0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 1/30/2012
Depending on your way of thinking, the Detroit Tigers’ decision to make room for Prince Fielder by moving Miguel Cabrera to third base ranges from being a questionable decision to a catastrophically stupid one. Miggy is a fantastic hitter but, even at first base, he is a miserable defender. At third… gentlemen, start your blooper […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 1/29/2012
Last night, I received an e-mail from a gentleman named Clay in regards to our series of posts about the Lake County Fielders, partially owned by actor Kevin Costner. When we last heard from the Fielders, they were booted out of the North American Baseball League, and reportedly owing a vendor thousands of dollars. Well […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 1/28/2012
The new trend in Major League Baseball is to lock up your young, cost-controlled talent to long-term deals. In the past, teams seemed hesitant to do that with pitchers, but they’re starting to become a little more loose with that idea. In recent years, guys like Felix Hernandez, CC Sabathia, Jered Weaver, and CJ Wilson […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Rumors are flying around that free agent starting pitcher Roy Oswalt is close to choosing his 2012 team, and that the top suitor right now is the reigning World Champion St Louis Cardinals, who are ahead of the Tigers, Red Sox, and Astros in the race for Oswalt. But does the starter make sense for […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner on 1/27/2012
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 2012 title for all 30 teams. “Wait ’til next year…” It’s a refrain that’s beaten into your soul as a Cubs fan. Growing up […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
We took a look at the hitters earlier this week, now it’s time to look at the all-prospect team pitchers. Rotation1. Matt Moore (Tampa Bay Rays) Is there anyone out there that doubts Moore is the best pitching prospect in baseball? Some dreamers might say Yu Darvish, but he’s not a rookie. Not only is […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Albert Pujols? Gone. Prince Fielder? Gone. Hell, even Carlos Pena is gone. Combine those three departures with that of Adrian Gonzalez last winter, and the crop of first basemen in the National League is looking very different than it did two years ago. However, there is still one elite player, and a bunch of other […]
0 comments by Pat Lackey
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 2012 title for all 30 teams. “Same Old Pirates.” For a long time, every single glimmer of hope on Pittsburgh’s North Shore was followed […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 1/26/2012
(“Digging In” will be a feature at The Outside Corner that will take a closer look at some of the major issues going on in baseball today using a detailed sabermetric approach that will look to uncover things not normally mentioned when it comes to things like player contracts, team performance, trends and much, much […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
Every year a handful of managers enter the season with contracts that expire once the season ends. These are the proverbial “lame duck” managers. Most of the time, being a lame duck serves as the ultimate signal from club management that the manager’s job is on the line. In more rare cases, the situation is […]
0 comments by Pat Lackey
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 2012 title for all 30 teams. Watching a baseball team come together over a span of several years is a beautiful thing. When Walt […]
0 comments by Mark Smith
One of the things I’d like to change the next time I do these is to include the young talent already on the major-league roster. Promoting such talent to the major leagues is the purpose of a farm system, and while these are “farm system rankings”, it seems a shame to just completely ignore the […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner
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 2012 title for all 30 teams. Looking at this picture has caused me great physical pain since October 16, 2011. This was my ticket […]
0 comments by Mark Smith on 1/25/2012
Ranking the farm systems is a bit easier than trying to rank than individual players. My method for doing it was pretty simple. I started by going back over the Top 10s and adjusting them for off-season trades, and I used a point system to get a general feel for each system. Teams got 4 […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
Rules. Major League Baseball has them by the dozens. Just look through the official rule book. The last printing of which was 150+ pages with hundreds of rules, many of which had several addendums and clarifications. It is a wonder how umpiring crews can keep them all straight. Actually, it isn’t. The umpires don’t keep […]
