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This Week in Baseball – Opening Day, Keuchel Rumors, Upton Injury, Dodgers Home Runs, Sox Payroll
Open House… Opening Day of 2019 launched us into the next great season of Major League Baseball. There will be thrilling wins and unbelievable individual performances. Hot dogs, peanuts and Cracker Jacks. Cheering for our teams, rooting against our enemies …
Hey, Milwaukee Brewers! Ever Heard of Craig Kimbrel?
Sometimes things don’t quite go the way we planned in life and we have to adapt. Then sometimes things go wrong in every possible way and we are pressed into drastic action. That’s the Milwaukee Brewers’ bullpen situation. The Brewers …
Bold Predictions: Foul Territory Staff Gazes Into MLB Future
Everybody’s doing it, so the staff at Foul Territory is gonna give it a whirl, too: Attempt to guess wildly at what might actually happen this season. Instead of the traditional prognostications of who will win the year-end hardware and …
Mike Trout $430 Million Contract: Lunacy or Sanity?
The Value of Must-See At-Bats From collusion to lunacy, that’s the range of economy in Major League Baseball. First there wasn’t even one contract this past offseason that approached the $300 million stratosphere, and then Manny Machado and Bryce Harper …
This Week in Baseball – Contract Extensions, Ichiro Retires, Mariners Win, Dodgers Injuries Mount, Catcher WAR
Extension-palooza You get an extension! You get an extension! And you get an extension! Major League Baseball teams this week gave out nearly $1 billion in contract extensions to some of its biggest stars. Mike Trout. Alex Bregman. Eloy Jimenez. …
Countdown to a Craig Kimbrel Signing
Craig Kimbrel has been one of the best closers in baseball for nearly a decade. He’s had a 1.91 ERA and a 0.92 WHIP while tallying 333 saves. (BTW: the fastest to 300 saves in baseball history.) He’s the kind …
Eloy Jimenez and the Other Prospects Who Should Start in MLB
The sport of baseball is often referred to as a kids’ game and coincidentally teams are leaning more heavily on the performances of younger players. Prospects scouting and development have grown in significance to teams in recent years as well …
Ichiro is Beyond Baseball
Today is one of those rare days in sports where the score doesn’t matter and the news of the day still breaks your heart. If you love baseball and sports greatness, the retirement of Ichiro Suzuki is truly a sad …
This Week in Baseball – Home Run Derby, Trade Deadline, Severino Injury, Keuchel/Kimbrel, Dykstra Charges
Winner Winner $1 Million Chicken Dinner… The 2019 Home Run Derby is giving away $2.5 million in prize money for the contestants, including $1 million for the winner. The league is trying to get high-profile players more interested in being …
Meme-O-Random: Red Sox Bullpen Strategy
Welp! The Red Sox won the World Series and in preparation for the defense of their title, they decided to let Craig Kimbrel and Joe Kelly go on their way. It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays …
