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Don’t hate the messenger Rays’ fans: While there was a lot of whining about being stuck in baseball’s toughest division, Tampa Bay played down to the rest of the weaker American League, posting a 31-41 record against the AL Central and AL West. In the elite division in baseball, that’s just not going to get [...]
Posted by Zach Sanders on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 3:24 am
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Featured, Main Page, Zach Sanders · Tagged Babip, Ben Zobrist, Breakout Season, Carlos Pena, Cinderella, Cleveland Indians, David Price, Elite Division, Evan Longoria, Jeff Niemann, Kelly Shoppach, Maturity, Most Sequels, Mvp, Patience, Playing Time, Playoff Contender, Position Breakdowns, Pythagorean, Rafael Soriano, Realignment, Tampa Bay Rays, Team Previews, Wade Davis, World Series
In working on some stuff for the site, I ran into a link to a top-50 position players list I’d published 2 years ago: link. There are many ways to dissect something like this, and I think I can deservedly pat myself on the back for ranking Desmond Jennings the 7th-best position player prospect [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Filed under Main Page, Prospect Views, Prospects, Rob McQuown · Tagged Adrian Cardenas, Andrew Mccutchen, Angel Villalona, Baseball America, Beau Mills, Cannon Arm, Drew Stubbs, Elvis Andrus, Gomez Ss, Gorkys Hernandez, Hector Gomez, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joey Votto, Jose Tabata, Kosuke Fukudome, Lung Hu, Nick Weglarz, Nolan Reimold, Ryan Kalish, Taylor Teagarden
Only Steve Bartman appreciated Milton Bradley for what he was worth. Then again, Bartman moved down the scape”goat” list thanks to Bradley’s antics in Chicago. Now that baseball is the #1 attraction in Wrigleyville, the Cubs look to reclaim the division that was there’s for two consecutive seasons before Milton Bradley’s “Game of Strife” hit [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 4:05 am
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Featured, Main Page, Rob McQuown · Tagged Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Baseball Reference, Chicago Chicago, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Cubs Goat, Consecutive Seasons, Cy Young, Dan Bernstein, Dollar Man, Game Play, Goat List, Hendry, Lee Majors, Main Attraction, Mcquown, Milton Bradley, Nl Central, Obscure Reference, Position Breakdowns, Pythagorean, Radio Personality, Rich Harden, Sports Radio, Steve Bartman, Straight Time, Strife, Team Previews, Time Mark, Ups, Ups And Downs, Wbc, Wrigleyville Chicago, Wscr
Last week, I looked at the Asian pitchers and how they’ve started Spring Training, so this week I’ll look at the hitters and how they’re leading off the season. We lost Kenji Johjima in the offseason, of course, and there weren’t any position player imports—these kinds of imports are a rarity in any year—but these [...]
Posted by Michael Street on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Filed under Main Page, Michael Street · Tagged Akinori, Chone Figgins, Chris Coghlan, Dl, Don Wakamatsu, Fresh Start, Ichiro Suzuki, Kenji Johjima, Leadoff Hitter, Manager Don, Mcl, MLB, Offseason, Perspectives, Pitchers, Position Player, Rarity, S Games, Spring Training, Ulcers, World Baseball Classic
Greetings from your friendly editor. Funny story about the Milwaukee Brewers. When I was a kid, my cousin and I realized the Brewers “glove” logo was actually an M and a B. We were amazed. What’s that have to do with this preview? Well, nothing. Let’s hand this thing over to Michael Street… Read on [...]
