American League:

MVP: Mark Teixeira – With Arod out for a couple of months Teixeira will have to step up. He will. Last year he made massive, massive strides in plate discipline, walking more than he struck out and raising his CT% to 83. He reached a career high OBP, and the [...]

If I told you BJ Upton regressed in 2008, you would probably say duh. Just look at the numbers..

2007: .300, 24 HR, 22 SB, 82 RBI, 86 Runs.
2008: .273, 9 HR, 44 SB, 66 RBI, 85 Runs.

The thing is, I don’t think Upton regressed. Not at all. Sure his [...]

Pedro Martinez doesn’t have to do anything this year. He is easily one of the greatest pitchers of all time, and based off his performances in 1999 and 2000, I would argue he’s the greatest pitcher to ever live. But the vast majority of baseball analysts think he’s done. Their argument is that [...]

Mike Napoli? Seriously? Yep.

My first positional rankings are out and they are a little bit unusual but the catcher position is rather unusual to start with. One thing I have to say: there is no excuse not to own a good catcher this year. You don’t have to spend an [...]

With all the hype around David Price and Matt Wieters it’s easy to forget that amazing crop of offensive rookies we had last year. Forgetting them would be dangerous though as quite a few are poised for a break. Here I’m going to rank the top few second year guys. Some of [...]