One of the more annoying aspects of 21st century baseball fandom has come by way of the dreaded stat geek.You probably think I'm going down the route of "The RBI is the only stat that matters", "VORP is only for loners and dudes who really hate the Discovery Channel", or some other get-off-my-lawn type rant, but you'd be mistaken.I'm actually all in on much of the new statistical analysis that has taken baseball by storm in the past decade. Anything that helps you understand the game better has to be ...
The 2010 MLB season has not disappointed, as competition is fierce but so is disappointment.
For playoff staples, like the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals things could not have gone any worse. As they say, ‘When it rains, it pours’ and both the above two ball clubs will be noticeably absent. The presence of the Red Sox and Cardinals will be deeply missed, a true heartbreak for all fans of baseball.
So, which American League teams are in contention?
Legitimately, no team has clinched anything just yet and that needs to ...
Nothing infuriates a fan base more than watching a young player—formerly a prospect within their team’s system—blossom into stardom in another uniform.
One would tend to think that when rooting for a team like the New York Yankees, this mindset would apply much less frequently—as they often demand a prospect fire sale to bring in the latest available superstar on the market.
That may have been the case when the best prospects to establish themselves in the big leagues outside of New York were Eric Milton, Christian Guzman, Ted Lilly, Jake Westbrook, ...
Alex Rodriguez has left the man who negotiated his 10-year, $275 million contract. Rodriguez is not expected to replace Scott Boras with Pittsburgh attorney Jay Reisinger and Washington lawyer Jim Sharp, who helped him with his legal affairs. Reisinger was the one who negotiated Rodriguez's ordeal with Congress for performance-enhancing drugs. Reisinger also represented Sammy Sosa and Andy Pettitte in their trials. Rodriguez was seen with Guy Oseary, a Hollywood agent, who has been seen with Rodriguez over the past week. When sources called the offices of Oseary, they were ...
It may be all over except for the crying.With eight innings of one-hit ball on Thursday afternoon against the Oakland Athletics, C.C. Sabathia has become the front-runner for the AL Cy Young Award, and he may have even clinched it.Why?Well, I'll tell ya. C.C. Sabathia will be the 2010 AL Cy Young Award winner because . . . Begin Slideshow
The Yankees, winners of five straight, are about to embark on a rarity in baseball scheduling: five consecutive day games.
Luckily for the Yankees, they have thrived this season in day games, going 31-16.
The teams collectively hits better during the day, with a team batting average of .283 in day games compared to a .262 clip at night.
Here are some individual player statistics of those who fare better during the day than at night:
The red-hot Mark Teixeira loves the day this season. He is batting at a higher average of .326 ...
In baseball, as in life, predicting the future is exceedingly difficult. Six years ago, when Cubs right-hander Greg Maddux took his long-reserved place in baseball's venerated 300-win club, pundits across the sports talk universe wondered aloud whether another man would ever reach that milestone.Two years and 363 days later, however, Maddux's longtime teammate Tom Glavine reached the plateau as well. The rumblings grew louder: Tim Kurkjian and Peter Gammons, then the dynamic duo of ESPN baseball coverage, declared the club all but closed for the remainder of baseball eternity.Less than ...
A few weeks ago I wrote a blurb about Cliff Lee and noted how many innings he was throwing and wondered out loud if it would carry over to next season. As it turns out he didn’t even make it that far before the innings total began to affect him as his back has been acting up.
Here’s more via ESPN:
Texas Rangers starter Cliff Lee complained of back discomfort after Tuesday’s start and flew back to Texas to be examined by Keith Meister, the club physician.
Rangers assistant general manager Thad ...
Yesterday I passed along a story that the Yankees had won a waiver claim for Ted Lilly and may have been pursuing him even though the trade deadline had passed.
Later on in the day, though, Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reported that Lilly was interested in signing an extension and staying in Los Angeles with the Dodgers.
Buster Olney of ESPN confirmed the report and added that the Dodgers were interested in seeing Lilly stay in Dodger Blue as well.
Given those reports and the fact that the trade deadline has ...
The Yankees go for a four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics tonight and their sixth win overall and have their best man on the job, CC Sabathia.
Here are some notes:
Javier Vazquez is back in the rotation. Dustin Moseley is out.
Andy Pettitte threw a bullpen session yesterday and said he felt great. Up next is a simulated game this weekend and then at least one rehab start. He could be back as soon as a week and a half from now.
Derek Jeter will ...
