After not making the Colorado Rockies’ roster out of spring training and not being able to latch on to a team, 3B Casey Blake has decided to call it a career. Blake played 13 years in the Major Leagues with the Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, and Los Angeles Dodgers and [...]
Today is Opening Day in baseball and every team starts out 0-0 and a dream. Well, every team starts out 0-0 except for the Seattle Mariners, Oakland A’s, Miami Marlins, and St. Louis Cardinals. Be it as it may, this year baseball is wide open. You could make the argument for at least 12 teams [...]
Every year I take on 25 bets for the upcoming baseball season. The bets I take on are player prop bets such as over/under for batting average, hits, home runs, etc… I also take on bets for teams such as over/under for wins. In 2009, I went 64 percent on my bets. Good, but not [...]
Next up in our “Key” player series is the key player for each National League West team. Without any further adieu, let’s get to it. Arizona Diamondbacks – Stephen Drew: Drew saw his season end after 86 games last year due to a brutal ankle injury. He wasn’t having a typical Drew year, but losing [...]
When Jamie Moyer decided to make a comeback, everyone, including myself thought he was crazy. After all, he turned 49 in November and he was coming off of Tommy John surgery. But if anyone could make a comeback, it was Moyer. Moyer signed on with the Colorado Rockies this winter and so far this spring, [...]
In the NBA, we see sign-and-trades happen all the time during the offseason. In Major League Baseball, we hardly see it at all. I think the reason being there is no salary cap for a GM to try to manipulate. However, I think we saw a pseudo sign-and-trade happen this offseason in the world of [...]
