Last week, a writer at The Atlantic, Derek Thompson, wrote about “The Simple Technology That Accidentally Ruined Baseball.” The main gist of the piece, not to skim down Thompson’s post into just one sentence, is that PITCHf/x technology and the Zone Evaluation system that provides incentives for umpires to make correct calls has led to […]

Something sort of interesting happened last night when all of the games were finished – the Mets were just as close to a Wild Card spot as the Yankees. Sure, both teams are 5.5 games out, which isn’t exactly a small deficit, but it’s kind of wild that people (myself included) talk about the Yankees […]

What’s going on in the American League Wild Card race is nothing short of amazing. The Oakland A’s have continued their terrible collapse, and are now just one game ahead of the Mariners for the AL’s top Wild Card spot, with the Tigers looming just a game behind Seattle. This isn’t just a bad stretch […]

Eight different teams had walk off wins this week. Eight! Several playoff contenders also suffered some absolutely gut wrenching losses this week, but all were able to rebound and have themselves good weeks regardless.

Even though they won on Sunday, the Texas Rangers are a disaster. Not only were they the first team in baseball to be eliminated from the playoff race, but they also have a whopping five game lead on the Rockies and Diamondbacks for the top pick in next June’s MLB Draft. Their magic number for […]

With so many top-tier starting pitchers changing teams at the trade deadline, it’s no wonder that fans expected the same teams to dominate the playoff standings. But after a little over a month, things haven’t gone too well for the starters that changed teams. John Lackey and Justin Masterson have been a horror show in […]

We can no longer talk about the Oakland Athletics making the playoffs as an inevitability. The A’s are only two games up on the Mariners for the top Wild Card spot in the AL, and just 2.5 games up on the Tigers for either playoff spot. Since winning five out of six against the Rays and […]

In the early hours of Friday morning, Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers was fired after slightly less than four years on the job. His tenure included one division title, a pair of .500 seasons, and a disastrous, sub-.500 season that was spurred by the highest payroll in club history. Needless to say, his firing was […]

We’re getting close to the end of the season, and no one is getting close to unseating Giancarlo Stanton or Mike Trout from either of the yearly charts. With that being said, there were some titanic blasts this week.

The Texas Rangers were supposed to be a World Series contender after trading Ian Kinsler for Prince Fielder and signing top free agent outfielder Shin-Soo Choo. Add those two into an established core that included Yu Darvish, Adrian Beltre, Alex Rios, and Elvis Andrus, and you’re looking at one of the best teams in baseball, […]

The Milwaukee Brewers…man, what a mess. They lost again to the Cardinals on Thursday night, and are now tied with the Braves for the NL’s second Wild Card spot. Milwaukee has lost an incomprehensible nine in a row, and have dropped an unreal 5.5 games in the standings to the Cardinals over that time period. […]