Let’s take a look at his resume up to the age of 24:

- 4 straight 20+ home runs seasons.
– 2 30+ home run seasons.
– A 2005 season where he hit well over .300, with 43 homers, and a .667 SLG at the age of 20.

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Jese Litsch has been placed on the 15 day disabled list with forearm tightness. Not too much information out there about this, but it appears to be somewhat serious. There are numerous reports about who will take his place. Brian Tallet is already with the big league club and might get a shot. [...]

Most of these guys aren’t deep sleepers, but they are starting off well. Do you want to pick them up? Sell high on them? Spend to grab them at their best?

Let’s start off easy with some obvious ones:

Johan Santana – Listen I was very critical of Johan Santana coming into this [...]

With the recent success of Andy Sonnanstine and John Danks throwing the cutter, I thought it would be interesting to research what effect the cutter has on a pitchers career. Everyone knows the story of Mariano Rivera learning the cutter and going on to be the most successful closer in major league [...]

One thing baseball announcers like to look at a lot is pitch counts, and the number of balls versus the number of strikes a pitcher has thrown during a game. Obviously the best pitchers throw less pitches, throw many more balls than strikes, and of course miss a lot of bats while keeping [...]

Brandon Inge - Inge has 3 home runs in his first 5 games, a carry over from spring in which Inge hit 5 homers in 25 games. Inge has always had power, however he has struggled the last 2 years. 2006 shows his upside. At 28 years old, Inge hit 27 homers with a [...]