“Down Year” for Pujols Could Produce Triple Crown

For the first time in many years, we have a Triple Crown race in Major League Baseball. Not one, but two players are within striking distance of one of the most elusive achievements in all of sports. Not since 1967 has anyone led either Major League in home runs, RBI, and batting average. Not since [...]

Stephen Strasburg to undergo TJS

Last Saturday, Stephen Strasburg, in his first game back after a short DL stint, left his start againts the Philadelphia Phillies with an injury to his pitching arm. This morning, the news came down from GM Mike Rizzo that Strasburg will need to undergo Tommy John Surgery to repair a significant tear in his UCL, [...]

The American League Cy Young Race

With a little over a month to go in the 2010 Major League season, the Cy Young race in the American League is still wide open. We have a least as many candidates as we did in May, probably more, and while there is still time for someone to step things up and lay claim [...]

Blue Jays Extend Ricky Romero

The Blue Jays on Saturday signed 25-year-old former top-10 pick Ricky Romero to a five year, $30.1 million contract that will keep him signed with the team through 2015. Romero, the teams first round pick in 2005, has a 3.53 ERA and 3.40 FIP on the season. Not much of a strikeout pitcher in the [...]

The Craziness of Ubaldo Jimenez

Yesterday, Ubaldo Jimenez struck out 9, walking none, in a complete game shutout. Jimenez hasn’t allowed a run in his last 27 1/3 innings. It’s June 1st, and his ERA stands at .78. He’s 10-1, and he also has a no-hitter. So yeah, he’s having kind of a good season. But is he the best [...]

Minor League Watch: Five Guys Ready for Promotion

How far into the season is it fair to sit down, and really take a hard look at a players statistics? Depends who you ask. The New York media would like to put that somewhere around the fifth inning of opening day. Most fans really start to pay attention a month into the season. Statically [...]

Time To Make a Move

It’s May 16th. The baseball season is nearly a fourth of the way over. And if you’re like me, the seasons hasn’t been too kind so far. I was doing fine in my AL league, until Nelson Cruz and Brett Anderson went on the DL. I lost a dozen points, and now I’m in the [...]

Suprise Performances: Silva, Millwood, and Livan.

Who would have guessed that on April 20th, Livan Herandnez and Carlos Silva would be first and second in the Major Leagues in ERA. Early season surprises are to be expected. But we are now at the point where most starters have made their third start of the season. While three starts is not a [...]

Roberts, Hill to DL

A day into the second week of the 2010 Major League season, and several teams are dealing with serious injuries in their middle infield. The Baltimore Orioles have placed Brian Roberts on the DL, retroactive to Friday, with a strained abdomen. Roberts has been dealing with pain from a herniated disk since the spring, an [...]

Francisco Out, Feliz In

On Friday, I addressed the Rangers bullpen situation: Frank Francisco has had a rough start to the season. After picking up his first save Monday, he imploded against the Blue Jays on Thursday, giving up 3 runs in two thirds of an inning. He’s got two years worth of performance indicating that he can be [...]

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