Groundouts passed the most challenging offseason test with flying colors! Let's take a short breath while we await the posting of draftable players, and also start planning for January's 3rd Annual Winter Meetings, once again hosted by our own Ken "The Basil King" Simone. And if it wasn't already cl

Hooray! Crackers manager Sam is tying the knot with the lovely and talented Morgan Bishop on December 1 in Stephenville, TX. Although we couldn't turn the occasion into a full-scale Groundout Convention, we Groundouts have pitched in on the ultimate wedding gift: we're giving you three of Berlin's

To follow up on my post a little while back here are Vancouver's final pre and post trade deadline records. Truly this was a crazy miscalculation by the management staff and heads will roll. An all-time trade deadline apocalypse and a brutal choke job by the players. Reminder, Vancouver didn't subtr

The Santa Catalina Cowboys cut ties with Edwin Diaz on June 29 and the Cowboys have gone on their first major winning streak of the season. The team is 8-2 in their last 10 games without their star closer. Reports circulate that Diaz may have been a negative force in the club house. One unnamed play

On what planet does Miggy Rojas outhit Freddie Freeman by 51pts? Planet PGB. I know it's a statistical game and things somewhat even out eventually and there can be a big difference between our league and MLB, but really? Anybody else have a flip-flop in stats on their team?

A little late to the party, but inspired by Sammy and a few others, this seemed like a pretty good day for our friend Liberace to re-emerge with a few thoughts on the 2023 season. Read about it on his blog, and see if you can crack the secret code by clicking here.

Recorded on February 6, Costco Chuck and The Basil King let the Commish sit in and play "Draft to the Future". Follow along as the guys try a blindfolded retrodraft, plus LOTS of speculation and anxiety over next week's draft. You know by now that we've moved away from Soundcloud, so now you can sim

The committee consisting of Paul Johnson, Jeff Meyer, Jeremy Johnson, Scott Curtis, Sam Bentz, and Chuck Tinkler worked to determine whether certain safeguards needed to be enacted regarding restrictions on the trading of draft picks. While there was some support for and against the measure, the

Thank you to all the presenters! A few of the evening's highlights: • A look at 2023 stats and career leaders, which turned into a tribute to Albert Pujols • Award winners: MVP-Rafael Devers, Cy Young-Zach Wheeler, Manager of the Year-Chad Boysen, and Top Rookie-Logan Gilbert • Who made the Ultim

After a lengthy hiatus, Groundout Radio returns with a bang! Tune in as the secondary Groundouts kick off the hot stove season with a fireside chat about all things PGB. It's a great listen!

It took us a while, but we finally can announce the results of our latest committee work. Huge thanks to Chad, Jeff, Russ, Swen, and Chuck for hanging in there on this drawn-out proceess. Our objective was to take small step that will provide teams (especially lower-level) with a quick, short-ter

The 2024 Draft Lottery was held on Wednesday night during the World Series. Phase 1 determined which teams would be in the lottery. The dice roll of 6 meant that all non-playoff teams would take part in the lottery. Phase 2 determined which teams, if any would move up in the first round of the dr

The 2023 regular season will end tonight, and most of the drama is now behind us. As we await final standings and playoff matchups, it's a good time to start anticipating our Hot Stove calendar. Impotyant dates: • Playoffs will begin the week of September 18, and usually run about two or three wee

WARNING: The Immaculate Grid is daily puzzle challenge and highly addictive. I've only been playing this for a few days, and I've scored 6 or 7 each day. Give it a try and post your results! https://www.immaculategrid.com

Tonight's action featured no-hitters on back to back days! On May 25 Santa Catalina's Yu Darvish threw 8 no-hit innings against Brooklyn. Skipper Ken Simone, his team in the middle of what looks like a battle to the finish, for a playoff spot, decided to save an inning for later in the season inste

American League It should be fun watching Rochester and Pensacola’s season long battle for the AL pennant. Any of these five teams (Berlin, Charleston, Gnawbone, Homestead, and Thunder Bay) will finish between 3rd and 7th place in the AL. Both Brooklyn and Fairburn helped themselves in the latest

This year crickets! What's up with that?

Thank you to Johnny Walbert, Ryan Williams, Jeff Burkett, Paul Henderson, Ken Simone, and Jeff Swenson for great work in addressing usage and ways to ensure that all Groundouts have ample opportunity to fully stock rosters with enough innings and at-bats. We wrestled with five different concepts,

Was this a fern bar? A chill lounge or a speakeasy? Is it even a pizza joint? Yes, it's definitely a good pizza joint. Recorded live at Earl Giles Distillery in the self-proclaimed artsy-hippie epicenter of Northeast Minneapolis, it's Groundout Radio #85: Rule 5 Edition. We hand out some grades f

The Rule 5 Draft, and all it's drama, is done for another year! The Rule 5 draft has been archived on the Strat Draft website. You can find it and all other previous drafts by following this path: Draft Views>Archived Drafts>View Archived Drafts>Click on the Draft You Want The board has been chan

Take a look at the preseason prediction from our favorite candle opera holder. I think HAL took it as an opportunity to show up one of the worlds greatest showmen(women) and show who really know what is going on. Good luck to the playoff teams!

Imagine the Orioles acquiring a number one starter (Gausman), the best closer in baseball (Diaz), and a 1.13 ERA bullpen arm (Fairbanks) and then turning into the Rockies. The Capilanos' executive staff have sent for the patron saint of Chase Utley's knees in order to divine the sort of sacrifice

Recorded at the now-highly esteemed Village Pizza in North St. Paul, Minnesota, Swen and Dave are joined by recurring-character Russ to talk about bad golf, enjoy some seriously good pizza and break down some key points about the first three months of the season. Give it a listen...

What mid or late round pick from the draft are you irrationally excited about 10 MLB games into the 2023 season? Even though they won’t keep it up? I’m dreaming that 10th rounder Franchy Cordero ends the season with his current 1.100 OPS by continuing to hit bombs to the short porch at Yankee Stadiu

Listen in as the secondary Groundouts (Ken and Chuck) take the temperature of PGB, and offer up a great analysis of the recently completed draft. Click below to listen or download!

The Draftpool Committee has determined that starting in 2024, and for at least the short-term future, the Annual Draft will include only players from American League rosters. The conclusion marks the first time in recent PGB seasons that no NL players will be eligible. With over 140 predominantly-

The d-ratings finally came out, and like every other December, many Groundouts will rightfully lament all of the injustices that Hal & the Glen Head Posse have cast upon their team. It's a time-honored tradition going back to the earliest days of Strat, and well...this year will surely be no differe

The Rochester Redbirds bested the powerhouse San Antonio Padres, winning the series in 5. San Antonio took game 1 to extra innings, where Shohei Ohtani hit a game-winning 3-run bomb to seal the victory. However, Ohtani's dramatics didn't translate to the mound the next night, where he got sen