Back in 2008, I was scratching, clawing, and doing everything I could to win my fantasy baseball league. That league was and still is a total points league and my buddy Odie and I were fighting it out to the end. I was picking up guys like Ryan Raburn, Juan Uribe, and Mike Aviles. That’s [...]
One of my first articles that was featured on MLBTradeRumors.com was my “Astros Fooled By Pudge” post. Here is what is I wrote back last March in regards to the Houston Astros signing Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez. “The Astros need to get younger not older. I understand that J.R. Towles hit only .137/4/16 in 54 games [...]
You would think that a guy who hit .310 with nine home runs and an .810 OPS in 2009, wouldn’t have a hard time finding a job in 2010, but that was the case with second baseman Felipe Lopez. And before we go any further, I am talking about Felipe Lopez the baseball player here, [...]
Back in October, Detroit Tigers’ second base prospect Scott Sizemore broke his ankle in an Arizona Fall League game. Normally when a prospect gets hurt, it isn’t big news. But when the prospect is supposed to be a team’s starting second baseman in the spring, it is. Now almost after five months since his surgery, [...]
Last year I started a series called “September Call Ups.” The series highlighted some of the top rookies and prospects in baseball for 2009. Some of the rookies I highlighted were Andrew McCutchen, Chris Coghlan, Buster Posey, and Tommy Hanson. With a new season underway, I thought I would continue the series in 2010. The [...]
Yesterday, I graded each National League team on their offseason. Today, I will take a look at the American League. Like with the NL, I will use a standard A,B,C, etc…grading format. Minnesota Twins: Grade: A+ I thought the Twins had a phenomenal offseason. They started by stealing JJ Hardy from the Milwaukee Brewers and [...]
