It took four starts, but Zack Greinke finally won his first start as an Angel in a 9-6 win over the Indians. However, aside from his first start, Greinke really hasn't been overly impressive with his new team. Last night, Greinke allowed four runs on eight hits in seven innings, walking one and striking out […]

Last week, I attended a Braves-Phillies game in Philadelphia. Cole Hamels threw a complete game shutout, allowing just five hits and not allowing a Braves runner to reach second base all night. Last night, Hamels did it again, this time in Miami against the Marlins. The newly-extended ace once again threw a complete game shutout, […]

After RA Dickey vaulted into the presumptive lead of the NL Cy Young voting on Thursday, one of his top competitors had an answer for that start. Johnny Cueto of the Reds, threw eight shutout innings in a 3-0 Cincinnati win over the Cubs. Cueto allowed just three hits and two walks, striking out three […]

Your browser does not support iframes. In today's Yankees-Blue Jays game, Toronto left fielder Rajai Davis made an amazing catch with one out in the seventh. Casey McGehee belted a ball deep to left, and Davis scaled the wall, with his back facing the field, and took the homer back. Some people are calling this […]

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 […]