By all accounts the Texas Rangers currently have the best minor league system in baseball. They are just loaded with front end prospects. This week the Rangers started dipping into that loaded system and called up LHP Derek Holland. So far the Rangers have used Holland in a relief role which I absolutely love. Instead [...]
I am not going to use graphs, charts or any fancy advanced statistics. I am just going to use my degree from Common Sense University. My degree tells me that when a team only has 1 player who can beat you, don’t let him beat you. I think we would all agree with this thinking. [...]
I always believed the Angels were one of the 2 or 3 best run organizations in baseball. They are right up there with the Red Sox and Twins. They have a solid owner in Arte Moreno, they have one of the best minor league systems in the game which has produced John Lackey, Joe Saunders, [...]
One of the first posts I wrote for this blog was called “Looking at 2010 to predict 2009.” It was a post that tried to predict players who are free agents in 2010 that might have a career year in 2009. This type of career year I dubbed an “Adrian Beltre” year. Even though we are [...]
I am going to just come out and say it….The Royals need to release Sidney Ponson. How they can keep sending this guy to the mound every 5 days is beyond me. Ponson has started 3 games this year and is 0-2 with a 7.04 era and 10 BB, 10 K’s, a .317 BAA in [...]
According to the Orange County Register, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have called up Brandon Wood from Triple A Salt Lake. If Wood is available in your fantasy league go out and get him. Wood qualifies as a 3B and a SS in most fantasy leagues and finding a SS with Wood’s power potential [...]
