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2013 X-Factor: San Francisco Giants

I'm going to make this very simple. The x-factor for the Giants is a guy that used to be a dominant force, a two-time Cy Young winner, and last year, was just a 1.5 fWAR player at age 28. My x-factor for the San Francisco Giants in 2013 is Tim Lincecum. After Lincecum won the […]

This is my nightmare: San Francisco Giants

In the This Is My Nightmare series, we'll take a look at what the absolute worst case scenario for each team would be in 2013. Think of it as the negative complement to our You May Say I'm A Dreamer series that we'll be running during our preview series. 2011 was pretty much a nightmare […]

2013 burning question: San Francisco Giants

Continuing from this morning's season preview of the Giants… Did Brian Sabean make the right move by re-signing Marco Scutaro, Angel Pagan, and multiple relievers this offseason? Sabean has been criticized for years over his "veteran fetish", a tendency that came into focus once again this offseason when he handed multi-year contracts to Scutaro and […]

You may say I’m a dreamer: San Francisco Giants

What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I'm a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2013 title for all 30 teams. For the third time in four seasons, the San Francisco Giants are World Champions. Brian Sabean's somewhat […]

2013 season preview: San Francisco Giants

The Giants won the whole shebang in 2012, their second title in three years, and they did it with one bona fide superstar hitter in Buster Posey. San Francisco's roster was largely filled with veteran hitters and a pretty good pitching staff, destroying the narrative that you need a star-laden, dominant team to win the […]

Justin Upton homers over the scoreboard

In Thursday night's Nationals-Braves game, new Atlanta left fielder Justin Upton unloaded on an 86 mph Dan Haren cutter, sending the first pitch he saw in his sixth inning at bat out of the park for a homer. But the fact that Upton homered is only half oft he story. Upton's monstrous homer not only […]

Dugout Digest – happy Giants day!

Welcome to our final preview day on TOC, featuring the reigning World Champion San Francisco Giants. The Giants have won two titles in three years, led largely by catcher Buster Posey and a pretty solid pitching staff. San Francisco kept their team largely intact going into the 2013 season, and will look to make it […]

2013 X-Factor: Los Angeles Dodgers

It's really tough for a player with five years and more than $100 million remaining on his contract to be labeled as an x-factor. But when that player is just two seasons removed from a seven win season and has amassed less than one win over the last two seasons…yeah, he's got a chance to […]

This is my nightmare: Los Angeles Dodgers

In the This Is My Nightmare series, we'll take a look at what the absolute worst case scenario for each team would be in 2013. Think of it as the negative complement to our You May Say I'm A Dreamer series that we'll be running during our preview series. The nightmare has already begun for […]

You may say I’m a dreamer: Los Angeles Dodgers

What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I'm a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2013 title for all 30 teams. The Dodgers came into 2013 with an enormous payroll, and their tremendous expenditures resulted in the desired […]

Dugout Digest – happy Dodgers day!

We now head into our second to last preview day on TOC, focusing on the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers will be heading into the 2013 season with the largest payroll in baseball history, and in a bit of schadenfraude for Dodger haters out there, Los Angeles will start the year with over $45 million […]

2013 X-Factor: Arizona Diamondbacks

The star power of this Diamondbacks team is a little different than in years past. Justin Upton and Chris Young are gone. The team is now populated by "grinders" like Martin Prado, Aaron Hill, Willie Bloomquist, Cody Ross, and Adam Eaton. Of course, there are still some remnants of the old guard in Arizona, and […]

You may say I’m a dreamer: Arizona Diamondbacks

What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I'm a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2013 title for all 30 teams. The Diamondbacks completely retooled their roster going into the 2013 season, and it ended in exactly the […]

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