• No, Detroit rookie Kyle Lobstein is not Jewish. But aided by Ian Kinsler‘s RBI double, he earned his first career win Sunday for manager Brad Ausmus (9/8/2014) ***
  • Kevin Pillar singled twice Sunday and made a leaping grab into Boston’s Green Wall to end the game for victorious Toronto. You can even hear the impact! (9/8/2014) ***
  • Ryan Kalish tripled and scored in the 5th Sunday to end the Cubs’ 19-inning scoring drought (9/8/2014) ***
  • The crowd went wild Sunday after Oakland’s Nate Freiman hit a two-run, go-ahead HR in the 7th inning, his 5th round-tripper in 64 at-bats (9/8/2014) ***
  • Houston’s Scott Feldman entered the 9th up 3-1 Saturday, having yielded 5 hits and no walks while fanning 6. But he left with 1 out and 2 on base, and his successor gave up 3 runs for the loss (9/7/2014) ***
  • Cubs utility man Ryan Kalish hit a pinch-hit single on Saturday (9/7/2014) ***
  • Joc Pederson‘s Dodger teammates couldn’t help pulling a prank on him after his first MLB hit on Tuesday (9/3/2014) ***
  • A note from JBN contributor Jack W: Joc Pederson is the 8th youngest person to play in the N.L. this season (9/3/2014) ***
  • Joc Pederson started in CF again today for the Dodgers. He singled, walked, hit a sacrifice bunt, and fanned 3 times (9/3/2014) ***
  • Mets pinch-hitter Josh Satin lined out to right field tonight in his first MLB at-bat since May 9 (9/3/2014) ***
  • Good news: the Cubs called-up OF Ryan Kalish from “AAA” today to replace the injured Ryan Sweeney (9/3/2014) ***
  • Despite a 4th season of 25 or more HRs — he had 27 this year, all in “AAA” — Cody Decker still hasn’t gotten an MLB call-up. But his El Paso fans love him all the more (9/3/2014) ***
  • Ryan Braun’s RBI single produced Milwaukee’s only run Tuesday in a 7-1 loss to the Cubs (9/3/2014) ***
  • Detroit’s Ian Kinsler just missed this first-inning ground ball Tuesday, but he gave it his all (9/3/2014) ***
  • Oakland’s Nate Freiman drew a walk and pulled off a nifty double-play Tuesday (9/3/2014) ***
  • Sam Fuld‘s pinch-hit, RBI double off an 0-2 pitch in the 9th inning pulled Oakland within one run of the Mariners on Tuesday (9/3/2014) ***
  • Danny Valencia can’t hit righties? Tell that to the ball hammered 401 feet Tuesday by the oft-platooned Blue Jay. Teammate Kevin Pillar added a single (9/3/2014) ***
  • Here’s video of Joc Pederson‘s first MLB hit last night, a bloop single, with Yasiel Puig leading the cheers. Pederson also drew a walk (9/3/2014) ***
  • The Dodgers’ Joc Pederson just got his first MLB hit, a pop single to centerfield off Doug Pfister of the Nats (9/2/2014) ***
  • Nate Freiman is starting tonight for the A’s, batting 6th (9/2/2014) ***
  • This from contributor Jack W.: Joc Pederson, not Yasiel Puig, is starting in centerfield tonight for the Dodgers (9/2/2014) ***
  • Happy 20th birthday to the St. Louis Cardinals’ No. 2 prospect, pitcher Rob Kaminsky (9/2/2014) ***
  • The Oakland A’s have again called-up 1B Nate Freiman (9/2/2014) ***
  • More details on Joc Pederson‘s MLB debut (9/2/2014) ***
  • What a debut: Dodgers pinch-hitter Joc Pederson faced Rafael Soriano with 2 outs in the 9th, a man on, and L.A. down 2 on Monday. Despite striking out, he loved it (9/2/2014) ***
  • At 22, Joc Pederson is roughly 1.5 years younger than the next-youngest player on the Dodgers’ roster, Yasiel Puig (9/1/2014) ***
  • Sean Bierman pitched a perfect inning of relief Sunday. In 3 games since the “High-A” Rome Braves acquired him, he’s 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA and has fanned 12 in 11.1 innings (9/1/2014) ***
  • Red Sox “AAA” product Ryan Lavarnway, who’s transitioning from catcher to 1B/DH, went 2/5 with 3 RBIs on Sunday. He hit .318 in August with a .464 OBP (9/1/2014) ***
  • Mason Katz‘s home run Sunday, his sixth for the “High-A” Palm Beach Cardinals, was his 20th overall (9/1/2014) ***
  • Tigers “Low-A” prospect Jacob Kapstein went 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs on Sunday and hit his first HR of the season (9/1/2014) **
  • It’s been a productive long weekend for Ryan Kalish. Over 3 games, the Cubs “AAA” product went a combined 8-for-14 with 2 HRs, 8 RBIs, and 5 runs scored (9/1/2014) ***
  • Here is a 4-minute video that MiLB posted in honor of Joc Pederson‘s historic 30/30 season in the “AAA” Pacific Coast League (9/1/2014) ***
  • Minor-league bats for games played Sunday, August 31 (9/1/2014) ***
  • The Dodgers have called-up star prospect Joc Pederson to the Majors for the first time in his career (9/1/2014) ***
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