MLB Realignment for 2020: Who Wins, Who Loses?
With COVID-19 delaying the start of baseball season, MLB executives proposed the idea of playing an accelerated season at Arizona spring training ballparks and Chase Field, with a regular season start date potentially in late May or early June. Another …
Red Sox Sign Stealing Scandal: Delayed Decision Doesn’t Bode Well for Boston
The biggest story of the MLB offseason, by far, is the Astros being disciplined (and shamed) for using technology to steal signs. Some punishments have been handed out, but the investigation is ongoing and more information continues to be revealed. …
Why David Price Exchange Makes No Sense for Red Sox, Dodgers
After what seemed like a month, despite being just a week, the Red Sox and Dodgers (with help from the Twins) finally completed a trade sending superstar Mookie Betts and David Price to the Dodgers. The Red Sox acquired Dodgers …
Carlos Beltran Conspiracy Theories for Your Consideration
The biggest baseball stories over the last two months surround the electronic sign-stealing scandal that vilified the Houston Astros (and, potentially, the Boston Red Sox). One fallout victim of this scandal was Carlos Beltran, hired as manager of the New …
Gerrit Cole Leads Furious Free-Agent Frenzy
With players and owners more guarded during the previous few hot stove seasons, signings dragged out to the point where guys like Manny Machado, Bryce Harper and David Price signed during spring training, while the likes of Dallas Keuchel and Craig …
How A.J. Hinch Lost the World Series
Talent can win World Series titles, but baseball has shown that it isn’t only talent that wins. And in this micro-managing and analytics era that is taking over baseball right now, we’ve seen championship teams managed very creatively and unconventionally, …
Can Nationals Finish Cinderella Story?
The Washington Nationals proved a lot of people wrong by winning the National League pennant the year after losing superstar outfielder Bryce Harper. Their pitching has been superb in the postseason, they’ve experienced better lineup depth and have been hitting …
Nationals Used Harper and Ramos Money to Win Now
The Washington Nationals recently shocked the juggernaut Los Angeles Dodgers and are now on to the NLCS, which surprised a lot of people. The team even making the playoffs also surprised people due to the losses of Wilson Ramos in …
Postseason Sleeper: How About the Tampa Bay Rays?
This century has seen more wild card teams, as well as more small-market teams, win championships and succeed in the playoffs due to the use of performance analytics, which have changed the way teams manage player development, situational baseball and …
September Callups Will Benefit These Teams Most
MLB playoff contenders get a boost when September callups come to town, expanding rosters from 25 to 40 for the final month of the season. The benefits: increased depth, finding a hot player that sparks the team and better management …
