We ripped through the “Key” player for each National League team, so now let’s shift gears and head to the American League. We’ll start with the powerful AL East and work our way around. Baltimore Orioles – Brian Matusz: The Orioles’ starting rotation was one of the worst in baseball in 2011. They finished towards [...]
Every year, there are players who just rip it up during spring training. A lot of times, those players carry it over to the regular season. Last year, Mark Trumbo hit six HR’s during the spring and carried that over to the regular season to the tune of 29 big flies. Here is a quick [...]
The Toronto Blue Jays have been in a rough spot over the past what seems like a decade. They have been good, but not good enough to get past the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and now the Tampa Bay Rays. Toronto has always been that team that you say “If they played in [...]
On Friday, we took a very early look at some National League postseason predictions, so it’s only fitting that we take a look at some early American League postseason predictions. American League East 1. Z – Tampa Bay Rays: A full year of Matt Moore and Desmond Jennings and Evan Longoria, B.J. Upton, and David [...]
According to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, the Toronto Blue Jays have signed former Cincinnati Reds closer Francisco Cordero to a one-year, $4.5 million contract today. Cordero posted a 2.45 ERA, 5.4 K/9, 2.8 BB/9, and a 50 percent Ground Ball Percentage in 69.2 innings in 2011. His 5.4 K/9 represented the fourth consecutive year [...]
You would think that the way this posting process has dragged out, Major League teams were bidding on LeBron James. I am pretty sure I have seen a “A source told me X team will win the Darvish posting” on Twitter about 50 times on Twitter over the past 48 hours much like we saw [...]
