tosses 5 innings of scoreless relief in 5-4 loss to Athletics affiliate, yielding 4 hits and no walks while striking out 6. Houston’s #8 prospect had rough April, going 1-2 with 6.75 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, and opponent OPS of .873. But in May, Gordon is 1-1 with 2.16 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, and .447 opponent OPS (5/26/2023)
- Triple the naches: in 7th inning of game between Las Vegas Aviators (Athletics/AAA) and Tacoma Rainiers (Mariners/AAA), Aviators 2B Zack Gelof hits single off Rainiers P Rob Kaminsky and into hands of Rainiers LF Jake Scheiner. Gelof and Scheiner have big days in Aviator’ 14-6 win. Gelof goes 3-for-5 with solo HR. Scheiner homers for Rainiers, going 2-for-3 with walk and 2 RBIs. Kaminsky, unfortunately, is hammered for 5 earned runs over 1.2 innings. Aviators reliever Chase Cohen? Not Jewish (5/25/2023)
- 3B/2B Noah Mendlinger (Cardinals/AA) goes 3-for-4 with double, walk, and 2 RBIs in 4-3 loss to Twins affiliate. Since promotion to Double-A on May 9, Mendlinger is hitting sizzling .405 (15-for-37) with 10 RBIs, .488 OBP, and 1.083 OPS (5/25/2023)
- P Eli Morgan (Guardians) tosses 2 perfect innings of relief in 6-0 loss to Mariners, allowing no baserunners and striking out 3. Outing is second best of 85-game MLB career (5/24/2023)
- In first 10 MLB games, rookie 1B Matt Mervis (Cubs) struck out 18 times in 46 plate appearances while drawing 3 walks. In 4 games since, he has struck out once and walked twice in 13 trips to plate (5/24/2023)
- P Evan Kravetz (Reds/AA) tosses 2.1 scoreless innings of relief to earn first win of season. In 15 combined innings, 6-foot-8-inch southpaw has 3.00 ERA with one save, 14 strikeouts, and 3 walks (5/24/2023)
- CF Harrison Bader (Yankees) goes 2-for-4 with solo HR, game-tying sacrifice fly, and sliding catch in 6-5 triumph over Orioles in extra innings. New York has won 5 straight (5/23/2023)
- 1B Matt Mervis (Cubs) goes 2-for-3 with HR, RBI double, walk, and career-high 3 RBIs in 7-2 win over Mets (5/23/2023)
- 1B Spencer Horwitz (Blue Jays/AAA) goes 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs in 6-3 loss to Phillies affiliate. His .338 average ranks #7 in International League, while his .457 OBP ranks #3 (5/23/2023)
- Not bad: collectively, Jewish batters are hitting .238 with 35 HRs, 106 RBIs, and .348 OBP in 646 ABs. Meanwhile, Jewish pitchers are 13-4 with a save, 3.73 ERA, and 7.9 strikeouts per 9 innings (5/23/2023)
- P Jake Bird (Rockies) earns first 2023 win in 5-3 triumph over Marlins, striking out 2 over 1.1 scoreless innings while yielding zero hits and a walk (5/23/2023)
- 1B Rowdy Tellez (Brewers) goes 2-for-3 with 2-run HR in 12-2 loss to Astros. In opposite dugout, Houston 3B Alex Bregman goes 2-for-6 with RBI single (5/23/2023)
- Among pitchers who have thrown at least 30 innings, P Jake Bird (Rockies) is tied for #1 in N.L. with just one home run allowed. He ranks #5 with a 2.51 ERA (5/23/2023)
- 1B Rowdy Tellez (Brewers) has 12 HRs, tied for #7 in National League. His home-run frequency of one HR every 11.42 ABs is tied for #7 among all batters with at least 5 home runs (5/23/2023)
- Two-run, go-ahead home run by CF Harrison Bader (Yankees) on 1-2 count propels New York to 4-1 win over Reds. Bader and Anthony Rizzo are tied for most Yankee RBIs this month (5/21/2023)
