Kahlil Greene, former San Dieo Padres prospect, had his contract voided by the Texas Rangers on Thursday. His ongoing battle with social anxiety disorder has flipped his career upside down.
The National Pastime may be lagging in certain parts of the game, but there one are continues to thrive despite the economic troubles that face the country. Baseball coverage is at its apex, with the volume and sheer numbers of people writing and commenting never higher than any point in its history.
A quick [...]
[ed - Since I was travelling this week, this is coming out on Wednesday morning instead of Tuesday afternoon. We'll be back to Tuesdays next week.]
Last week, Bill Bavasi was relieved of his duties, and so the obvious question was:
If you were offered the Mariners' GM job, what specific steps would you attempt to take [...]
Roundtable discussions are back, and slated to appear every week!!
This week's question regards prospect evaluation. The Digest writing team was posed the following question this past week, on the heels of the First-year player draft:
How do you determine when to “give up” on a prospect, and should MLB teams be quicker or slower about [...]
You can find all the previous Bloggers Roundtables right here.
Bloggers
Craig Brown – Royals AuthorityWill McDonald – Royals Review
Brian Bannister will try to replicate his3.87 ERA and 1.17 WHIP in 2008(brotz13/flickr)
Question 1: – What would be your Royals rotation in 2008 and why?
Craig: Thankfully, the first three guys are no-brainers: Gil Meche, Brian Bannister and Zack [...]
In this week's installment of 'Chatter from the Bleachers', I ask Geoff Young, Rob McQuown and Eric SanInocencio to answer the following questions:
- If you were the Detroit Tigers manager, how would you handle Brandon Inge in 2008 (positions played, playing time, etc.)?
- Front offices around major league baseball are full of competent personnel. Who [...]
It is now time to shift our attention to the Detroit Tigers, after our Colorado Rockies Roundtable yesterday. If you want to consult the past Roundtables, head over here.
Granderson leads off the lineup and Roundtable (Bill Richardson/BDD)
Bloggers
Ian Casselberry – Bless You BoysBill Ferris – Detroit Tigers WeblogPeter Robins-Brown – Bugs & Cranks
Question 1: What are [...]
Even if Bob Costas doesn't think we should be taken seriously, we will still continue these Bloggers Roundtables. We'll really try harder to be as good as he is in the near future, but hey, we won't make any promises. John Brattain took the time to answer his diatribe against bloggers…
The Bloggers Roundtable is [...]
'Chatter from the Bleachers' is another forum for Baseball Digest Daily writers to debate varied baseball topics and we encourage you to debate with us in the Comments section.
The two questions this week are:
- If you were the Cleveland manager, where would you put Grady Sizemore in the lineup (with the current roster)? Why?
- Comment [...]
This is simple: we invite bloggers from a specific team to answer and
debate a set of five questions I have previously sent them. Their
answers are below. Readers are invited to debate the answers with the
bloggers themselves in the Comments section below.
The goal is
to provide a platform for bloggers to debate their team and
philosophies in one [...]
