Jason Heyward
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2015-16 MLB Free Agent Tiered Rankings
Credit: Bruce Hemmelgarn/Getty Images At the moment, I believe the top free agents to be Jason Heyward , Yoenis Cespedes , David Price , Zack Greinke , Justin Upton , and Alex Gordon . That would be my top tier,…
Fun With MLB Leaderboards
Some really scary news about Antarctica melting was in the New York Times today. A radical climate shift is most certainly upon us. I'm sitting in a sweltering office in midtown Manhattan. There was snow in these parts…
2012 All Defensive Teams
Major League Baseball announced the 2012 Gold Glove award winners last night. As a suggested prerequisite to the information below, please check out Joe Posnanski's brilliant juxtaposition of the Gold Glove and Fielding…
Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances
Look in the mirror. You'll see a person who would click on an article titled: Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances . Anyone with an opinion on what it is "to blog" will say that readership numbers vary…
What Will the Braves Do?
The Braves had a terrible collapse last September. People outside of Atlanta don't hear much about it because (a) the Red Sox had a worse collapse, (b) the media loves to report on Boston teams, and (c) even Braves fans…
MLB's 24 Under 24
Some of you may have participated in a Major League Soccer promotion called 24 under 24 . As the name implies, MLS is highlighting 24 of their brightest young stars, under the age of 24. Fredy Montero is a beacon of…
The Procrastinator's Guide to a Season Preview
The Almost-1-Week-In look at 2011 Some of this is old news to many people, although we've updated a few points here and there recently. We're simply identifying moments or themes to anticipate and appreciate this…
Patience and Power
We were looking for active players who are patient, have dynamic batting skills, and are young enough to be relatively dependable. So, the criteria we chose were: - Minimum 500 career Plate Appearances - Minimum 13.5%…
Best Players in Their Prime
We introduced the topic of players in their prime this past weekend. We analyzed 109 position players, younger than 29 at next year's All Star Game, with Major League experience. In Sunday's Players in Their Prime post,…
Players in Their Primes
Let's begin with what this is NOT. This is not a quasi mock fantasy draft. We're not ranking players with a view on fantasy baseball. We are not necessarily arguing that any of these players will be better in 2011 than…
Rookie of the Year Ballots
It occurred to us last night that at the conclusion of this year's regular season, we posted our picks for the Cy Young and MVP winners but failed to enter a ballot for the AL and NL Rookies of the Year. I guess R.O.Y.…
The Bright Future of Logan Morrison
We can't be the only ones who are beyond excited about the prospects of Logan Morrison's future. Can we? Sure, his friends and family are thrilled for him. There are probably about eleven thousand hard core Marlins fans…
Position Players of the Future 2010
Brett Wallace looks like a nice boy. Last year, when we posted our first Position Players of the Future post, we did it in late August. So, we missed out on some September callups, notably: Buster Posey, Tyler Flowers,…
Pictures: NL Rookies
We've been blessed with exciting rookies this year. Just the National League has a
Top 50: Omissions & Revisions
Whenever sharing opinions of who’s better, who’s best in baseball, like in the very good reading & reference book: Elliot Kalb’s “ Who’s Better, Who’s Best in Baseball? ” , debate will be sparked. Last night, at…
Colonel Mustard Strikes Again!
We use our Preseason Predictions as the standard to review at the end of the year. Still, we like to take another look at what our crystal ball would forecast from different times during this season. Let's take the…
Opening Day Channel Surfing
The following consists of a few rambling observations while flipping through the MLB package on Timer Warner Cable in Manhattan. What can be said about Albert Pujols? He starts the year with four hits and two homeruns.…
Osh's Intriguing List
So, Brilliant Reader Osh's fantasy draft is tonight. He emailed me yesterday asking if I'd be around as a lifeline during his draft. At the end of the email, he sent a list of players he found "intriguing", and I found…
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