- Braves rookie P Jared Shuster one-hits Mariners over 6 innings, yielding a home run and one walk while striking out 7 for his first MLB win (5/21/2023)
- 1B Rowdy Tellez (Blue Jays) smashes 2-run, 429-foot HR to dead center in 6-4 win over MLB-best Rays. He also draws 2 walks (5/21/2023)
- P Dean Kremer (Orioles) yields one earned run over 5.1 innings in extra-inning win over Blue Jays. He is 3-0 with 1.96 ERA in May (5/21/2023)
- One-two Jewish punch: P Daniel Federman (Orioles/High-A) tosses 5 innings of one-run ball in win over White Sox affiliate. Teammate Graham Firoved throws 2 scoreless innings to earn save. Pair combine for 10 strikeouts (5/21/2023)
- P Jake Bird (Rockies) tosses 2 scoreless innings, yielding one hit and no walks while striking out one in 11-5 loss to Rangers. His ERA is at a season-low 2.61 (5/20/2023)
- C Garrett Stubbs (Phillies) smacks pinch-hit triple in 12-3 victory over Cubs. Chicago 1B Matt Mervis goes 1-for-3 (5/20/2023)
- P Rob Kaminsky (Mariners/AAA) slices ERA to 2.08 with 2 scoreless innings in 6-1 loss to Rockies affiliate (5/20/2023)
- 3B Noah Mendlinger (Cardinals/AA) goes 3-for-5 with triple and 3 RBIs in shutout of Royals affiliate. Since promotion to Double-A, Mendlinger is hitting .364 (8-for-22) with .440 OBP (5/20/2023)
- P Tanner Jacobson (Cardinals/Single-A) tosses 2 perfect innings and fans four in 2-1 loss to Mets affiliate (5/20/2023)
- P Zack Weiss (Angels) earns first career win in season debut. Coming on with 2 outs in 7th inning and one man on base, Weiss walks first Twin and then gets DH Byron Buxton to strike out swinging (5/19/2023)
- OF RJ Schreck (Vanderbilt U.), C Jack Rubenstein (Georgia Tech), and IF Michael Snyder (U. of Washington) leads collegiate Jews in hit-by-pithces with 17, 16, and 14, respectively (5/19/2023)
- CF Harrison Bader (Yankees) is crushing it against southpaws, but right-handed hurlers have been his kryptonite. Bader is hitting .195 (8-for-41) with 0 HRS, 4 RBIs, and .409 OPS against righties. Against lefties, he is batting .539 (7-for-15) with 3 HRs, 2 triples, 8 RBIs, and 2.139 OPS (5/18/2023)
- P Evan Kravetz (Reds/AA) earns 1st save of 2023, tossing perfect inning with one strikeout and retiring Brewers on only 10 pitches (5/18/2013)
- C Jordan Dissin (Phillies/Single-A) ranks #3 on Clearwater Phillies with .310 batting average and .420 OBP (5/18/2023)
- 3B Alex Bregman (Astros) played key role in Houston’s comeback from 6-1 deficit to 7-6 walkoff win against Cubs. Bregman went 3-for-4 with HR and RBI double. Then, intentionally walked in 9th inning, he scored winning run from second base on single. Bregman also threw out Cubs 1B Matt Mervis on 1st-inning ground ball (5/17/2023)
- P Jake Bird (Rockies) tosses 2 scoreless innings on 11-6 win over Reds. From 2022 to 2023, Bird has lowered his ERA from 4.91 to 2.79, reduced his WHIP from 1.427 to 1.138, and increased his strikeout-to-walk ratio from 1.83 to 3.00 (5/17/2023)
- 2B Zack Gelof (Athletics/AAA), Oakland’s #3 prospect, reaches base in all 6 plate appearances in blowout win over Angels affiliate. He goes 4-for-4 with 2 HRs, 2 walks, 3 RBIs, stolen base, and 5 runs scored (5/17/2023)
- P Colton Gordon (Astros/AA), Houston’s #8 prospect, records first save of 2023 in win over Dodgers affiliate. He tosses 4 scoreless innings, yielding 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 4 (5/16/2023)
- 1B Matt Mervis (Cubs) goes 2-for-4 and smashes first MLB homer, a 393-foot line drive to right field (5/16/2023)
