Kansas City Royals Lose Danny Duffy

When the Kansas City Royals lost closer Joakim Soria to Tommy John surgery, here were my thoughts on the Royals’ 2012 season: “The Royals are supposed to take the next step as a franchise this year, but you kind of get the feeling that this isn’t going to be their year. It’s starting to look [...]

Kansas City Royals and Boston Red Sox Depth Charts Updated

Both the Kansas City Royals’ and Boston Red Sox Depth Charts have been updated to reflect their recent moves. The Royals demoted Jarrod Dyson and recalled Louis Coleman. Thanks to Lorenzo Cain‘s dreadful start to the season, the Royals’ center field situation is in flux. Look for Mitch Maier and Jason Jason Bourgeois to split [...]

Pitching Eight Or More Innings With Zero Strike Outs

Last night, Tommy Millone and the Oakland A’s beat the Kansas City Royals 1-0. Millone was the star of the game as he blanked the Royals for eight innings. What was even more amazing about his start is that he didn’t allow a run in eight innings and didn’t strike out a single Royal. When [...]

Predicting The Division, Wild Card, And World Series Winner

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 [...]

Placing Some Baseball Bets

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 [...]

The “Key” Player For Each American League Central Team

As we make our way around the American League, it’s time to take a look at the “Key” player for each AL Central team. Here we go… Chicago White Sox – Chris Sale: The White Sox are an interesting team heading into 2012. They only won 79 games, but remember, they were picked by many [...]