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Can Pitch F/X Explain Carl Pavano’s Trash can Assault?

Yesterday, Carl Pavano finished up his outing against the Kansas City Royals by attacking a trash can with a baseball bat in the dugout. Pavano probably isn’t the only member of the Twins who’s…Read More

Ben Zobrist is (Almost) Back

After three seasons as a part-time player for the Tampa Bay Rays, Ben Zobrist had a monster season in 2009. He was worth a massive 8.4 fWAR in 2009 after compiling -.5 fWAR across 145 games played from…Read More

Stauffer and Zambrano Duel to a Draw in Cold, Windy, Chicago

Last night, as is the case with many early season games, wasn’t the type of night well fit for a baseball game in Chicago. But that didn’t stop the Cubs and San Diego Padres from taking to…Read More

Yunel Escobar and Asdrubal Cabrera’s Similar Careers Continue in 2011

Let’s get this out of the way now, it’s still April and everything that’s happened so far this season can quickly reverse itself just as much as any trend so far is likely to hold up…Read More

Manny

At this point, less than twenty-four hours after the fact, it’d be almost impossible for this article to be the first you’ve heard, but Manny Ramirez has retired from baseball. In the face…Read More

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Only in April, Nick Hundley is More Valuable Than Mark Teixeira

Early season results, stats, standings and leader boards can be just as fun to look at as they are almost…Read More

Zach Britton Announces his Presence With Authority

On Sunday afternoon the Baltimore Orioles completed a sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays in large part to the…Read More

What Ike Davis can Tell us About Brandon Belt

The San Francisco Giants are rumored to be announcing today that they will open the season with Brandon…Read More

The Ever Versatile Bill Hall has a new Home for 2011

It’s been quite a journey around the majors for Bill Hall the last couple of seasons and his latest…Read More

Identifying the Top Pitchers in 2012′s First Year Arbitration Class

Yesterday, the best hitters who are likely to become arbitration eligible after this season were discussed.…Read More

Identifying the Top Hitters in 2012′s First Year Arbitration Class

Yesterday, Tim Dierkes, of MLB Trade Rumors, laid out most of the players who will have enough service…Read More

Assessing Grady Sizemore’s Clouded Future

Perhaps more so than any other player returning from injury this season, Grady Sizemore’s future,…Read More

Projecting and Comparing the Oakland A’s Outfield

The low budget Oakland A’s are hoping to be competitive this season on the strength of their starting…Read More

Can Damon and Ramirez Keep the Rays on top?

One of the most interesting stories this past off season was the reuniting of Johnny Damon and Manny…Read More

Diamondbacks Turn to Several new Faces to Rectify Bullpen

The Arizona Diamondbacks suffered through a miserable 2010 season that saw them finish 65-97, one of…Read More

Can Matt LaPorta and Jason Donald Hold the Corners for the Indians?

As much as any team in baseball, the Cleveland Indians have a ton of questions with uncertain answers…Read More

The Potential Value of Spring Training Signings

Every season for one reason or another there’s always several free agents that don’t end…Read More

Meet the Padres new Double Play Combo

Last season the San Diego Padres surprised almost all of baseball by staying in pennant contention right…Read More

A Trio of Third Baseman Playing to Forget 2010

Outside of fantasy baseball related rankings Chipper Jones, Aramis Ramirez and David Freese are rarely…Read More

Putting the Kansas City Royals Rotation Together

Almost all of the talk around the Kansas City Royals lately centers either on their apparent goldmine…Read More