0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/2/2012
Time for the second piece in our trade deadlline primer, this time exploring the AL East. Baltimore Orioles 42-26, second place, six games out of first, second wild card leader The Orioles have been a huge surprise this season, and have already made a move, picking up Jim Thome from the Phillies to solidify a […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
As we've now entered the month of July, a new part of the season is upon is: trade season. Over the rest of the month, teams will look to upgrade their rosters or sell off their assets and look to improve their teams for the future. Each team has a different philosphy this month…so first, […]
0 comments by Tim Livingston
Manny Machado has been a repeat member of the Minor League Top 10 basically all season long thanks to him being a 19-year-old shortstop at Double-A Bowie. He's also good at baseball, and as a 19-year-old, has a chance to play at the Major League level before he can legally drink. Of note, Jim Thome, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
There are two top-notch, front of the line starting pitchers on the trade market this July: Zack Greinke of the Brewers, and Cole Hamels of the Phillies. Neither the Brewers or the Phillies are in much of a spot to contend this year. The Brewers are seven out in the NL Central and six games […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Going into last night's primetime game with the Mets, the Los Angeles Dodgers had scored the whopping total of two runs all week. That's two runs over five games. That lovely stretch took them out of first place in the NL West for the first time all year, and has them scrambling. Obviously, the lack […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 7/1/2012
If you missed it earlier today, known red-ass Brett Lawrie of the Toronto Blue Jays took it upon himself to try and decaptitate Angels catcher John Hester. In Lawrie's defense, there was going to be a play at the plate and he made a snap decision. However, the decision he made was a decidedly dirty […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Today, the MLB announced the All-Star starters and reserves for each league, and of course, there was a vast amount of discussion among fans about which players deserved their berths, which players shouldn't have been there, and which players that were left out in the cold deserve to be heading to Kansas City. First, the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
0 comments by Joe Lucia
I'm sure we're all in agreement at this point in time that Rockies manager Jim Tracy is the worst, right? We here at TOC can't say nearly enough awful things about his new method of handling the Rockies rotation, and last night, pretty much the worst case scenario erupted for the Rockies. Starter Christian Friedrich […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/30/2012
Jim Thome is heading back to the American League where he belongs.
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With the Phillies currently in last place in the NL East, their fans are getting a tad bit nervous as we enter July. The major target of their frustrations is $20 million man Cliff Lee, who is still without a win this season in his 13 starts. Because of his lack of wins, and an […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Say what you want about the Pittsburgh Pirates, how they're not going to stay in contention in the second half of the year, and how they're really a 75 win at best, and so on and so forth…but last night, the Pirates staked a huge claim towards contending in the NL Central for the season's […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Aaron Hill of the Diamondbacks hit for the cycle against the Mariners on June 18th. Pretty cool achievement, but nothing otherworldly. Tonight, just 11 days later, Hill hit for the cycle AGAIN, this time against the Milwaukee Brewers. Hill started his cycle with a first inning ground-rule double, and continued it with a single in […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/29/2012
The Minnesota Twins are nearing an extension with DH/catcher Ryan Doumit, who the club signed to a one year, $3 million deal this offseason.The news was first reported by
