Injuries, clubhouse turmoil, and a disappointing second half collapse foiled the Houston Astros 2009 plans. An off-season roster re-tooling, a new manager (this time actually hired by the team’s General Manager!), and a few budding prospects has hopes renewed… but what team isn’t hopeful in March? Brian Joseph figuratively visits Houston and gives his outlook [...]
Posted by Brian Joseph on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Brian Joseph, Main Page · Tagged Astros Fans, Bevy, Cecil Cooper, Collapse, Game Losing Streak, Houston Astros, Jose Valverde, Latroy Hawkins, Matt Lindstrom, Miguel Tejada, New Addresses, New York Mets, Nl Central, Pecota, Pedro Feliz, Pitchforks, Playoff Hunt, Position Breakdowns, Pythagorean, Team Previews
There are quite a few Asian stories for the upcoming season—a topic for an upcoming column—but many of them focus on the fate of Japanese pitchers in 2010. Some of those questions were answered with the opening of Spring Training, and I’ll run down a few of them here.
Daisuke Matsuzaka lost most of last season [...]
Posted by Michael Street on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 1:27 am
Filed under Main Page, Michael Street · Tagged Batters, Boston, Dice K, Fate, Health Perspective, Japanese Pitcher, Kawakami, Lack Of Communication, Midweek, Opening Day, Overdrive, Perspectives, Pitchers And Catchers, Pitches, Red Sox, Spring Training, Traces, Wbc, Whip, Workouts
The Omar Minaya Era in New York turned ugly after a playoff run that ended in defeat in the NLCS in 2006. Since then, the club suffered a historic collapse in 2007 and were outlasted by their arch rivals, the Philadelphia Phillies, in 2008. Fueled by off-season smack talk from the City of Brotherly Love, [...]
Posted by Bo Wulf on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Bo Wulf, Featured, Main Page · Tagged Arch Rivals, Bernie Madoff, Billy Wagner, City Of Brotherly Love, Hot Stove, Mets Fan, Mets New York, New York Mets, Nl East, Nlcs, Odd Position, Omar Minaya, Pecota, Philadelphia Phillies, Position Breakdowns, Pythagorean, Secon, Shadow Of A Doubt, Soap Opera, Team Previews, Wagner Wagner
A flight from Cleveland to Arizona can be tough on the internal clock so we’ll blame the jet lag for the 11th hour posting of Michael Street’s Diamondbacks preview. The BDD editing room is on the East Coast so for all of you out West, this one came in prime time. As for Arizona, they [...]
Posted by Michael Street on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Featured, Main Page, Michael Street · Tagged 11th Hour, Arizona Diamondbacks, Bad Luck, Bob Melvin, Brandon Webb, Bullpen, Chad Qualls, Chris Snyder, Conor Jackson, Editing Room, Eric Byrnes, Good Fortune, Hinch, Internal Clock, Josh Byrnes, Justin Upton, Managerial Experience, Mark Reynolds, Nl West, Position Breakdowns, Power Hitters, Power Outage, Pythagorean, Relatio, Team Previews, Walking Papers, Young Blood
Last week, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to travel to Seattle and Vancouver for a much-needed vacation, unplugged from work at my Miami law firm. By doing so, I was incredibly fortunate to be able to experience being in a city hosting the Winter Olympics, just two weeks after witnessing the Super [...]
Posted by Eric Polsky on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 3:01 am
Filed under Eric Polsky, Featured, Main Page · Tagged Aerials, Asian Man, Canadians, Championship Game, Fish Market, Game Events, Hockey Team Usa, Ken Griffey Jr, Lingerie Bowl, Miami Law Firm, Nfl Pro Bowl, Older Man, Olympic Hockey, Pike Street, Prequel, Pro Bowl, Safeco, Safeco Field, Unplugged, Winter Olympics
All the little kids growin’ up on the skids are going, “Cleveland rocks! Cleveland rocks!” But does BDD’s Andrea Betts think the Cleveland Indians rock in 2010? Will they bounce back from a rough 2009 or has trading away CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez over the last two seasons set them too far [...]
Posted by Andrea Betts on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Andrea Betts, Featured, Main Page · Tagged Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Rocks, Differential, Dividends, Earned Runs, Fair Share, Game Losing Streak, Little Kids, Looking Glass, Pecota, Position Breakdowns, Pythagorean, Rabbit Hole, Russell Branyan, Skids, Team Previews, Two Seasons, Victor Martinez, Vorp, White Sox
Pardon me while I think aloud, but this has been on my mind lately. Recently, I wrote a couple of posts (this and this) on my blog Crashburn Alley detailing why I think it would be a good idea to trade Ryan Howard. It inspired a lot of debate and it was linked to heavily [...]
Posted by Bill Baer on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 7:40 am
Filed under Authors A-F, Bill Baer, Main Page, Miscellaneous · Tagged Babe Ruth, Blog, Bs, Chris Young, Game, Garuntee, Geeks, Gm, Happ, Jayson Werth, Lefty, MLB, Nerd, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia News, Phillies, Poor Work Ethic, Promise, Regression, Ryan Howard, Sammy Sosa, Scientist, Stat
Much like their divisional foes in Arizona, the Los Angeles Dodgers opened Spring Training with questions at the back-end of their rotation. Hopefully a lot of teams have this problem, and usually do. Otherwise this series will run its course quickly.
Both the Diamondbacks and the Dodgers have a favorite for the fifth slot, with some [...]
Posted by Harry Pavlidis on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 2:12 am
Filed under Harry Pavlidis, Main Page · Tagged Ample Fodder, Average Speed, Batters, Carlos Monasterios, Charlie Haeger, Clear Waivers, Demotion, Diamondbacks, Eric Stults, Espn, Foes, James Mcdonald, Knuckleballer, Lefty, Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, Mlbam, News Story, Odds On Favorite, Pecking Order, Pitch Type, Ramon Ortiz, Right Hander, Scoop Jackson, Scott Elbert, Slots, Sports, Spring Training, Story Id, Waivers, Wits
There are about 33 or 34 positive things about this year’s Kansas City Royals. Someone else other than Zack Greinke will be starting the other 128 or 129 games though. Initially, this editor set out to be me more positive in introduction #4 but after reading Craig Brown’s Royals preview and trying to put myself [...]
Posted by Craig Brown on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 7:14 am
Filed under 2010 Team Previews, Craig Brown, Featured, Main Page · Tagged Alex Gordon, Billy Butler, Brian Bannister, Coco Crisp, Craig Brown, Cy Young, Everyday Player, Foot Locker, Gil Meche, Hip Surgery, Introduction 4, Kansas City Royals, Kyle Davies, Kyle Farnsworth, Manager Buddy Bell, Mike Aviles, Pecota, Position Breakdowns, Spectacular Fashion, Team Previews, Tommy John, Tommy John Surgery, Yuniesky Betancourt, Zack Greinke
Just as I have done the past few years, I have uploaded and attached the new Top Prospects Compilation file to this blog posting. Prospect rankings from Baseball America, BP’s Kevin Goldstein, and MiLB.com are just some of those that you’ll find in the file.
The Excel workbook contains several tabs at the bottom representing each [...]
Posted by Joe Hamrahi on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 4:10 am
Filed under Joe Hamrahi, Main Page, Prospects · Tagged Baseball America, Blog, Bp, Compilation, Current, Excel Workbook, Goldstein, Milb, Prospect List, Revisions, Tabs, Top Lists, Top Prospects, Xls
