Look around the major leagues. There’s exciting pitching everywhere. The question is, did the pitching get that much better, or is the reduction in PED’s making pitchers look better? SF Giants Lincecum, Cain, Bumgardner, Sanchez and Surkamp. Granted Surkamp is unproven at the MLB level, but there’s not an easy game in that rotation Phillies [...]
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Conner Crumbliss and Wade Boggs
Last year, I noted that Conner walked nearly twice as often as he struck out, in his debut at Vancouver. This year, at Kane Country, Conner walked 126 times. In 134 games. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/Connor-Crumbliss.shtml That led to a 0.421 on base percentage. Conner also struck out 92 times, but I’ll take that ratio. Why do I [...]
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Giants in review
Last October, I suggested the Giants do a whole lot of nothing in the off-season. Clearly, they wouldn’t be in the World Series if I was their GM. However, I did get a couple things right: – suggesting Posey start the season with the team. they would have won a game or two more with [...]
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Jason Heyward starts big
The top prospect in baseball hit a home run in his first at bat, with the anxious crowd chanting “Let’s go, Heyward!” before his home run – in his first at bat at the major league level. 3B Chipper Jones, winner of 15 or so division titles and a world series, said “I don’t know [...]
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Happy 27th World Series NY
I still don’t like Johnny Damon. But Swisher makes up for Damon. I’m happy Arod had a good series, but his star has fallen. Howard ran into a lot of lefties. Utley I’m ok with. Don’t care for cocky little Rollins, who should never have won the MVP a couple years back. Don’t like Werth [...]
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Yankees vs. Phillies
With my preferred underdogs (Minnesota and St. Louis) already beaten, baseball is down to the Yanks and Phils. Tim Brown over at Yahoo Sports has broken things down by position. However, he’s wrong on a number of those positional comparisons. At catcher, he’s got Posada and Ruiz as a tie. C’mon, that is silly despite [...]
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Kansas City Royals Off-season
UPDATE: There has been rumors that KC may attempt to trade high on Alberto Callaspo, who apparently likes to party. Nothing wrong with that, as long as he’s not driving. Callaspo was Kansas City’s most potent hitter last season, it terms of VORP (value over replacement player) and walked more often that he struck out [...]
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MLB 2010 – who’s taking a step forward?
Felix Hernandez, Seattle He was great this year. I think he can do better. Clay Bucholz, Boston Assuming he’s given a spot, of course. Phil Hughes, New York (AL) Same thing Max Scherzer, Arizona I expect an ERA below 3 with 200 K’s. Mat Latos, San Diego This guy strikes me as really good. And [...]
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San Francisco Giants Off-season
What should the giants do in the off-season? Running through the positions: C. Posey/Whiteside – let Posey take his lumps. He may not be ready. I’m fine with that. He’s a smart kid. Split time with the veteran. I would not put Posey in the middle of the lineup right away, despite how much I [...]
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OOTP and Baseball Mogul
I’ve played Baseball Mogul off and on for 10 years. It is a very easy game to get into, provided you enjoy the sports management genre. Easier to get into traditionally for me, when compared with OOTP (out of the park) baseball. OOTP is much deeper, and certainly is more of a simulation. In the [...]
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