SSG Baseball – Top 10 Second Basemen for the 2020 Season

Welcome back. Today we have the top 10 SSG second basemen. This field was much thinner than the Catchers and First Basemen lists. As you’ll see, the top player was an easy choice, 2-5ish were difficult to discern between, and 9-10 could have easily been swapped with a few of the “just missed” players. Enjoy … Read more

SSG Baseball – Top 10 1B for the 2020 Season

We’re back this week with another top 10, this time for First basemen. Making this list I ran into the classic “DH Dilemma”, as I like to call it. There are no players technically designated (no pun intended) as a DH. I could determine based on the team’s current lineup settings (though every team doesn’t … Read more

SSG Baseball – Top 10 Catchers for the 2020 Season

The 2020 season is approaching. Over the next 12 weeks we’ll be looking at the best SSG Baseball players for the new year position-by-position. Today we start with arguably the most important defensive positions on the diamond: catchers. This is a pretty deep field this year so the competition was tough and there were a … Read more

All-Star Raimel Tapia Agrees to 6-year Extension with SSG Braves

The SSG Atlanta Braves have come to an agreement with Left Fielder Raimel Tapia on a contract extension, the team announced on Saturday. The deal will keep Tapia under team control through 2027 (which includes a team option in the final year worth $8 million). Tapia was originally signed by the Colorado Rockies organization in … Read more

SSG Braves Hire New GM Pontzer to Build on Bright-Spots of 2019

After an extended search and several interviews, the Atlanta Braves front office settled on a new General Manager in Jacob Pontzer. In his introductory press conference on Monday, the 26 year-old Pennsylvania native talked about the team’s strengths and weaknesses entering the new decade. “I’m excited about the opportunity, and even more excited about the … Read more