- P Ryan Sherriff (Red Sox) tosses perfect inning in debut with Boston, earning a ‘hold’ in win over Mariners. He strikes out one and retires side on 13 pitches (5/16/2023)
- Third MLB start by P Jared Shuster (Braves) is best yet. Rookie yields 3 earned runs on 3 hits, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts in loss to Rangers (5/16/2023)
- Blog says Blue Jays prospect Spencer Horwitz (Buffalo Bisons/AAA) is “hitting himself into contention for a promotion sometime this season.” The first baseman is batting .317 with 1 home run, 20 RBIs, OBP of .443, and OPS of .885 (5/16/2023)
- P Jared Shuster is called up by Braves, will start tonight against Rangers (5/16/2023)
- P Ryan Sherriff gets call-up, will join Richard Bleier in Red Sox bullpen (5/16/2023)
- Big day for Jewish hitters. 1B Rowdy Tellez (Brewers) goes 2-for-2 with 2 walks in lopsided loss to Cardinals. LF Kevin Pillar (Braves) homers for second straight game — and third game in his last 4 — as Milwaukee shuts out Rangers. 3B Alex Bregman (Astros) hits 2-run, go-ahead HR in 7th inning to power win over Cubs (5/15/2023)
- 1B Rowdy Tellez (Brewers) is averaging one HR every 12.5 ABs (125/10), ranking him #12 in Majors. LF Kevin Pillar (Braves) is hitting a HR every 14.4 ABs, ranking him #26 (5/15/2023)
- P Jake Bird (Rockies) and DH Bryce Harper (Phillies) are ejected after bench-clearing scrum that allegedly begins when Bird forces Harper into inning-ending flyout and then trash-talks Philadelphia’s dugout. Colorado goes on to win 4-0 (5/14/2023)
- A Joc Pederson single that reached 116.6-mph on 4/25/2023 remains season’s 6th hardest-hit ball (5/14/2023)
- MLB’s Official Historian writes about slugger Lipman Pike, who in 1871 became first Jewish major-leaguer (5/14/2023)
- 3B Jake Scheiner (Mariners/AAA) goes 1-for-3 with 2-run HR and walk in loss to Diamondbacks affiliate. Scheiner’s 12 HRs are tied for #3 among all minor-league hitters, and his 32 RBIs and 1.011 OPS are tied for #4 and #10, respectively, in Pacific Coast League. Yet Scheiner is not counted among Seattle’s Top 30 prospects (5/13/2023)
- 2B Shawn Goosenberg (White Sox/High-A) steals 14th base, tying him for #6 in South Atlantic League. Meanwhile, his .412 OBP ranks #11 (5/13/2023)
- Happy 27th birthday to Guardians P Eli Morgan (5/13/2023)
- 1B Matt Mervis (Cubs) hits game-tying double off centerfield wall in 7th inning. Chicago goes on to beat Twins 6-2 (5/12/2023)
- DH Joc Pederson (Giants) smashes 2-run, 410-foot home run in 1st inning off Cardinals. Ball exits bat at 112 mph (5/12/2023)
- 1B Spencer Horwitz (Blue Jays/AAA) smashes 3 doubles before hitting walk-off single in bottom of 9th against Mets affiliate. Toronto’s #18 prospect is hitting .321 with .455 OBP, #4 in International League (5/11/2023)
- Former Blue Jays prospect Johnny Anderson is pitching for Savannah Bananas, whose beloved and viral stunts include choreographed dancers and batter who wore stilts (5/11/2023)
- P Dean Kremer (Orioles) dominates powerful Rays with 6 scoreless innings, allowing 4 hits and 2 walks while striking out 4 en route to 2-1 win at home. Tampa Bay is averaging 6.1 runs per game, ranking it #2 in MLB (5/10/2023)
- CF Harrison Bader (Yankees) hits 3-run HR in 11-3 win over Athletics at home. In month of May to date, he ranks #2 in MLB with 11 RBIs, #2 in OPS at 1.341, and #3 in average at .429 (5/10/2023)
