0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/11/2013
In this year's X-Factor series, we're going to take a look at a player who is slipping a bit under the radar that could have a huge impact on the team in 2013. In my mind, the X-Factor for the 2013 Houston Astros is center fielder Justin Maxwell. The Astros brought him in at the […]
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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. What exactly would a nightmare scenario […]
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Continuing from our season preview of the Astros earlier today… Will Houston's veterans perform well enough this season for the team to sell them in the summer for value, or will they be a total lost cause this year? Here's the thing with this year's Astros team: they spent absolutely nothing this winter in the […]
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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. 2013 was supposed to be part of a full-scale rebuilding project for the Houston Astros. The team was supposed […]
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The 2012 season was not kind to the Astros at the major league level, as the team lost 107 games and looked thoroughly hopeless at times. However, the Astros' plan wasn't to compete in 2012, or even 2013…their plan was to compete in 2014 and beyond, and to that extent, the team succeeded by dumping […]
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Alright folks, today is the day we've all been waiting for: the beginning of Spring Training. Pitchers and catchers are reporting to camp across Florida and Arizona, and we've made it. It's officially baseball season…woohoo! How are we going to celebrate? In the next six weeks here at TOC (which not so coincidentally happens to […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/10/2013
The massive seven year, $175 million contract extension that the Seattle Mariners and starting pitcher Felix Hernandez agreed to on Thursday is now in question because of concerns that the Mariners have with Hernandez's elbow. Hernandez has logged plenty of innings since his debut as a 19-year old in 2005: 1620 1/3 to be exact, […]
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This weekend, the Cleveland Indians signed a pair of veterans to minor league deals:
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Carl Pavano, you've got company. Boston Red Sox outfield prospect Bryce Brentz won't be in major league camp with the team this spring because of an offseason injury he suffered. OK, that's completely normal, these things happen every so often. Except Brentz's injury isn't exactly run of the mill: he shot himself through his leg […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/9/2013
Today, single game tickets for Miami Marlins games are going on sale at the team's Winter Warm Up event, which starts at 10 AM. At 9:38 AM, Marilns beat writer Joe Capozzi tweeted out this picture of the line for single game ticket sales, just 22 minutes before the tickets go on sale. Oh. About […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/8/2013
The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to a
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Today is media day for the San Francisco Giants, and starting pticher Tim Lincecum is among the many players at the event. Lincecum was spotted earlier this offseason with a shorter haircut, but nothing was confirmed by Lincecum or the Giants. But the above pitcure tweeted out by the
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Spring Training is right around the corner – literally. Pitchers and catchers will be reporting on Monday, and the rest of the players will be following later that week and into the next week. What that essentially means is that the offseason is just about over, and we're ready to get the baseball season started. […]
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At this time on Monday, we'll be celebrating the reporting of pitchers and catchers, and the beginning of Spring Training…and all will be right with the world. We're also going to kick off our team previews on Monday, and over the six weeks following, we're going to give you a information overload on every team […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/7/2013
The Seattle Mariners have ensured that their ace Felix Hernandez will be going nowhere for the foreseeable future, inking him to a seven-year, $175 million contract extension that will keep him in Seattle until the 2019 season. This extension
