The first round of the 2005 first-year player draft saw an incredible crop of talent come from it. Players like Justin Upton, Troy Tulowitzki, Matt Garza, Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Braun have already reached the Majors and have made major contributions to their teams. Not to mention over half of the picks at one time [...]

With the recent trade of Matt Holliday going to the Cardinals, everyone has been talking about one side of the trade. Sure he’s the big name that I think will end up helping the Cardinals ease into the playoffs, but the A’s received the player that will help them for many, many years. Brett Wallace [...]

One of the things I enjoy doing most when watching baseball is to complete my own scouting reports on players. I try to break down the biggest parts of their game and try to do so as any scout would. Below is an example of one of the reports I have put together from my [...]

It wasn’t that long ago that Phillip Hughes was one of baseball’s biggest and most highly touted prospects. Not only did he have a stellar track record as an amateur and minor league pro, but he also had an incredible arsenal of pitches at his disposal. He was every organization’s dream.
But after an up-and-down career [...]

Now before we begin let me start out by saying I know the All-Star game is an exhibition game. But be that as it may, it’s still kind of a joke. None of the reasoning behind the rules, set-up and outcome makes any sense. Now don’t get me wrong, I love the All-Star game as [...]

While the trade deadline is still over a month away, teams with holes to fill are already starting to sniff around some of the remains of teams that have all but fallen out of the race.
The names of the impact bats that may be available this summer are beginning to dwindle due to injuries which [...]

Just like every year, the Chicago Cubs have had very high expectations from both the organization and its fans. They went out and made the moves they thought would be the deciding factors in the NL Central.
This has not been the case.
The fact of the matter is the Cubs have underachieved greatly here in 2009 [...]

Yeah I know that wasn’t the classiest title to a blog post, but hopefully you got a bit of a chuckle. But in all seriousness, this is a major issue for the Cardinals and could cost them more than just a few at-bats.
Heading into Friday’s games, baseball’s best hitter Albert Pujols had walked 51 times [...]

It wasn’t too long ago that all we heard was “Joba, Joba, Joba.” You couldn’t turn on ESPN without them drooling over the thick-bodied young righty and how good he was and how much better he was going to be. Then a funny thing happened. Joba stopped being Joba.
Before we dive into looking at what [...]

In case you missed last night’s action around Major League Baseball because you went to bed at 7:30 or were up all night watching a Sex in the City marathon, I’m here to help get you through the day with the top five stories from yesterday’s action. Now when your friends start talking about all [...]