The Giants Are Limping Into The All-Star Break
Several years before the San Francisco Giants won the World Series in 2010, I said that if they got enough hitting to compliment their dominant starting pitching that they would be champions. The Giants found the recipe for winning the World Series once again in 2012 with timely hitting that matched the pitching. Now that [...]
Should The Phillies be Buyers or Sellers?
Entering play today the Philadelphia Phillies sit in third place within the National League East with a record of 39-44 as they are 9.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves for first place. The Phillies haven't finished a Major League Baseball season with a losing record since 2002 when they were 80-81. The Phillies have enjoyed [...]
Do The Braves Have First Place Staying Power?
The Atlanta Braves began a turnaround in 1991 that has seen them make the playoffs 16 times since then. Over that stretch the Braves have only endured two losing seasons. Since 2011 Fredi Gonzalez has been the manager of the Braves. His first season saw a meteoric collapse by the Braves as the team missed [...]
What A Difference A Year Makes for The Nationals
Last season the Washington Nationals were the talk of Major League Baseball. The Nats won 98 games en route to winning the National League East for the first time since 1981. The Nationals were led last season by their two young stars in starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg and outfielder Bryce Harper. After 159.1 innings pitched [...]
Verlander Now Has Company in The Tigers Rotation
For the past several seasons Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander has carried the team's starting rotation. Verlander is a five-time Major League Baseball All-Star who won pitching's Triple Crown in 2011 as he led the American League in wins (24), earned run average (2.40), and strikeouts (250). Verlander has helped the Tigers reach the [...]