Posted by Michael Street on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 5:28 am
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Featured, Main Page, Michael Street · Tagged Braden Looper, Casey Mcgehee, Cecil Cooper, Corey Hart, Dave Bush, Jeff Suppan, Manny Parra, Milwaukee Brewers, Nl Central, Paul Molitor, Pete Vuckovich, Place Crew, Playoff Appearances, Position Breakdowns, Prince Fielder, Rickie Weeks, Robin Yount, Rollie Fingers, Ryan Braun, Team Previews, Trevor Hoffman, Wrist Injury
By now “Yes we can!” is so played out that even using it to introduce the President’s favorite baseball team is lame. It’s difficult to keep a White Sox intro short, though. There’s the obligatory mention of Ozzie Guillen’s Twitter, the South Side, and, for the nostalgic, throw in a Black Sox reference, too. Were [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Featured, Main Page, Rob McQuown · Tagged Alexis Rios, Black Sox, Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, Chicago White Sox, Climax, Differential, Favorite Baseball Team, Gauntlet, Hot Streak, Ineptitude, Kenny Williams, Mcquown, Measly, Minor League Game, Outfielder, Ozzie Guillen, Pecota, Pitchers, Position Breakdowns, President Of The United States, Pythagorean, Return Date, Straight Road Games, Straight Time, Team Previews, Thome, Twitter, Usa Today, York Boston
There are a few things you can be sure of about this year’s Cincinnati Reds: IF all of their talent plays up to their full potential, the young Red Machine will be tough to handle; IF it doesn’t, we’ll blame Dusty Baker. Sorry, Dusty, that’s just how it works with you… We don’t make the [...]
Posted by Isaac Thorn on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Featured, Isaac Thorn, Main Page · Tagged All Star, Batting Averages, Bdd, Best Case Scenario, Brandon Phillips, Chapman, Cincinnati Reds, Conte, Corey Patterson, Dark Horse, Differential, Drew Stubbs, Dusty Baker, Horse Team, Impersonation, Joey Votto, Mak, Makeup, Mets, Nl Central, Orlando Cabrera, Pecota, Position Breakdowns, Pythagorean, Rota, Team Previews, Thorn, Unrealistic Expectations, Wild Card, Willy Taveras, Youngsters
The Rockies don’t seem to have much of a question mark around their fifth starter as the Dodgers or the Diamondbacks. Jason Hammel is generally being conceded the job, but a discussion at Inside Pulse reminds us of the presence of Jhoulys Chacin and southpaw Franklin Morales. Morales pitched in relief quite a bit in 2009, [...]
Posted by Harry Pavlidis on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Filed under Harry Pavlidis, Main Page · Tagged Apodaca, Chacin, Coffee Club, Couple Cups, Denver Post, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Fifth Starter, Four Men, Greg Smith, Ground Balls, jason hammel, Job, Lefty, Minor League Ball, Morales, Pitches, Pitching Coach, Presence, Pulse, Question Mark, Rockies, Southpaw, Spring Training, Starting Pitcher, Thigh Area, Training Games
With the news of Joe Nathan’s elbow and Angel Guzman’s shoulder coming down the pike during this past week, Jason Frasor has become a very popular name in trade rumors. I bet most of you are asking the same question: “Who is Jason Frasor?”
Without getting too existential (Who are we, really?), I will tell you [...]
Posted by Zach Sanders on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Filed under Authors M-Z, Main Page, Zach Sanders · Tagged Angel Guzman, Babip, Batters, Blip, Blue Jays, Breaking Ball, Career Mark, Career Numbers, Chicago Cubs, Closers Role, Coming Down The Pike, Fastball, Free Agent, Jason Frasor, Joe Nathan, Jon Rauch, Marmol, Minnesota Twins, Scott Downs, Setup Man, Spring Chicken, Toronto Blue Jays, Trade Rumors
Our guess is that if you found a Padres fan who woke up from a coma, he was awfully confused when looking at a newspaper last season. For those of us who weren’t in a coma, it probably still was a little surprising to see Tony Gwynn grace a Padres lineup again… especially a less [...]
Posted by Geoff Young on Friday, March 12, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Geoff Young, Main Page · Tagged August 1, Chief Operating Officer, Colorado St, Dose Of Reality, Early Returns, Flourish, Harbinger, Initial Success, Jake Peavy, Jeff Moorad, John Moores, Longshots, Minor League, Nl West, Old Regime, Optimism, Ownership Group, Ownership Involvement, Padres Baseball, Pecota, Petco Park, Position Breakdowns, Pythagorean, San Diego Padres, Team Previews, Tom Garfinkel, Tony Gwynn, Youngsters