- 1B Jake Scheiner (Mariners/AAA) goes combined 3-for-6 with 2 solo HRs in doubleheader against Diamondbacks affiliate. He ranks #2 in Pacific Coast League with 11 home runs, #5 in RBIs with 30, and #7 in slugging percentage at .617 (5/10/2023)
- P Rob Kaminsky (Mariners/AAA) — Jake Scheiner’s teammate on Tacoma Rainiers — is near-perfect in first start of 2023. Kaminsky tosses 3 no-hit innings, striking out 4 and allowing only one baserunner in Game 2 of doubleheader (5/10/2023)
- 3B Noah Mendlinger (Cardinals/AA), batting 9th, goes 2-for-3 in Double-A debut (5/10/23)
- P Jake Bird (Rockies) tosses scoreless inning with 3 strikeouts in win over Pirates. His improvement since rookie season in 2022 is substantial: ERA down from 4.91 to 2.88, WHIP trimmed from 1.427 to 1.040, walks per 9 innings reduced from 4.3 to 2.5, and strikeouts per 9 innings up from 7.9 to 10.1 (5/9/2023)
- CF Harrison Bader (Yankees) goes 3-for-4 with RBI single in win over Athletics. In 7 games since coming off injured list, he is hitting .440 (11-for-25) with 2 HRs, 2 triples, and 1.302 OPS (5/9/2023)
- 1B Rowdy Tellez (Brewers) hits 10th HR, tying him for #6 in MLB (5/9/2023)
- P Jacob Steinmetz (Diamondbacks/Single-A), who went 0-7 with a 7.88 ERA in 2022, delivers career-best start in win over Rockies affiliate. The 6’6″ right-hander yields one earned run on 4 hits and zero walks over 6 innings while striking out three (5/9/2023)
- CF Harrison Bader (Yankees) triples and walks in a 7-2 win over Athletics. He now is one of only two MLB players to triple in two consecutives games this season (5/8/2023)
- P Eli Morgan (Guardians) yields an earned run, breaking a 10-game scoreless streak (5/8/2023)
- Joc Pederson (Giants) played outfield in roughly 86% of his games in 2022. In 2023, he has served as designated hitter 100% of the time (5/8/2023)
- LF Kevin Pillar (Braves), who recently became the 12th Jewish player to reach 100 career HRs, talks to Fox5 about what the accomplishment means to him as a former 32nd-round draft pick (5/6/2023)
- OF RJ Schreck (Vanderbilt U.) leads all Jewish collegians with a .360 batting average, .495 OBP, 1.202 OPS, 36 walks, and 5 stolen bases. Schreck’s 52 RBIs are second only to NCAA leader Jake Gelof of U. of Virginia (5/8/2023)
- CF Harrison Bader (Yankees) singles, triples, and hits 2-run HR in extra-inning loss to Rays. In 5 games since coming off injured list, Bader is hitting .389 with 2 HRs and 7 RBIs in 18 at-bats (5/7/2023)
- 2B Shawn Goosenberg (White Sox/High-A) goes 2-for-3 with walk, hit-by-pitch, and RBI to boost average to .313 (5/7/2023)
- P Graham Firoved (3.66 ERA, 0.97 WHIP) and P Daniel Federman (2.57 ERA, 1.57 WHIP) are teammates on Aberdeen IronBirds, the Orioles’ High-A team (5/7/2023)
- INF Jake Gelof, U. of Virginia’s all-time HR leader, shares RBI lead among all D-1 batters, with 73 (5/7/2023)
- Kevin Pillar’s 100th career HR couldn’t have been more dramatic or crowd-pleasing. His 2-run, pinch-hit, go-ahead rocket in 8th inning delivers Braves a 5-4 win at home over Orioles. He joins Ryan Braun, Hank Greenberg, Shawn Green, Ian Kinsler, Sid Gordon, Al Rosen, Joc Pederson, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lieberthal, Alex Bregman and Mike Epstein in the Jewish 100 Career Homer Club (5/6/2023)
- CF Harrison Bader (Yankees) produces pinch-hit single in 7th inning, then strokes 2-run, go-ahead single in 8th to secure 3-2 win over Rays (5/6/2023)
