We’ve updated the Houston Astros’ Depth Chart to reflect Jed Lowrie being activated from the 15-day disabled list. He is playing shortstop and batting second tonight for the Astros. If Lowrie can stay healthy, we like him to hit between 10-15 HR’s in 2012. You can follow The Baseball Index on Twitter @ baseballindex
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 [...]
The Houston Astros endured their worst season in franchise history in 2011. They lost 100+ games for the first time in franchise history and the outlook looks even worse for 2012. If there is any good news surrounding the Astros is that new ownership is determined to start over from scratch, which is the right [...]
Last week we kicked off our “Key” player series with a look at the “Key” player for each National League East team. We will continue the series this week starting with the National League Central. Chicago Cubs – Ryan Dempster: The Cubs don’t have too many players with value on their current roster, but Dempster [...]
With spring training right around the corner and all of the major free agents signed and ready to go with their respective teams, I thought it would be interesting to see which teams have positioned themselves for a playoff run in 2012. Obviously things are going to change from now to Opening Day, but it’s [...]
Unlike past offseasons, the Boston Red Sox have been relatively quiet on the trade and free agent front. Almost two months into the free offseason and the only news regarding the Red Sox — on the field at least — has been the loss of Jonathan Papelbon. That was a huge loss for Red Sox [...]
