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Okay, it’s been a little bit over a week since the MLB season started but I needed a starting point. These first rankings will be a little shaky because I didn’t do a preseason edition and because some good teams have gotten off to a slow or fast start. Descriptions are given to the Top [...]

Hudson allowed 10 base hits and 3 walks.  Brian Shaw took the loss allowing an unearned run in the bottom of 8th.  That’s the bad news.  The good news, however, is that the D-Backs bats finally seemd to wake up.  Justin Upton had his best game of the season going 2-4 with 2 runs and [...]

Craig Counsell Spent 15 years in the League on 5 different teams. Counsell was both the highest-rated 2nd baseman and the highest-rated 3rd baseman over the period from 2002 to 2008. He has the distinction of having been on base for the last two times that the World Series ended in a walk-off hit, and [...]

I know that the baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. But already in the early stages of the season there is cause for concern if you are a Minnesota Twins fan, like me. Coming off a 99-loss season in 2011, Twins management did almost nothing to improve an offense that was near the [...]

The Miami Marlins have announced that manager Ozzie Guillen has been suspended for five games effective immediately for his controversial remarks regarding Fidel Castro. Here’s the Marlins’ statement on the suspension: The Miami Marlins announced today the suspension of manager Ozzie Guillen for five games effective immediately. The Marlins acknowledge the seriousness of the comments [...]

The Arizona Diamondbacks completed a sweep of the San Francisco Giants today, with much of the same magic that took them to a 2011 NL West Division Championship in 2011. The Diamondbacks came from behind to win 42 times last year. It’s not easy to duplicate that from year-to-year, but they were able to do just that [...]

Okay, it’s a little bit late with the season starting but it’s not like I’m gaining much from the first game. Besides, I’m still picking the Marlins to make the playoffs. And this is a very quick preview because I don’t have the time to put in a full preview or even one like I [...]

The Red Sox have the runner-up in the AL MVP Award returning in Center Field in Jacoby Ellsbury. He had a monster year in 2011 hitting .321 and a breakout year with power with 32 home runs, throw in 105 RBI’s and name another lead-off hitter to have those kind of numbers? Also add in [...]

It’s now time to get into the big boy awards. Today we will look at our predictions for the American League and National League Cy Young award winners and tomorrow, we will get into predicting the MVP award winners.

Let’s get right into it. [...]

In November of 2010, the Rockies signed Troy Tulowitzki through the 2020 season. In exchange for his services, the Rockies agreed to give money to Tulowitzki. A lot of it. In January of 2011, the Rockies signed Carlos Gonzalez through the 2017 season. In exchange for his services, the Rockies agreed to give money to [...]