- P Jake Bird (Rockies) throws 2 scoreless innings and earns first ‘hold’ of season in 5-2 win over Mets. In 11 appearances since his ERA ballooned to 11.12 on April 9, Bird has maintained a 0.49 ERA over 18.1 innings while striking out 21 batters and walking only five (5/6/2023)
- P Ryan Sherriff (Red Sox/AAA) tosses perfect inning to earn first win of 2023. He ranks high among Worcester Red Sox pitchers in multiple categories, including #1 in strikeout percentage at 26.8% and #1 in fielding-independent pitching at 2.32 (5/6/2023)
- 1B Spencer Horwitz (Blue Jays/AAA), who has walked more than struck out this season (22 vs. 21), ranks #5 in International League with .451 OBP (5/6/2023)
- P Dean Kremer (Orioles) surprises many by prevailing over ace Max Fried (Braves). Kremer tosses 6 innings of one-run ball in 9-4 win (5/5/2023)
- 1B Matt Mervis (Cubs) strokes an RBI single in his MLB debut (5/5/2023)
- P Jared Shuster (Braves/AAA), who made MLB debut in Atlanta earlier this season, throws 6 no-hit innings in shutout over White Sox affiliate (5/5/2023)
- CF Harrison Bader (Yankees) drills 3-run HR to tie game against Rays, but New York loses 5-4 (5/5/2023)
- DH Joc Pederson (Giants) puts San Francisco ahead for good with a 2-run single in 5th inning but is tossed out at second base (5/5/2023)
- P Richard Bleier (Red Sox) tosses pefect 7th inning to earn second hold in 5-3 win over Phillies (5/5/2023)
- 1B Rowdy Tellez (Brewers) strokes 9th HR in just 97 at-bats, tying him for #4 in the National League. Tellez is averaging one HR per 10.8 at-bats, #3 in the League (5/4/2023)
- 2B Zack Gelof (Athletics/AAA) steals 10th base in just 56 at-bats, tying him for #2 in Pacific Coast League (5/4/2023)
- 1B Jake Scheiner (Mariners/AAA) hits 9th HR, tying him for #2 in Pacific Coast League. Meanwhile, his 27 RBIs rank #4 (5/4/2023)
- P Colton Gordon (Astros/AAA), Houston’s #8 prospect, is dominant in win, yielding one earned run on one hit and 2 walks over 6 innings while striking out 9 batters (5/4/2023)
- Cubs reportedly will call up 1B Matt Mervis (AAA), a top prospect who hit 36 HRs in 2022 and led the minors in extra-base hits, RBIs, and total bases. He is expected to join the team Friday (5/4/2023)
- In battle of Jewish starters, P Max Fried (Braves) and P Dean Kremer (Orioles) will face off on Friday, May 4
- LF Kevin Pillar (Braves) goes 3-for-5 in a 14-6 drubbing of Marlins. In his last 7 games, Pillar has hit .348 (8-for-23) with 2 HRs, 2 doubles, and 5 RBIs (5/3/2023)
- P Max Lazar (Brewers/High-A) tosses 3 scoreless innings and fans 4 in loss to Cardinals’ affiliate (5/3/2023)
- C Jordan Dissin (Phillies/Single-A), a 2022 draft pick, goes 2-for-3 with a home run, double, and 2 walks. He is hitting .345 (10-for-29) with 6 RBIs and .457 OBP (5/23/2023)
- CF Harrison Bader (Yankees) makes 2023 debut, going 1-for-4 in win over Guardians. His lone hit comes against Cleveland reliever Eli Morgan (5/2/2023)
- P Eli Morgan (Guardians) sees 10-game scoreless streak end against Yankees. But he and Max Fried (Braves) still account for 2 of only seven MLB pitchers who have pitched 14+ innings this season while maintaining ERA below 0.70 (5/2/2023)
- 1B Rowdy Tellez (Brewers) garners 2 doubles and an RBI against Rockies. His second 2-bagger leads Colorado to replace starting P Ryan Feltner with reliever Jake Bird (5/2/2023)
