Slowly but surely, the MLB Free Agents are finally starting to come off the board as George Springer signs with the Blue Jays and Michael Brantley re-signs with the Astros. This market has been one of the slowest ever and it seems teams would rather trade for talent rather than give long term commitments toContinue reading “5 Potential Blockbuster Trades That Would Shake Up the League”
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How Agent Rachel Luba and Trevor Bauer are Changing Baseball for the Better
The 2020-2021 free agent class has shown to have a ton of talent but, as it pertains to starting pitching, there is a clear and obvious Goliath: Trevor Bauer. Bauer is coming off of his best season by far, and one of the most impressive 11-start runs in the history of baseball that won himContinue reading “How Agent Rachel Luba and Trevor Bauer are Changing Baseball for the Better”
5 Potential Landing Spots for Willson Contreras
Today, it was reported by Bob Nightengale that the Cubs are now shopping their 28-year-old catcher Willson Contreras. Contreras has been one of the best and most consistent catchers in the league since 2017 and has major power upside and one of the best arms in the league. I imagine there will be many teamsContinue reading “5 Potential Landing Spots for Willson Contreras”
The Rockstar GM: A.J. Preller
In 2014, the Padres hired A.J. Preller to be their new GM. Today, Preller traded for Blake Snell and Yu Darvish to try and put together a rotation to take the NL West crown away from the Dodgers. How did Preller turn the Padres from a horrible franchise that had made the playoffs 5 timesContinue reading “The Rockstar GM: A.J. Preller”
Looking at Every Team’s Biggest Homerun Ever: AL East
Prologue Stahead.com has a statistic that can calculate the percent change in World Series Chances based on a single play in a game. I used this data to find the most important homerun in every single team’s history. I am going to make six separate posts for each division going through every single team’s biggestContinue reading “Looking at Every Team’s Biggest Homerun Ever: AL East”
Free Agent Breakdown: Michael Brantley
Player Breakdown Michael Brantley started his career as a seventh round draft pick by the Milwaukee Brewers. He was traded to the Indians as a Player to be Named Later as part of the CC Sabathia deal. I’m sure Milwaukee still regrets sending him over to this day. Brantley’s first and second year with ClevelandContinue reading “Free Agent Breakdown: Michael Brantley”
The Secret to Winning Baseball Games
Free agency is the time for 29 of the 30 teams in the league to look at their rosters and try to figure out why they either didn’t make the playoffs or, if they did, why they didn’t win the World Series. It gives teams a chance to regroup and add or remove players fromContinue reading “The Secret to Winning Baseball Games”
Free Agent Breakdown: Corey Kluber
Player Breakdown Corey Kluber is coming off a season in which he made one, yes one, start for the Texas Rangers. In 20 years, naming all of the teams Corey Kluber played for is going to be an extremely hard trivia question as everyone is going to forget about his tenure in Texas. Last season,Continue reading “Free Agent Breakdown: Corey Kluber”
Free Agent Breakdown: Kyle Schwarber
Player Breakdown The Cubs recently decided not to bring back Kyle Schwaber in a somewhat surprising move. Schwarber was able to DH for the Cubs during the 2020 season and had his worst season yet by far. He was coming off a rather impressive 2019 campaign where he hit .250 with 38 homeruns and hadContinue reading “Free Agent Breakdown: Kyle Schwarber”
Free Agent Breakdown: Marcell Ozuna
Player Breakdown Marcel Ozuna is in a very interesting place going into this free agency as the MLB continues to fail at running a league properly. They announced yesterday that teams shouldnoperate as if the universal DH will not be in play for the 2021 season. They’re not saying it is a guarantee that thereContinue reading “Free Agent Breakdown: Marcell Ozuna”
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