0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/7/2013
We're nearly finished with NL Central week, and today, we'll celebrate Cardinals day. St Louis showed no ill effects last season following the retirement of manager Tony La Russa and the free agent departure of Albert Pujols, winning the NL's second wild card berth and getting all the way to the NLCS, building up a […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/6/2013
The New York Yankees rough spring continues. First baseman Mark Teixieira will miss
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Rollling along with the NL Central, today is Brewers day on TOC. Despite losing Prince Fielder last year, and putting together a dreadful bullpen, Milwaukee still won 83 games, thanks in large part to fantastic offensive seasons from Ryan Braun, Carlos Gomez, and Aramis Ramirez. It may be more of the same for the Brewers […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/5/2013
The 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates were better than we expected, finishing with 79 wins despite having just four players top the two win mark on the season. We can safely exclude any of those four players (Andrew McCutchen, AJ Burnett, Neil Walker, Pedro Alvarez) from being x-factors in 2013 for the Pirates, so where exactly does […]
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Boston Red Sox minor league pitcher Drake Britton, participating in his first major league camp this spring, was arrested on Saturday morning on charges of reckless driving, DUI, and property damage. The tale of Britton's arrest is a harrowing one that should result in serious charges, but will likely conclude with a slap on the […]
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Continuing from our season preview of the Pirates earlier today… Can Andrew McCutchen carry the team on his back once again, or was 2012 an aberration? McCutchen had an MVP-caliber 2012 with the Pirates, homering 31 times, stealing 20 bases, winning a Gold Glove, and posting a .953 OPS. His fWAR has increased over every […]
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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 streak is over, and not only are the Pirates a winning team, they are the champions […]
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It looked like things were finally going to turn around for the Pirates in 2012. After beating the Cubs on August 1, they were 16 games above .500. Of course, Pittsburgh finished 19-39 and plummeted to fourth in the NL Central ahead of just the rebuilding Cubs and Astros. And that was the end of […]
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Day two of our NL Central preview week rolls along with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who came tantalizingly close to breaking their streak of losing seasons in 2012..but failed. Where will they end up in 2013? Well…we'll take a look today. Yesterday was Cubs day on TOC, and here's your recap. Cubs on TOC End of […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/4/2013
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 […]
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Continuing from this morning's season preview of the Chicago Cubs… Quite a few for a 101-loss team. But the big one is: will the Cubs keep or trade Alfonso Soriano? Soriano's status with the Cubs is one of the more contested points giong into the 2013 season. Chicago recieved some interest on Soriano this winter, […]
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In Monday morning's World Baseball Classic matchup between Cuba and China, the Cuban team showed just why exactly they're one of the favorites in this tournament. In the top of the second inning, Chinese runner Fujia Chu steals second base after Cuban catcher Eriel Sanchez dropped a pitch from pitcher Danny Betancourt as Sanchez was […]
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We're somehow halfway through our six week preview series, and today, we keep things rolling around with CUBS DAY. That's right…Cubs day will be kicking off the week highlighting the NL Central. I'm sure you know how things will be playing out by now. Friday was Yankees Day at TOC, and here's your recap. Yankees […]
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Baseball can be a rough game at times, especially during Spring Training, but Nationals reliever Will Ohman got a bit of a surprise on Sunday when Washington cut him…before their game with the Cardinals was even over. Will Ohman, who pitched the sixth inning today, was cut before the game ended. Tough day at the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/3/2013
Being a Cubs fan is never easy, and the pain has begun already: starting pitcher Matt Garza has been shut down, and will likely miss the entire month of April. On Thursday, the news broke that Garza might start the year on the DL while battling a strained lat. Now, the news has grown even […]
