Dodgers weekly: Shohei Ohtani takes advantage of pitch-clock exception
Welcome to the California Post’s weekly summary on the Dodgers, where baseball writers Dylan Hernandez and Jack Harris reflect on the events of the past week every Thursday. TORONTO – A contentious issue from Game 7 of last year’s World Series has come back into focus in the early part of this season. For the […]
Oswaldo Cabrera takes pitch-clock violation at worst time for Yankees
Oswaldo Cabrera's second pitch clock violation of the season came at the worst possible time for the Yankees. With the Yankees trailing the Cardinals by one run in the top of the ninth inning, leadoff batter Cabrera caught the ball to make the count 3-2. He came out of the batter's box. He was fiddling […]
Yankees’ Gerrit Cole furious over getting pitch-clock violation
Gerrit Cole pitched well for the second straight game on Friday against the Rays. However, a controversial pitch clock violation prevented Cole from pitching until the top of the second inning. The right-hander was called for an automatic ball for an infraction that appeared to involve him not throwing his final warm-up pitch until there […]
Mets’ Adam Ottavino overhauling pickoff move to combat pitch-clock
PORT STREET LUCIE — Adam Ottavino spent the offseason researching doubles prevention. In this case, that meant working on a better pickoff move to first base to prevent opponents from getting singles or doubles on balls. Last season, Mets relief pitchers had a hard time keeping runners down after MLB implemented a pitch clock. New […]