The baseball season is amazing at its quarter point and it’s time to hand out some awards. Let’s start at looking who has been the MVP of the American and National League. American League Candidates: Adam Jones, Josh Hamilton, Asdrubal Cabrera, Robinson Cano, David Ortiz Quarter MVP: Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers I put Cabrera, Cano, [...]
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 [...]
In a recent interview on 590 The Fan in St. Louis, St. Louis Cardinal GM John Mozeliak said he is “optimistic” that RHP Chris Carpenter can return to the team in May. Carpenter has recently been dealing with a nerve issue in his right shoulder. Even if Carpenter doesn’t return in May as Mozeliak hopes, [...]
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 [...]
Getting injury news is never good, but sometimes, there is injury news that turns out to be good news. Case in point: St. Louis Cardinal RHP Chris Carpenter. Carpenter hasn’t pitched since a March 3 pitching session against Cardinal batters. The Cardinals feared that he was having an issue with nerve damage in his neck, [...]
Roy Oswalt‘s agent Bob Garber announced yesterday that his client, will stay and shape and will hope to pitch for a contender later in the season. This is a very shrewd move by Oswalt and his agent. It was pretty clear Oswalt had no interest in signing with the Boston Red Sox or Detroit Tigers. [...]