- P Richard Bleier (Red Sox) pitches perfect 8th inning against Blue Jays to earn first victory of 2023 (5/2/2023)
- 2B Chase Strumpf (Cubs/AA), Chicago’s #24 prospect, goes 3-for-3 with 2 walks and his 5th home run (5/2/2023)
- OF Kevin Pillar (Braves) strokes 99th career home run, a 2-run shot off Mets (5/1/2023)
- 3B Dalton Guthrie (Phillies), an 8th-inning defensive replacement, flies out to right field in 2023 debut (5/1/2023)
- 3B Alex Bregman (Astros) is a notoriously slow starter, but 2023 has been especially rough. His .219 batting average through April is a career low, and his OBP, slugging percentage, and OPS are only a shade higher than in 2017, his worst March/April (5/1/2023)
- 3B Alex Bregman (Astros) singles and draws 2 walks in 4-3 win over Phillies. He has 21 walks against 15 strikeouts, leaving him #2 in MLB walk-to-strikeout ratio this season (4/30/2023)
- 1B Spencer Horwitz (Blue Jays/AAA), Toronto’s #18 prospect, goes 4-for-5 with double, walk, and career-high 6 RBIs in 21-9 crushing of Atlanta Braves’ affiliate. His .443 OBP ranks #13 in International League (4/30/2023)
- 1B Matt Mervis (Cubs/AAA) goes 3-for-4 with 2 doubles, walk, and 3 RBIs in 13-0 shutout of Reds’ affiliate. Mervis’s 27 RBIs rank #2 in International League, and he ranks in Top 20 in slugging, OPS, walk-to-strikeout ratio, and ISO, a measure of raw power (4/30/2023)
- P Rob Kaminsky (Mariners/AAA) tosses perfect inning of relief, lowering ERA to 2.70 and WHIP to 1.05 (4/30/2023)
- 2B Shawn Goosenberg (White Sox/High-A) goes 3-for-6 with walk and 2 stolen bases. His 9 thefts are tied for #5 in South Atlantic League, and his .319 batting average ranks #8 (4/29/2023)
- 3B Zack Gelof (Athletics/AAA) hits 2-run double, draws walk, and steals base in 7-2 win. His 7 thefts are tied for #2 in Pacific Coast League (4/29/2023)
- P Max Fried (Atlanta Braves) shuts out New York Mets in rain-shortened game, his third straight scoreless outing. Fried has allowed just one earned run in 20 innings, and his 0.45 ERA is #1 among all MLB pitchers with 20+ innings under their belt (4/28/2023)
- C CJ Stubbs (Astros/AA) strokes 2 HRs to help teammate Colton Gordon earn his first AA victory. Gordon allows 2 first-inning runs but retires 10 of next 11 batters and ends with career-best 10 strikeouts (4/28/2023)
- P Bubby Rossman (New York Mets/AAA) tosses 2 scoreless innings, lowering his ERA to 3.00 (4/28/2023)
- Former Orioles P Richard Bleier (Red Sox) says Baltimore fans spat and threw beer on Boston bullpen. Orioles win 6-2 (4/26/2023)
- 3B Zack Gelof (Athletics/AAA), Oakland’s #2 prospect, goes 3-for-3 with single, triple, home run, walk, and 4 RBIs in 9-7 win (4/27/2023)
- 1B Matt Mervis (Cubs/AAA), Chicago’s #6 prospect, goes 2-for-5 with home run, walk, and 2 RBIs in 18-16 win. His 23 RBIs are tied for #1 in International League (4/27/2023)
- P Ryan Sherriff (Red Sox/AAA) lowers ERA to 2.79 and WHIP to 1.14 with shutout inning (undated)
- P Justin Alintoff (New York Boulders/independent) and IF Benjamin Rosengard (Rice U.) have obtained Israeli citizenship and will play for Israel in September’s European Championships (4/24/2023)
- In battle of Jewish pitchers, Eli Morgan (Guardians) and Jake Bird (Rockies) each toss 1.1 scoreless innings as Cleveland prevails. Morgan is perfect with 3 strikeouts, while Bird yields 2 hits and a walk (4/26/2023)
