0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/15/2013
In the This Is My Nightmare series, we'll take a look at what the absolute worst case scenario for each team would be in 2013. Think of it as the negative complement to our You May Say I'm A Dreamer series that we'll be running during our preview series. After a miraculous 2012 season, lots […]
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Continuing from our season preview of the Athletics earlier today… Will the A's pitching staff be able to replicate their awesome 2012? In 2012, the A's pitching staff had a 3.50 ERA, the sixth best mark in baseball and second best mark in the American League. Four of their five starting pitchers (with Brandon McCarthy […]
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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 2013 title for all 30 teams. The knock on Billy Beane and his Oakland Athletics has always been "his crap doesn't work in […]
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The A's weren't expected to contend in 2012. After all, they had lost 88 games in 2011, and the team traded both of their 200 inning men (Gio Gonzalez and Trevor Cahill) and their closer (Andrew Bailey), while also seeing 2/3 of their starting outfield depart as free agents (Josh Willingham, David DeJesus). But then, […]
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We've reached the end of week one of our first week of season previews, and today is Athletics day here on TOC. Yesterday, we celebrated Rangers day, and here's a recap in case you missed it. Rangers on TOC End of Season Postmortem 2013 Season Preview You May Say I’m a Dreamer 2013 Burning Question […]
0 comments by Charlie Saponara on 2/14/2013
With two of the top prospects in all of baseball, and a few high-ceiling projects in the works, Texas' system remains strong. My Top 10 1. Jurickson Profar SS 2. Mike Olt 3B/1B 3. Martin Perez SP 4. Lewis Brinson OF 5. Leonys Martin OF 6. Cody Buckel SP 7. Luke Jackson SP 8. Joey […]
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The Rangers have their share of star players. Guys like Berkman, Kinsler, Beltre, Andrus, Cruz, and Darvish may not be household names on the level of Pujols and Verlander, but they're pretty close. Obviously, none of these guys can really be an x-factor, since everyone is focusing on them. What an x-factor is for a […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
In the This Is My Nightmare series, we'll take a look at what the absolute worst case scenario for each team would be in 2013. Think of it as the negative complement to our You May Say I'm A Dreamer series that we'll be running during our preview series. For a team that lost two […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Continuing from our season preview of the Rangers earlier today… Are the Rangers going to be able to adequately replace the offense that Josh Hamilton and Mike Napoli provided to the team in 2012? Hamilton and Napoli provided a ton of offense for the Rangers during their careers in Texas. In just over 1050 plate […]
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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 2013 title for all 30 teams. After falling short in 2010, falling short in 2011, and falling even shorter still in 2012, the […]
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While the Rangers led the AL West from nearly wire to wire, they never dominated the division like many expected. On September 1st, their lead over the A's was just three games. On September 27th, with just six games remaining in the regular series, Texas was four up on Oakland. Then…they collapsed. The Rangers went […]
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Day four of our season preview series continues, featuring the Texas Rangers today. The Rangers are coming off of three straight 90-win playoff appearances, and look to make it four in a row in the always tough AL West. We'll be rolling out our six part Rangers series in the same order and timeframe as […]
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The latest entry in the "ridiculous Spring Training injury" category this February goes to Tampa Bay Rays reliever Joel Peralta.
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/13/2013
It's a Spring Training tradition like any other: the release of the first batch of over/under win totals. ESPN's Jonah Keri tweeted out this link to the first batch of this year's over/unders, from Atlantis in Las Vegas. Looking at the totals, there are a lot of interesting looking bets. Here's what I think are […]
0 comments by Charlie Saponara
With uber-prospect Mike Trout graduating to the majors — and doing so in MVP fashion, whether he won the award or not — the Angels system lacks a true standout future star and is in dire need of replenishment. My Top 10 1. Kaleb Cowart 3B 2. C.J. Cron 1B 3. Nick Maronde SP 4. […]
