Picking the 2012 MLB Award Winners
With the focus in baseball being on the fantastic matchups being waged in the playoffs, the intense debate about the end-of-season awards has been tempered for the time being. It’s a temporary lull...
View ArticleMy Rookie of the Year Award Ballot
The Rookie of the Year Award, also referred to as the Jackie Robinson Award by the BBWAA and the Willie Mays Award by the BBA, does not have strict voting standards other than the fact that the player...
View ArticleMatt Holliday’s Slide Was Far From Bush-League
Last night’s NLCS game was full of action including a leadoff homerun, both pitchers hitting doubles, and the slide that no one would shut up about. In case you missed it or did not hear about it, in...
View ArticleBaseball Notes From the Past Week: Part 1
The last piece of ticker tape from the San Francisco Giants World Series victory parade had barely fluttered to the ground before the MLB offseason began in earnest. With impending award season, the...
View ArticleDan Haren and San Diego are a Perfect Fit
After a failed trade that would have sent Dan Haren from the Los Angeles Angels to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Carlos Marmol, Haren’s $15.5M 2013 option was declined by the Angels and he became a...
View ArticleMichael Ynoa: High Expectations, 40-Man Rosters, and the Agonizing Burden of...
The legend of right-handed pitcher Michael Ynoa began the moment he signed a then-record $4.25 million contract with the Oakland A’s in 2008 as a 16-year-old from the Dominican Republic. Because of...
View ArticleFormer Yankees Pitcher Gil Patterson Talks Baseball
Richard Perry/The New York Times Because of their traditionally substantial resources, the New York Yankees have had numerous top prospects in their system. While some have gone on to lengthy careers...
View ArticleA’s Trade Former Top Prospects for Jed Lowrie
The Oakland Athletics, in a move to bolster their major league roster, acquired shortstop Jed Lowrie and right-handed reliever Fernando Rodriguez from the Houston Astros in exchange for catching...
View ArticleGreg Cadaret Has Left His Mark On the Game
Left-handed pitchers are one of the most valuable commodities in baseball. Any southpaw with talent has a ready-made major league career ahead of them, which can bring them stardom, or at the very...
View ArticleNolan Sanburn: Oakland A’s Pitching Prospect Talks Baseball
The Oakland Athletics have displayed a knack for producing quality Major League pitching in recent years, with the likes of Tim Hudson, Trevor Cahill, A.J. Griffin and Sean Doolittle just to name a...
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