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Miami Marlins have a tough choice to make between Jose Fernandez and Giancarlo Stanton

The Miami Marlins have been one of the biggest surprises in the National League this season. After failing to reach the playoffs in each of the last 12 years, Miami is currently third in the NL Wild Card standings. They have decent expectations to reach the playoffs if the season ended today, and they’ve been… Continue reading Miami Marlins have a tough choice to make between Jose Fernandez and Giancarlo Stanton

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Texas Rangers Laughing At Adversity

A baseball season is grueling.  It is 162 games in a half a year’s time.  Injuries will happen.  Players will get suspended.  Bouts of infirmity are inevitable.  Since every team deals with these, it is a true test of character to overcome them and still produce.  No team has done that more over these first… Continue reading Texas Rangers Laughing At Adversity

Let’s Get Ready for the Return of Tim Lincecum

Sometimes it’s hard for pitchers to renew themselves when they’ve been successful for so long and suddenly find themselves in trouble. Tim Lincecum might be the best example of that idea. A two-time Cy Young Award winner, three-time World Series champion and four-time All-Star, Lincecum was one of the best pitchers in all of baseball… Continue reading Let’s Get Ready for the Return of Tim Lincecum

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Jose Reyes Designated For Assignment

The Jose Reyes era in Colorado came to an end yesterday.  His unceremoniously short tenure with the Rockies came to a close with a designation for assignment.  The main return in the Troy Tulowitzki trade didn’t even last a full year at Coors Field.  An offseason domestic violence saga can have that effect.  But where… Continue reading Jose Reyes Designated For Assignment

Madison Bumgarner Making MVP Case

The current state of the MLB Most Valuable Player awards started in 1931.  Since then, a pitcher has won the honor just 22 times between the two leagues.  There were significant droughts in both leagues in pitcher MVP victories, but the NL’s was much longer.  Clayton Kershaw took home the NL MVP in 2014, the… Continue reading Madison Bumgarner Making MVP Case

Shhh, People Are Sleeping On The Seattle Mariners

I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the Seattle Mariners.  As a person who makes yearly preseason prognostications, there is always that team that regularly makes you look foolish.  That team that no matter how many times you pick them, or pick against them, you never can win.  The M’s are the epitome… Continue reading Shhh, People Are Sleeping On The Seattle Mariners