Mike Morrow is a member of the communications team at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and writes about baseball at tnprobaseball.com. All photos on this site are his own.
Greatness in the realm of the Los Angeles Dodgers is defined mostly by two factors — success and longevity. You find it in those storied careers like Tommy Lasorda’s 59 years with the organization, 21 years as the manager. Or Walt Alston’s 23 years as manager before that. […]
Statistics don’t tell the whole story of the major-league prospect, but they tell the story of statistics. And while anyone can look at Southern League statistics in terms of who is leading the Class AA circuit, that’s no reason not to break down statistical leaders just among the […]
Seldom has an 0-3 pitcher been given such good notices as Sonny Gray. Gray is still looking for his first victory as a Cincinnati Red, and he is scheduled to start Tuesday against the Atlanta Braves. But he’s getting good reviews, especially after his last outing, which was […]
Usually, it’s the fans who hit the panic button first. Or it’s the media who begin speculation that things are so bad for a team it’s time to start trading people. But in Boston, well, there’s an intensity in Boston that few other baseball franchises have. It’s so […]
A slew of injuries have beset the St. Louis Cardinals, but it turned into an opportunity for former Knoxville Bearden High School standout Lane Thomas, who made his big-league debut Wednesday. Thomas, ranked the seventh best prospect in the Cardinals’ system by both Baseball America and MLB Pipeline, […]
It’s hard not to look at the struggles of the Chicago Cubs and the blazing start of the Seattle Mariners and wonder if the Cubs regret letting Daniel Vogelbach get away. The Cubs traded Vogelbach in 2016. It’s not hard to see why. They had a promising first […]
The wheels are turning on big-league and minor-league rosters, and it’s already busy in Tennessee pro baseball both in terms of minor league rosters and with players with college and high school ties in the state. The Texas Rangers recalled infielder Patrick Wisdom from the AAA Nashville Sounds […]
The Nashville Sounds are promoting the heavy presence of Tennesseans on their roster as a first-year AAA affiliate of the Texas Rangers, and it’s easy to see why. Former Morristown-Hamblen East High School and Walters State Community College pitcher Brett Martin, who is on the Rangers’ 40-man roster, […]
The Chattanooga Lookouts are beginning their new Class AA affiliation with the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday, hosting Montgomery in the first of a five-game series. Other Southern League openers Thursday include the Tennessee Smokies, the AA affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, opening at home against Mississippi and the […]
David Price, the former Blackman High School and Vanderbilt University pitcher, is the highest paid player in the major leagues who played high school and/or college baseball in Tennessee. His Boston Red Sox teammate Mookie Betts, who played at Overton High School in Nashville, is second. Price will […]
