Since the All-Star Break a month ago, the Atlanta Braves have played some pretty good baseball in the NL East, going 20-8. However, they have actually *lost* ground in the division since the break. Why? Because the division-leading Washington Nationals on playing insanely good. The Nats are 22-9, picking up a game and a half […]

During yesterday's Braves-Mets game, Atlanta announcer Joe Simpson went off on a

After Brett Anderson's last start with the A's on June 19th, Oakland was 33-36, 9.5 games out of the AL West lead and 4.5 games back of the Angels for the second wild card. Since then, the A's are 27-15, and went into last night's game with the White Sox 5.5 games behind the Rangers […]

Last year in the National League, there were a trio of dominant pitchers: Clayton Kershaw, Roy Halladay, and Cliff Lee. The trio finished 1-2-3, with Ian Kennedy finishing fourth based almost solely on his 21 wins. The top three were the best in the league, and no one really came close. The gap in fWAR […]

You know, I was planning on writing an article about the NL Cy Young award race yesterday. I decided to put it off until today since RA Dickey, one of the first half favorites, was starting yesterday afternoon against the Marlins. Since the break, Dickey has been good…but not really "transcendent" like he was in […]

Evan Longoria came off the DL for the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday, and the team is 2-0 since his return. Longoria only has one hit in the two games, a single on Tuesday, and has struck out four times in eight plate appearances. However, I'm not an idiot that's going to draw conclusions from […]

You know, for all the talk surrounding the dominance of Aroldis Chapman and Craig Kimbrel in the National League, the American League currently possesses the reliever with the lowest ERA in all of baseball. He was a free agent signing, but didn't get a lot of money or a lot of years. That reliever…is Fernando […]

Well, this is unexpected and reeks of a desperation move: the

This is actually scary moment from today's Angels-A's game. In the first inning, home plate umpire Bill Miller takes a Zack Greinke 94 mph fastball off of his mask. He shakes the plunking off, but later in the game, punches two A's hitters out on a third strike call…when the pitch thrown was just the […]

Deadspin posted this fantastic video today lamenting the Indians awful last few years of baseball, focusing on the franchise acquiring over the hill players, re-signing the oft-injured Grady Sizemore, and not even making an attempt to lock up CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee with long-term extensions after both won the AL Cy Young award. The […]

This catch might not receive as much publicity as Roger Bernadina's fabulous one from earlier in the evening yesterday, but it was still just as good. In the ninth inning of a 10-2 game, Kendrys Morales of the Angels crushed a ball deep to center field. A's outfielder Coco Crisp immediately began tracking the ball, […]

Pretty much every prospect analyst and scout out there has called Mike Fiers of the Brewers a fourth or fifth starter long-term. But the 27-year old had yet another dazzling start last night, and is shoving his way into the Rookie of the Year conversation (which I'll have more on later today). Last night against […]

Your browser does not support iframes. Let me set the stage for this amazing play in Tuesday's Nationals-Astros game. Bottom of the 12th inning. Nationals clinging to a 3-2 lead. Runners on first and second with two outs for Brett Wallace, who drives a ball deep to left center field at Minute Maid Park. Washington […]

Everyone knows that the Nationals are cruising right along in the NL East, the Reds are dominating the NL Central, and the Rangers and Yankees are the class of the American League. But there's another team lurking in the NL East that's playing some pretty good baseball: the Atlanta Braves. The Braves beat the Phillies […]