The Collective Bargaining Agreement runs out on December 1. This is my proposal on how to improve the game and avoid a lockout. I’d like to mention that an addition of more playoff teams would only hurt the game. Owners don’t seem to realize that it will cost them money if a good team gets eliminated early because of bad
Read moreThere was a time when there was no such thing as bullpens and closers. In fact saves! weren’t even an official statistic until 1969. Starting pitchers were expected to pitch the whole game, and relief pitchers were used for spot starts and multi-inning relief appearances when a starter would struggle or get injured. Things changed however… starters went from pitching
Read moreThe Atlanta Braves had the best rotation in the game and won the division annually (minus the 1994 strike shortened season). They also won pennants in 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 1999. Despite all this success, they only won the World Series in 1995. The Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series in 2008 and actually had increasingly better teams every
Read moreThe newest transactions are on top. I only analyzed the important ones. Oakland has a new manager. We’ll see how Mark Kotsay does as their manager. The New York Mets made the right choice for their new manager. I think that Buck Showalter is as good as they can get. Big trade between Boston and Milwaukee. Boston sold high on
Read moreThere is a flawed thinking that the regular season record is a good way to judge how good a particular team is. The problem with this type of thinking is that teams don’t play to have the best record, they play to win the World Series, which requires qualifying for the playoffs, and that doesn’t mean having the best record.
Read moreI decided to look at potential bargain pitchers. These players are all likely to be affordable for most teams and available on short-term contracts. RIGHT HANDED PITCHERS 1. RP Taylor Williams He has never been able to put it all together, but at 30 years old there might still be a chance. His K/9 the last 3 seasons: 9.68, 9.20,
Read moreAL WILD CARD PLAYOFF GAME Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees NL WILD CARD GAME Los Angeles Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals AL DIVISION SERIES Boston Red Sox 3 Tampa Bay Rays 2 Houston Astros 3 Chicago White Sox 1 NL DIVISION SERIES Atlanta Braves 3 Milwaukee Brewers 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 3 San Francisco Giants 2
Read moreThe trading deadline is fast approaching and it’s time to analyze the closer situation. It’s simple, This is the time of the season when bad teams trade their closers and someone new takes over. The time when you have to stash relievers who are about to become closers and trade closers who are about to become regular relievers on their
Read moreI will keep track of everything happening this month here. Boston smartly extended their closer at bargain prices. Matt Barnes is from New England and was willing to take a hometown discount. Pointless move by Atlanta, but a good one for the Chicago Cubs. Atlanta should just sell, but at least Chicago got something for free agent-to be Joc Pederson.
Read moreWho will win this season’s AL and NL MVP races and who should win? The all-star break is just around the corner, so let’s take a look, while also considering the fact that there’s still more if this season to be played. It’s useful to take a look at the odds of who might win. The AL MVP race unsurprisingly
Read moreWhat are the best values at each position? How do you actually use the price lists that I’m sure many of you already are aware of? I’m using Yahoo! prices and I focus on auctions, or as Yahoo! now calls them: “salary cap drafts”. That said, you can apply my rankings for drafts as well. I also recommend checking out
Read moreIt’s that time of year again and along with it are my predictions for the season. AL AL EAST 1. NEW YORK YANKEES 2. BOSTON RED SOX 3. TORONTO BLUE JAYS 4. TAMPA BAY RAYS 5. BALTIMORE ORIOLES The Bronx Bombers are head and shoulders above every other team in the division, with a strong bullpen and lineup and a
Read moreThe most recent transactions are at the top of the page here. Solid move by the New York Mets as they locked up SS Francisco Lindor to a 10 year/$341 million contract. Solid move by Texas to pick up Manager Chris Woodward’s option. Potentially solid move by Houston, if SP Lance McCullers Jr. can stay healthy. Debatable move by Kansas
Read moreIt’s that time of year again. The season feels as if it only just started, but here we are and the playoffs begin today. I won’t do the typical round by round predictions and just make a general analysis of the likelihood of each team winning it all. If you’ve been reading this site, you know that my research showed
Read moreI‘m focusing on the most important transactions. Weird early move by Houston. Yuli Gurriel is not worth that contract and wouldn’t even come close to it on the open market. Logical move by Boston to fire manager Ron Roenicke, as he was terrible. They never should’ve been that bad this season. The Chicago White Sox surprisingly fired manager Rick Renteria,
Read morePhiladelphia now has a new closer. It’s a move that makes sense for both clubs, though for Philadelphia it depends a lot on them making the playoffs. Brandon Workman is a big upgrade over Hector Neris, but is a free agent at the end of the season. Boston is missing the playoffs, so it made sense for them to move
Read more2013 was the last season when the Cincinnati Reds were in the playoffs. 2012 was the last season when they won the division. Can they win their division or at least return to the playoffs this season? Cincinnati focused on doing just that since the trade deadline last year and it may actually work. Cincinnati has by far the best
Read moreThe Los Angeles Dodgers extended RF Mookie Betts. It’s now the most expensive extension in the game’s history. I think that Betts’s game is dependent on speed and hrs already in his prime. As he goes deeper into his 30’s, he won’t be worth anywhere near this contract. LA had to extend him and I think that was good, but
Read moreAn asterisk denotes a Wild Card team and I listed teams in order of how I think that they’ll finish. AL AL EAST 1. NEW YORK YANKEES 2. TAMPA BAY RAYS* 3. BOSTON RED SOX 4. TORONTO BLUE JAYS 5. BALTIMORE ORIOLES Baltimore looks really bad, as in they’re contenders for the worst team in the game. Toronto have a
Read moreWhat if the teams with the best records in their leagues faced each other in the World Series every year? What if the playoffs were never used starting with the 1969 season. I used this to simulate World Series results. I edited lineups to the ones that were actually used, alternated the home team and Starting Pitchers. I realize that
Read moreI decided to simulate series using this. I just alternated home and away and cycled SP’s accordingly. I gave home field advantage to teams with a better WP% and used a 2-3-2 format. Here are the results: 1927 NYY 4 1939 NYY 1 1917 CWS 4 1920 CLE 3 2015 KCR 4 1991 MIN 1 1984 DET 4 1917 CWS
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