Butterfly Effects & The Jason Heyward Signing

’Twas the winter of 2015-16. Jason Heyward wasn’t the best-available player in a well-stocked free agent class. But he was a high-quality performer and still tantalizingly young (26). While hardly a traditional corner outfield star due to his middling power, Heyward was well-established as a quality hitter and superlative defender and baserunner.

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Pete Kozma Dishes On 2012 National League Wild Card Infield Fly

Braves fans will forever remember Sam Holbrook as the umpire who made the infamous infield fly ruling during the 2012 National League Wild Card Game. Many may also remember Pete Kozma was the Cardinals' shortstop, who Holbrook felt could make an ordinary effort to catch the Andrelton Simmons fly ball that fell in front of Matt Holliday in left field.

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The Fielding Bible All-Decade Team

Since 2006, Baseball Info Solutions has used The Fielding Bible Awards as its means of honoring the top defensive players in baseball. The Fielding Bible Awards have been voted on by a panel of experts – baseball writers, broadcasters, statistical analysts, and former major league players. Voting is based on both visual observation and performance in objective fielding metrics. With that in mind, we decided to take the voting from past Fielding Bible Awards and use it to come up with a team of the best defensive players in the 2010s.

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Defensive Player Of The Year Award Winners

The 2019 Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Awards were announced on Wednesday, honoring the top defender in MLB at each position, as well as one overall Defensive Player of the Year and the Defensive Team of the Year.

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Kolten Wong Wins 2019 Fielding Bible Award For Second Base

The 2019 Fielding Bible Awards were announced by Baseball Info Solutions on Thursday. The annual awards honor MLB's best defensive player at each position, as voted on by a panel of 12 experts.

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Sam Holbrook, Umpire In 2012 Cardinals-Braves Infield Fly Flap, Heads NLDS Crew

The umpire who was at the center of an infield fly dispute during the 2012 National League wild-card game between Atlanta and St. Louis will be the crew chief when the Braves and Cardinals meet this week in the Division Series.

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Angels Activated Andrelton Simmons From The Inury List & Designated Wilfredo Tovar For An Assignment

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Mike Trout Hits 445-Foot Blast, But Angels Fall In Finale

All the Angels’ fireworks were over before the sun went down Thursday evening in a 9-3 loss to the Rangers in their series finale at Globe Life Park.

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Angels Activated Andrelton Simmons From The Injured List

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Albert Pujols: St. Louis Trip 'Timing Is Perfect'

For the first time since joining the Angels before the 2012 season, former Cardinals star Albert Pujols is returning to St. Louis for the three-game Interleague series that begins on Friday.

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Mike Trout Slams His Way To Career-High Seven RBIs

Mike Trout has been on fire at the plate in recent weeks and kept it up against the Blue Jays on Wednesday, absolutely crushing two home runs, including a grand slam off right-hander Aaron Sanchez in the fourth inning to lead the Angels to an 11-6 win at Rogers Centre.

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Justin Upton Set To Begin Rehab Assignment

Angels left fielder Justin Upton, who has been out since late March with left turf toe, is set to begin a rehab assignment with Class A Advanced Inland Empire on Friday, manager Brad Ausmus said Thursday.

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Angles Placed Andrelton Simmons On The Ten-Day Injury List

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Shohei Ohtani, Andrelton Simmons Injured On Back-To-Back Plays

The Angels suffered a tough 3-1 loss to the Twins on Monday, but it was the potential loss of designated hitter Shohei Ohtani and shortstop Andrelton Simmons to injury that cast a dark cloud at Angel Stadium.

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Kolten Wong, Unheralded Master Of Plate Discipline

If you know one thing about Kolten Wong, you probably know that he’s a great defender. Honestly, great defender might be underselling it. Since 2014, his first full year in the bigs, he’s third in Defensive Runs Saved at second base. Maybe UZR is more your speed? Wong is third there, too. This isn’t some trick of innings played, either — he’s fourth in UZR/150 among qualifiers. He hasn’t won a Gold Glove yet, but it’s not because he doesn’t deserve it.

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Andrelton Simmons Rest Stiff Back: 'It Feels Good'

Shortstop Andrelton Simmons was held out of the Angels’ lineup Friday against the Rangers as a precaution with lower back stiffness suffered Thursday in an 11-4 loss at Angel Stadium.

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Khris Davis Connects Again, But Lead Slips Away

The A’s tried to tolerate their 6-2 loss Friday night to the Angels by focusing on Marco Estrada's six innings instead of the bullpen’s final two.

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Shohei Ohtani Continues Progress, Happy With Salary

Shohei Ohtani has continued to progress with his throwing program that started this past Friday, as he moved up to 55 throws from up to 50 feet on Wednesday.

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Shohei Ohtani Stands In During Bullpen Sessions

Shohei Ohtani continues to make progress toward a return in May as designated hitter.

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Paul DeJong Ranked Among MLB's Best Shortstop

MLB Network's countdown of baseball's best players at each position came to a conclusion on Saturday night, with the final installment of the "Top 10 Right Now!" series featuring the game's top relief pitchers and shortstops.

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