- Speaking of Eli Morgan (Guardians), the right-hander maintains a 0.00 ERA across 9 relief appearances, during which he has fanned 15 batters while yielding just 2 hits and one walk. Morgan’s 11.2 scoreless innings are tied for #1 in the Majors (4/26/2023)
- 1B Jake Scheiner (Mariners/AAA) goes 4-for-6 with 2 HRs and 6 RBIs in an 18-17 loss. His 8 HRs this season are tied for #2 in the Pacific Coast League (4/26/2023)
- P Max Lazar (Brewers/High-A) tosses 4 scoreless innings of relief, yielding 2 hits and 2 walks while striking out four (4/26/2023)
- RF RJ Schreck (Vanderbilt U.) leads his team with a .366 batting average, 10 HRs, 45 RBIs, 12 HBP (tied), .500 OBP, .697 slugging, and 1.197 OPS (4/26/2023)
- 1B Rowdy Tellez (Brewers) strokes 3rd home run in his last 5 games. His 8 HRs rank #5 in the Majors (4/25/2023)
- DH Mike Rothenberg (Tigers/A) hits 3-run HR and sacrifice fly in 13-6 win. He is hitting .297 (11-for-37) with 2 HRs, 14 RBIs, a .372 OBP, and a .940 OPS (4/25/2023)
- 3B Alex Bregman (Astros) strokes his 3rd home run of the month, a 386-foot shot against the Rays. Over the past week, Bregman has hit .391 with a home run, 3 doubles, 4 RBIs, a .482 OBP, and only one strikeout (4/24/2023)
- P Jake Bird (Rockies) pitches a perfect 2 innings in a shutout win over the Guardians. The effort marks Bird’s 6th straight scoreless outing, during which he has reduced his ERA from 11.12 to 4.02 (4/24/2023)
- SEC names Charlie Goldstein (U. of Georgia) its Co-Pitcher of the Week (4/24/2023)
- LF Kevin Pillar (Braves) backs teammate Max Fried with first HR since September 2021. Solo shot leaves Pillar 2 HRs short of 100 for his career (4/23/2023)
- P Max Fried (Braves) tosses 6.2 scoreless innings and picks off runner in heartbreaking loss to Astros. His 0.60 ERA is #1 in the Majors (4/23/2023)
- CF Joc Pederson (Giants) shines in return from injured list, driving in San Francisco’s first run and scoring winning one against Mets (4/23/2023)
- OF Dalton Guthrie (Phillies/AAA) goes 3-for-4 with a single, double, triple and 2 RBIs in 9-3 win over Worcester Red Sox (4/23/2023)
- 1B Matt Mervis (Cubs/AAA) goes 3-for-5 with a double and 3 RBIs. His 21 RBIs rank #6 among all minor-leaguers (4/23/2023)
- INF Jake Gelof (U. of Virginia), brother of Athletics prospect Zack Gelof, has 67 RBIs, ranking him #1 among Division 1 ballplayers (4/23/2023)
- P Max Fried (Braves) starts today against Astros (4/23/2023)
- P Eli Morgan (Guardians) tosses 2 scoreless innings. His ERA remains 0.00 after 8 appearances (4/22/2023)
- P Jake Bird (Rockies) appears in his 10th game, tying him for #8 in the N.L. (4/23/2023)
- P Charlie Goldstein (U. of Georgia) tosses 3-hit, no-walk shutout over 5th-ranked U. of Arkansas (4/21/2023)
- CF Harrison Bader (Yankees) hits RBI double in first game of 2023 season, a AA rehab assignment with the Somerset Patriots (4/21/2023)
- 1B Rowdy Tellez (Brewers) hits game-tying 6th home run of 2023, tying him for #5 in the Majors (4/21/2023)
- C Mike Rothenberg (Tigers/Single-A) goes 2-for-3 with an RBI and walk to raise season average to .303 and OBP to .395 (4/21/2023)
- P Kenny Rosenberg (Diamondbacks/AAA) hurled 7 shutout innings in a 3-1 win, yielding just 4 hits and one walk while striking out 4. Rosenberg is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA in 4 starts this season (4/20/2023)
- 1B Rowdy Tellez (Brewers) hit a 2-run, pinch-hit single with 2 outs in the 7th inning against the Mariners (4/19/2023)
