It's The Bigs!

Hey Yankees fans!  Something big to celebrate this season as Aaron Judge nurses his toe injury and the Rays continue to run off with the AL East.  It's the first time we've seen perfection since 2012 when the King of Seattle, Felix Hernandez, twirled perfection against the Tampa Bay Rays on August 15th, 2012.  Over a full decade without perfection and I thought it might be a nice idea to see where Domingo's perfection ranks among those we've seen in this generation of players.  I'm going to count the perfect games since May 23rd, 1998 when David Wells threw his perfecto and was carried off the field "half drunk."  Oh yes, stories to be had during this entry. 1)  Domingo German - June 28th, 2023 in Oakland facing the A's 99 pitches, 9K, 2 3-ball counts.  * Ryan Noda,  4th inning, ended in K.   * Jonah Bride,  8th inning, ended in ground out.  The final two batters of the game were retired on the first pitches to get him under 10...

 In years past, we've seen many of the top stars in MLB have their service time manipulated by a major league club in hopes of being able to have one extra year of control over the player before either signing him long-term or cutting ties in some capacity.  The most prominent of these players was Kris Bryant who had his service time manipulated for a few weeks back in 2015 so the Cubs could have the extra year of control.  He sued the Cubs and lost but the issue was made mainstream and eventually changed in the most recent CBA betwen the MLBPA and MLB itself. That new CBA may have given incentive for the ball clubs to have one major rookie up on opening day in hopes of gaining an extra draft pick if that player wins Rookie Of The Year honors.  Brand new for the 2023 season, we saw some of the following names up with the big clubs on opening day: Gunnar Henderson, INF Baltimore Orioles Ezequiel Tovar, SS Colorado Rockies Anthony Volpe, SS New York Yankees Corbin Carr...