0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/3/2013
Should Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig be on the National League All-Star team? It's one of the more intriguing debates in MLB as All-Star rosters will soon be announced. Puig is undoubtedly a sensation, looking like a superhero as he crushes the baseball every night and provides the Dodgers with the most excitement they've […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey no hit the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night in the Reds 3-0 win, facing just one batter above the minimum and throwing 109 pitches in the process. It's the second no hitter of Bailey's career following his dominance of the Pirates on September 28th of last season. Bailey […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Major League Baseball has fired umpire Brian Runge for failing drug tests, according to a report from the Associated Press. Runge had not umpired in the major leagues this season after suffering a knee injury last August, but did umpire AAA and Spring Training games. Reportedly, Runge failed a minimum of one drug test, but […]
0 comments by Amanda Rykoff on 7/2/2013
Today, we take the presence of Latino players in Major League Baseball for granted. Some of the biggest stars in the game are from Latin America, including Venezuela’s Miguel Cabrera, the Dominican Republic’s Robinson Cano and Puerto Rico’s Carlos Beltran. According to Fox News Latino, 24.2 percent of the players on 2013 Major League Opening […]
0 comments by Randy Holt
It was only a matter of time before the Chicago Cubs started selling off assets, and with the trade deadline still a few weeks away, the word was that they were going to get started very early. It turns out, those whispers were true, as the Cubs and the Baltimore Orioles agreed to a pretty […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The American League Central this year is…interesting, I guess would be a good word. The division isn't as tight as the NL West (aside from the top two teams),but there's really not a clear division between buyers and sellers. Chicago White Sox, 32-47. Fourth in division, 13 back of second wild card. The fire sale […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr
When most people previewed the NL Central at the start of this season, the consensus seemed to be that there were two pretty clear tiers in the division. While that's turned out to be true, the surprise is who is heading up that top tier. There may be other divisions that are stronger top-to-bottom, but […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
On Monday night, Andy Pettitte set the all-time record for strikeouts by a Yankees pitcher with 1957. The record he broke was held by Whitey Ford, the legendary New York lefty who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974. Pettitte's awesomeness is understated at this point in his career though. Keep in mind […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/1/2013
The NL East was generally considered to be a one-team race before the season. It's just that most fans and experts figured the Nationals would be the division front-runner. Instead, it's been the Braves who have established an early lead despite an all-or-nothing offense. While the Nats certainly can't be written off in the division, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
We're halfway through the season, and while seasons come and go, the dominant players remain… AL Hitter of the Month Jason Kipnis, Indians. The award stays in the AL Central with their first place team, but Jason Kipnis gets the nod this month as opposed to the still hot Miguel Cabrera. All Kipnis did in […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The American League East has been a meat grinder this season. The Blue Jays are in last place, but are just one game under .500 and are coming off of a June where they went a division best 17-9. You could make the argument that all five teams are buyers, but I'm not sure that's […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
It's July 1st. The Pittsburgh Pirates are 21 games above .500 halfway through their year, with a 51-30 record through 81 games. The team has the best record in baseball, and only the Cardinals have a winning percentage over .600 to go along with Pittsburgh's .630 mark. The Pirates are two games up on those […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/30/2013
Miguel Cabrera is the best hitter in baseball, and there's really no argument otherwise. On Sunday in Tampa, Cabrera hit his 25th homer of the season in the fourth inning of the Tigers-Rays game off of Jeremy Hellickson of the Rays. Cabrera hiting homers is nothing new, but he hit the pitch where just one […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
I need to beat home this point: the NL West is not a good division. The first place Diamondbacks are just four games above .500, and have the worst record of any division leader in baseball. The last place Dodgers, who had a disastrous first two months to the season, are just five games out […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/29/2013
During blowouts, when position players get thrown on the mound, it's a beautiful thing. The great part about yesterday is that it happened *twice*. In game one of the Indians-White Sox doubleheader, with Cleveland won 19-10, Casper Wells pitched the ninth inning for Chicago. Wells threw a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one, […]
