We continue to live in a baseball world where most offensive statistical achievements are brought into question. Countless number of products are being placed on the banned list. We point the finger at everyone, without any concrete evidence. Sometimes circumstantial evidence is simply overrated and misused. Or abused. Funny, cause we say athletes do things like...abuse performance enhancers. And it ultimately doesn't matter if they ever tested positive or not. My objective is to just simply paint ...
In the midseason award blogs, I picked Jose Bautista as my MVP based on the tremendous numbers he is posted. Toronto is staying around .500 and that might be better than predicted AND he does the damage without the significant talent posted around him. I factored in several things. But what does everyone else factor in? Must the MVP be exclusively from a winning team? We have proven that it doesn't have to. By we, I mean who ever votes. Usually, we as fans tend to get hung up on that aspect of determine ...
We had a flurry in the last two days, so I will break it up in a couple of parts. We need a bigger boat Cleveland receives: SP Ubaldo Jimenez Colorado receives: SP Drew Pomeranz (technically a PTBNL), SP Alex White, P Joseph Gardner, and IF Matt McBride This is a deal we'll look back on, possible as soon as the season ends, and wonder out loud "what?". What defines this deal is simply how Jimenez performs or..holds up. This is either going to ...
It's About Time Houston Made a Decision Houston receives: SP Jarred Cosart, 1B Jonathan Singleton, P Josh Zeid, and a PTBNL Philadelphia receives: OF Hunter Pence and Cash Pence is the kind of personality any team could use. It's never pretty and never looks pretty, but the man gives you everything he has. Low maintenance players are always a plus to contenders. Pence is a definite upgrade over the Ben Francisco-John Mayberry Jr.-Dominic Brown platter of mediocrity in right ...
Once you go Kosuke, you don't give a Choo Cleveland receives: Kosuke Fukudome Chicago (N) receives: OF Abner Abreu and MR Carlton Smith Cleveland is all about building internally. They really weren't looking to spend a lot, unless it was for a sure thing (they offered to take on all of Beltran's salary this season, but Scott Boras didn't.. I mean, Carlos Beltran wasn't interested in them). So what makes sense for a team with a history of making pretty reasonable trades? ...