- P Jake Bird (Rockies) held the Pirates scoreless over 3 innings of relief. He has 16 strikeouts over 12.2 innings this season (4/19/2023)
- P Richard Bleier (Red Sox) needed just 22 pitches to record 2 perfect innings against the Twins (4/19/2023)
- 2B Shawn Goosenberg (White Sox/High-A) has had only 28 at-bats this season, but his 6 stolen bases are tied for #6 in the South Atlantic League (4/19/2023)
- P Dean Kremer (Orioles) blanks Nationals to win his first game of 2023, yielding 4 hits and zero walks over 6.2 scoreless innings while striking out 6 and hitting one batter. His shutout comes one day after Max Fried (Braves) blanked the Padres (4/18/2023)
- 1B Jake Scheiner (Mariners/AAA) goes 2-for-2 with 2 HRs, 3 walks, and 4 RBIs. His 6 HRs are tied for #5 among all minor-leaguers (4/18/2023)
- 2B Shawn Goosenberg (White Sox/High-A) goes 4-for-5 with a HR, double, walk, stolen base, and 4 RBIs. He is hitting .391 with 2 HRs, 5 RBIs, and 5 stolen bases in 23 at-bats (4/18/2023)
- P Jacob Steinmetz (Diamondbacks/A) to start today in Single-A debut (4/18/2023)
- P Max Fried (Braves) shuts down Padres 2-0 in first start in nearly three weeks (4/17/2023)
- In his two most recent outings, P Jake Bird (Rockies) has struck out 8 batters over a combined 3.1 innings (4/17/2023)
- OF RJ Schreck (Vanderbilt U.) is hitting a team-leading .354 with 9 HRs, 42 RBIs, and a .491 OBP (4/17/2023)
- #1 on his team in batting average (.351), #1/tied in stolen bases (9), and #5 in RBIs (23)
- Boston Herald: Ryan Sherriff honors survivor grandparents (4/16/2023)
- Times of Israel: The Legend of Jacob Steinmetz (4/14/2023)
- P Harrison Cohen (Yankees/Low-A) makes his P Rob Kaminsky (Mariners) tosses 2 scoreless innings on 2023 debut, fanning 4 while yielding one hit and no walks (4/15/2023)
- P Harrison Cohen (Yankees/Low-A) pitches 1.1 perfect innings in his second minor-league outing (4/14/2023)
- 1B Rowdy Tellez (Brewers) homers twice in Milwaukee win. His 5 HRs are tied for 3rd in N.L. (4/14/2023)
- Former major-league P Rob Kaminsky (Mariners/AAA) signs minor-league deal with Seattle (4/14/2023)
- Thursday’s outing against the Rays was the worst of P Richard Bleier’s (Red Sox) 313-game MLB career. The 8-year veteran gave up 4 hits and 4 earned runs over one-third of an inning (4/13/2023)
- The collective batting average of MLB Jews this season finally crawled above .200, reaching .207 on Thursday (4/13/2023)
- C Jordan Dissin (Phillies/Low-A) shines in his team’s home opener, going 1-for-1 with a triple, walk, and sacrifice bunt (4/12/2023)
- P Josh Wolf (Guardians/High-A) earns win in relief, yielding one hit and no walks over 2.2 innings while striking out 4 (4/11/2023)
- SS Shawn Goosenberg (White Sox/High-A), P Graham Firoved (Orioles/High-A) make season debuts (4/11/2023)
- On Monday, 3B Alex Bregman (Astros) became the 15th player this season to draw 3 or more walks in a single game (4/10/2023)
- P Eli Morgan (Guardians) is one of only 6 MLB pitchers with at least one win, one save, and a 0.00 ERA (4/10/2023)
- P Harrison Cohen (Yankees/AA) — one of two Jewish “Harrisons” in the Yankee franchise — makes pro debut (4/10/2023)
- P Eli Morgan (Guardians) throws 2 perfect innings, maintains 0.00 ERA (4/9/2023)
- INF Jake Gelof (U. of Virginia) ranks among the top 10 in RBIs among Division I ballplayers. In 2022, he set Virginia’s all-time RBI record (4/9/2023)
- 1B Matt Mervis (Cubs/AAA) has 10 RBIs, tied for #3 in Int’l League (4/9/2023)