You can’t lose Trea Turner, Corey Seager, Justin Turner, and Alex Verdugo without it catching up to you eventually, especially if Mookie Betts is trying too hard to carry the load and the Swiss Army Knives like Chris Taylor aren’t hitting. The bullpen is full of gas cans. We don’t know how long this is going to last but we do know this is going to be painful, at least for a little bit.
Read moreThe New York Yankees thought they had strengthened their rotation in the off-season by adding Carlos Rodon. Funny thing about adding injury-plagued players after one good year…the injuries seem to come back. Rodon starts the year on the injured list with forearm and back issues. Last year he went 14-8 with a 2.88 ERA and 1.03 WHIP for the San
Read moreThe question for Toronto is, do baby giraffes like domed stadiums?
The Jays also have hopes for another player with a pretty good nickname, Daulton “Little Wheels” Varsho.
Read moreWins are hard to get nowadays. Pitchers are pulled from games earlier and earlier. According to Bleacher Report, there were 734 complete games in 1982. We are on pace this year for…four
Read moreBob Moffitt: (Posey was) rookie of the Year, MVP, 7-time All Star in 10 full years in the field, four Silver Sluggers, one Gold Glove,
Steve Harmon: Not arguing at all that he wasn’t great, that he accumulated all that platinum. But one thing he didn’t accumulate were the numbers. I’m sorry, but 1,500 hits and 153 home runs – even for a catcher.
Not even the ’87 Twins (13 win deficit to the Tigers) had to overcome so much. If the Dodgers lose this, it would be jaw-droppingly amazing…kind of like when the 116-win Seattle Mariners club lost to the 95-win Yankees team in 2001.
Read moreThe Giants/Dodgers series is not a certainty. In fact, it’s very much in doubt. This is the same St. Louis Cardinals club that is just come off a 17-game winning streak.
Read moreAfter the trade deadline in Major League Baseball July 30, the team also has Kris Bryant, a well-known slugger and solid third baseman for fans to focus on while they try to remember where Lamonte Wade Jr. came from and if he’s a righty or a lefty.
Read moreOn paper this looks like a decent team; and if they can all actually make it to the ball park to play they should be.
Read moreUnder one set of proposed new rules, if a player is identified as a pull hitter, the entire defense must employ a reverse shift to the opposite field’s sideline. This bit of reparations will hopefully undo the last several years during which pull hitters were unfairly labeled “not as good” as hitters who could hit the ball all over the park.
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