Sem Robberse is the Real Deal

dutchbaseballhangout.blog photo    The first thing you want to do after talking to Blue Jays minor league pitcher Sem Robberse is to go to baseball-ref and check his age.  The native of Zeist, Netherlands, won’t turn 20 until October.  Yet, his poise, depth of thought, and the progress he’s made in such a relatively short period …

You Have to Hand it to Kevin Smith

If there’s one thing that Kevin Smith, about to join the big club after a stellar season at AAA Buffalo, is good at - it’s proving his critics wrong. Told as a youngster that he wasn’t good enough or big enough, he won the starting SS job in his freshman year at Maryland, garnering rave …

Orelvis is the Next Prospect to Get All Shook Up Over

My promise to you, gentle readers, is to never use the above line again. Similarly, #OrelvisHasLefttheBuilding has, well…..left the building, as far as my lexicon is concerned. But the hype is real. With Gabriel Moreno out with a broken thumb, Alejandro Kirk and Alek Manoah about to lose prospect status, and Austin Martin dealt away …