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MLB has changed the rules regarding lifetime suspensions, meaning that 17 formerly ineligible players who have since passed away are now eligible for the Hall of Fame.

Diamondbacks News

Pitching Knocked Around By Giants
Brandon Pfaadt had his shortest outing of the season, needing 95 pitches to get through four innings. He surrendered a grand slam to San Francisco’s Christian Koss in the second and then the bullpen allowed an additional six runs. On the other side of the ledger, Corbin Carroll tied Aaron Judge and Kyle Schwarber for the MLB lead in home runs.

Corbin Carroll is scorching hot right now

Diamondbacks On and Off Run Continues
The Diamondbacks continue to struggle with stringing wins together.

Diamondbacks Looking to Reshape Bullpen with Graveman
The Diamondbacks are hoping the eagerly awaited return of veteran righty Kendall Graveman will help to settle the struggling unit of pitchers who have seen their ranks decimated by injuries of one sort or another.

A beacon of hope in a vast wilderness of doubts

Other Baseball News

Major League Baseball Rules that Permanent Ineligibility Ends at Death
Major League Baseball issued a statement concerning a landmark decision today. Commissioner Rob Manfred has decided that players on the permanently ineligible list will lose that status once they die. This means that players like Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson are now off the permanently ineligible list, as well as 15 others.

Editor’s note: Please remember to follow Snake Pit posting guidelines when discussing and debating this topic and the merits (or shortcomings) of Manfred’s decision.

Wetzel: The lesson of Pete Rose and ‘Shoeless’ Joe? History is messy

History is history. The game is the game. The museum is the museum. Tell the story, the whole story, with all the best players and best teams and best tales, no matter how colorful, criminal or regrettable.

Dodgers’ Roki Sasaki Heads to IL with Right Shoulder Impingement
The Dodgers have one of the most fearsome rotations ever sitting on the IL. Roki Sasaki, the Japanese phenom who just signed with the team this last winter now joins Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, and Clayton Kershaw on the IL. For most teams, losing one such pitcher could end the hopes for a season. But this is the Dodgers with their silly money.

Shohei Ohtani and the Unusual, Improbable, So High, Very Rad Run-to-RBI Ratio
Another week, another way in which three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani continues to break the mold.

Paul Skenes to Pitch for Team USA in World Baseball Classic
Team USA has a new ace to lead the rotation. Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes has decided to pitch for the team, a slight upgrade over Arizona’s Merrill Kelly who pitched for the team in the previous competition’s final.

Good things are happening in Detroit